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Monome is a family of interface devices for computers, made by a Pennsylvania company of the same name. Despite being produced irregularly in small quantities since its introduction in 2006, the Monome button-grid controller has had a significant impact on electronic music.[1][2] Together with the physically similar Yamaha Tenori-On, which was released a year later in 2007[3], the monome inspired interest in minimalist, grid-based music controllers throughout the industry, which resulted in hobbyist projects like the Arduinome and commercial products like the Akai APC40[4], the Novation Launchpad[5], and the Livid Instruments Block and Ohm64.
Monome devices do not produce any sound on their own; they must be connected to a computer. A core design principle of the Monome is that it is not intended for any one specific application[6]. The function of each button and which lights are lit are completely up to the software communicating with the device with the Open Sound Control protocol.[7] Since 2006, several models have been produced, with typical sizes ranging from 64 to 256 buttons[8] -- plus a very limited run of 512-button devices[9]. In 2011, the first non-grid controller in the Monome family was introduced, the Monome Arc.[10]
On August 31, 2009, singer Imogen Heap performed on the David Letterman show with a Monome atop her grand piano. Letterman was intrigued by the device, and, while playing with it, joked that he was using it "to Twitter Ashton Kutcher."[11]
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- ^ Peter Kirn (3/7/2011). "On arcs and monomes, a Loyal Community Makes Music Together". Create Digital Music.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Monome: Music with Buttons". Analogik.com. 3/29/2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Donald Bell (8/23/2007). "SoundSquare standoff: Monome vs. Tenori-On". CNet News.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Did The Monome Just Become Irrelevant?". Synthopia. 6/13/2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Peter Kirn (10/1/2009). "First Hands-on: Novation's New $199 Launchpad Grid Controller for Ableton Live". Create Digital Music.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Ryan Block (4/14/2006). "Music Thing: Monome Controller". Engadget.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Adaptable, minimalist interfaces". monome.org. Retrieved 4/7/2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "A Brief History of monome Production". The Stretta Procedure. 3/2/2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ James Lewin (4/5/2010). "Monome 512 Available Via Limited Auction". Sonic State.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Joseph L. Flatley (1/24/2011). "Monome Arc OSC controller is simple, elegant, and expensive". Engadget.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Ben Rogerson (9/1/2009). "Imogen Heap plays Monome on Letterman show". Music Radar.
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