Compact and lightweight, it slips easily into a backpack and follows you on the go so you don't let any musical idea slip away. We also think this’ll be a kid-friendly instrument, finding a home in SEN teaching situations where individual students have different needs for how they play.

My hope is I can force the matrix pads into a glissando mode that we all so desire, and get a knock-off linnstrument. The selection of different modules (nine in total at the time of writing) covers a range of MIDI control duties, from keyboards and fretboard to knobs and faders. Take your first steps with the stand-alone J-App, or connect the J-App to your J-Play and play instantly. Download the free Play app for Mac, PC or iOS, and when you connect the board to your device, it loads up the relevant set of instruments for the pad you have fitted. The Joué Play was imagined and designed to give access to musical practice with simplicity and immediate fun, whatever your age, background or musical level.Available as direct download in the Joue Play App, Artist Packs invite you to explore the musical worlds of renowned artists with 8 new Signature instruments to add to your library to enrich your creations.

The others can be assigned a variety of MIDI messages, or act as toggles for other modes like sustain and vibrato. If the rfid tags are partially shielded and offset from the center, it’s possible to override the the “base” with an instrument pad. No need to spend hours on overly complex music software, enjoy the simplified version of essential music creation tools in the Joue Play App. Whether it's a music creation console in a child's classroom or an ultra-expressive MIDI controller in a producer's studio, the J-Play adapts to every style.The X and Y outputs can be configured to output in high-resolution (14-bit) mode, though in practice the resolution available seemed to be around 9 or 10 bits. The soundpack contains 10 presets, ranging from guitar-with-effects patches to traditional instruments (Cymbalum, Koto), and Workstation allows effects processing to be tweaked according to taste. I suppose another reason to wonder if it was just a firmware issue is if ‘initial note velocity’ calculations are still ok. You can of course create your own projects, and choose a suitable sound pack: a wide range of genres are covered.