Posted on 08/25/2021 8:13:12 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Kanye West is no stranger to dabbling with technology (he discussed a Teenage Engineering collaboration in 2019), but now there's a device you can buy for yourself. The rapper and electronics design firm Kano have introduced a Donda Stem Player that, as the name implies, lets you remix music from Kanye's upcoming album Donda (plus your own tunes) using song stems.
The puck-like gadget reportedly lets you isolate song parts and control aspects like bass, drums, samples and vocals. You can reportedly split "any" song into stems. We've asked Kano how this works, but it's unlikely that it will perfectly separate song elements — that's a difficult feat for a full-fledged PC, let alone something as portable as this.
The Stem Player also includes familiar tools including effects, four-channel audio mixing, live sampling and real-time loop and speed controls. You navigate much of the interface through four touch-sensitive "light sliders" with haptic feedback and customizable colors, and you can save and share your creations with othrs.
You can pipe audio through the built-in speaker, Bluetooth or a 3.5mm headphone jack through a variety of lossy and lossless formats (including AAC, AIFF, MP3 and WAV). You'll have just 8GB of storage to work with, though — minus the bundled Donda stems.
You can order the Stem Player now for $200. That's not a trivial outlay if you're eager to tinker with songs, but it's relatively affordable as far as electronic music-making devices go. Just be aware that it's really just one part of a larger creative toolset, not your ticket to stardom.
If it can remove Kanye from the mix it might be worth the money.
How does one “mix” an electronic drum machine and some guy yelling obscenitues and “kill whitey?”
I’m a fan.
‘What if DONDA was the memories we made along the way?’
‘What if we keep getting DONDA release parties until the end of time?’
Who? Never heard of him.
is this really necessary??...
Lighten up,it’s Chat.
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Frankly, the release of stems isn't anything new. Many bands have been doing this for a while. You can find isolated stems on YouTube.
With GarageBand on macs, you can do this all yourself if you have the stems. Putting it all in an app is clever.
Kanye isn't my cup of tea but he stayed pretty loyal to Trump. I don't know if it was a gimmick but he probably facilitated the conversion of many people to freedom. I'd rather invite him to my barbecue than Romney.
Me too, particularly the music he’s released since becoming a follower of Jesus. I pray that he continues growing in his faith.
HE’s worth over a billion dollars. FWIW
I know Kanye is on the “good” side but rap is rap.
Street poetry usually with usually (but admittedly not always) evil messages.
NOT music so there is nothing to “mix.”
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