GripBeats is the latest in wearable MIDI technology that allows you to use your hands’ movement and touch to make music. GripBeats is tri-functional, serving as either a bracelet which wraps around your wrist, an extendable Grip controller for the hand in “Grip Mode” and a drum pad or surface-piano device in “Surface Mode”.
Features
Create music in any style, sound or instrument with a device that connects to your smart device or computer wirelessly over Bluetooth.
Use GripBeats® in multiple ways; as an extended controller for each hand, the wrist, or even on a flat surface.
Our patent-pending adaptable multi-instrument design makes use of 3-dimensional space, acceleration, and direction for making music.
Make use of your hands’ motion and touch controls with over 100s of apps like Garageband or Ableton using BLE MIDI (100% wireless).
The GripBeats® App (iOS/Android) allows growing gestures-to-music configurations and lessons on how to play music virtually, through movement.
Design new instruments and configurations for making music in your own way as well as with over a dozen preconfigured modes in the GripBeats® App.
A collaboration of designers and engineers by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music in London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Pricing and Availability
GripBeats debuted on Kickstarter and has already exceeded it’s $10,000 goal by a factor of 5 at $56,887. GripBeats will be priced at $199 ($99 early bird with 22 spaces remaining) and is expected to begin shipping in May 2020.
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