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MIDI Keyboard/Computer: Neko64

Posted by michael on from the meow dept.

An anonymous reader gushes "Just got back from NAMM, and saw the coolest thing for music geeks - it's a MIDI keyboard with a dual Opterons and a 15 inch touchscreen. While other vendors crow about 5 inch screens (Now With Color!) these guys have a beautiful UI on a live performance instrument that is also awesome studio gear. 4 interchangable control surfaces, and battery backup to boot! If the power cord gets yanked out in the middle of a performance, there's plenty of time to bitch out the roadie and get it plugged in without missing a beat. These guys truly Get It."

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  1. Doom? by DrInequality · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but can I play Doom on it?

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    1. Re:Doom? by Valar · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not only can you play Doom on it, but you can also play the doom soundtrack on it. So THERE.

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  2. high by name773 · · Score: 4, Funny

    These guys truly Get It.
    and the reason nobody else got it or will get it is the price.

  3. Hmm looks pretty nice by CrypticSpawn · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am getting a casio keyboard on monday, but this keyboard looks really nice, wouldn't mind giving it a shot. What is the price?

  4. Oh yeah, midi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's how we pirated music a decade ago

  5. Red Green by Nihynjahs · · Score: 2, Funny

    looks like the thing that that Harold has on the red green show, if anyone here has ever seen it.. you know "if the women dont find you handsome they can at least find you handy"..

  6. 128 Voice Polyphony by BrookHarty · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thats the biggest microsoft smart phone ive ever seen!

  7. Just got back from where? by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 4, Funny
    Just got back from NAMM
    Dude, the war ended nearly 30 years ago.
    What were you doing over there all this time?
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  8. Re:The one thing missing on all those pages... by aitsu · · Score: 3, Funny

    The other thing is its weight. Built-in UPS?! No longer will that old Hammond B3 have the distinction of being the roadies' single most feared, reviled, hernia-inducing instrument on the tour.

  9. Re:Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    More likely Clippy will pop up "You appear to be trying to play 'Happy Birthday to You'... badly - shall I play it for you?"

  10. Re:Mediastation open source alternative by Colonel+Cholling · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm totally linux-centric (unlike most slashdotters)

    I'm rich and white, unlike most Congressmen...

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  11. The joke is tired. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Suck an egg, asshat. How often do you see windows XP bluescreen?

    plz die.

  12. Nah...since its still under copyright... by Phil+John · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...MS(tm) DRM(tm) Clippy(tm): It looks like you're trying to play happy birthday, a tune that is still (?!?!?) under copyright. Shall I:

    a) Shut down the keyboard you filthy copyright stealing musician/terrorist (delete as appropriate, with extreme prejudice).

    or b) send $350 from your online bank account to ASCAP.

    Reminds me of that simpsons christmas special where the family are carol singing outside the lawyers house, who promptly comes out and tells to "cease and decist" as the songs they are singing are owned by his clients. ;o)

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  13. Just think of all the royalties I've stolen. . . by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    From Bach, Mozart and Sor.

    KFG

  14. But... by 88NoSoup4U88 · · Score: 2, Funny

    does it make good homebrewn coffee, like Tweek's dad does ?

  15. Coming Soon To A Kraftwerk Concert Near You... by djroute66 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...They're actually going on tour.

  16. Re:Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional by ndqc · · Score: 2, Funny

    fucking paperclip!!!!!! *throws keyboard from stage in to crowd*

  17. Re:Tough price point by LinuxGeek · · Score: 4, Funny
    Here's my goal for next year:
    1) Buy this thing
    2) Become a rockstar
    3) Get tons of ass
    4) ???
    5) Profit!
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    Uhhhhh, guess you weren't kidding about step #3.
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  18. That's "you're", you American illiterate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I suppose you wear one earing too, make sense since your half-a-fag.

    Please learn your contractions. "You're" is the contraction of "you are", while "your" denotes ownership. For example:

    "You're a bigoted prick and your cock is tiny and bent."

    See how easy it can be? :)))

  19. Re:obligatory... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, but until the release of kernel linux-2.192.367-test54283.tar.bz2, only the 'F', 'A' and 'G' keys work.

    To enable the other keys, you have to compile and install a kernel module Neko64, but this will also break the framebuffer support.

  20. Can you imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...a Beowulf cluster of these?

  21. Re:Get one of these. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If by "one of these" you mean an expired session, I'll get right on it.