Blue Man Group Keyboard
by Manley
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: ManleyBrand: Manley
Release Date: 2007-09-01
Model: 27495
Product features:
- New Technology interfaces makes music fun, easy, and exciting
- Unique styling like nothing in the category
- Unique play patterns and engaging musical interactions
- I-pod compatible! Play your music on top of your favorite MP3 tracks!
- Plays pre-recorded songs and lets you record & play back your own musical masterpieces
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Toys and Games Reviews of Blue Man Group Keyboard
Customer Review: A just ok toy
Summary: 3 Stars
I don't have kids but wanted a toy keyboard to play around with, maybe record some goofy tunes. What I wanted was one of those 80s things with an octave and a half of plastic keys and 5 or 6 videogamey synth voices. I thought the motion sensing percussion tubes might be fun so I ordered it.
First of all it's a lot bigger than I had expected! It's bulky and tall and the tubes take up a lot of space. The whole structure creates a "stand" for the keyboard and the "drum kit". The drum sensors detect the change in light as you wave your hand over them, but the sensors are really sensitive, so you can get multiple beats if your fingers aren't glued to one another or trigger two drums if you wave slightly off center, and that's not uncommon since the sensors are awkwardly placed in relation to each other. Despite all the tubes and the overall 7 sensors there are only 3 or 4 drum sensors you can hit in any setting. The rest are volume controls and setting controls.
The keyboard part is also very sensitive, and really springey. It takes some pressure to depress a key, and if you let up at all you'll get multiple keystrokes rather than an extended or fading one. The piano voice is fine, but I had hoped for funner synthetic voices rather than traditional orchestral instruments, given that Blue Man Group was full of invented experimental instruments.
I can see how this could be a fun noise-making toy for kids, but even then I'd rather have funner voices and a better thought-out user interface. My sense is that this was designed at a marketing meeting to cover lots of bases but wasn't tested much. It's got classical instruments and melodies (educational), motion sensors (techy), and an iPod hookup (gadget-friendly), but put it all together and-? Overall I have to admit I was disappointed, but I do acknowledge that I may have been deceived as much by my expectations as by the product description.
Description of Blue Man Group Keyboard
Inspired by the ever-popular Blue Man group, this tabletop electronic keyboard provides the perfect introduction to music making. New technology interfaces give it an edge on other keyboards of its kind, and keeps beginners excited about music. The Blue Man keyboard features savvy styling, unique play patterns and engaging musical interactions. Furthermore, its... More MP3-compatible, meaning you can play music on top of your favorite MP3 tracks. Keyboard plays pre-recorded songs, and lets you record and play back your own musical masterpieces.When is an electronic piano more than just a piano? When it's the Blue Man Group Keyboard Experience. This 37-key synthesizer keyboard offers a variety of instrument voices, including organ, guitar, trumpet, violin, strings, drums, slap bass, and others. Motion-sensitve tubes line the top and side of the keyboard. These tubes are used by waving your hands in front of them and can function as different drum voices, to "remix" one of the ten pre-programmed songs, or to adjust tempo and volume. It's a lot of fun to hit a drum snare or cymbal without actually touching anything, but it lacks the ability to simultaneously play both the drum and piano, cutting one off for the other. As for remixing the pre-programmed songs, motion in front of the tubes merely shuts on or off the different orchestral voices--nice, but not very useful. The little iPod drawer under the keyboard is a surprising feature--the built-in headphone plug pumps tunes from your music player (iPod or other) through the keyboard's speakers so you can play along to your favorite song. There's also a stereo out port, so you can pipe the music big into a home theater set-up or small into a pair of headphones. A bonus DVD of the Blue Man Group playing their instruments is included to inspire your creativity. --Porter B. Hall
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