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AlphaSphere is an electronic musical instrument that was designed and developed by nu desine, an award winning company〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-17480012 )〕 based in Bristol, UK. The primary concept of the AlphaSphere is to increase the level of expression available to electronic musicians,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tonall.com/features/news/new-instrument-aims-to-put-performance-back-into-electronic-music )〕 by allowing for the playing style of a musical instrument. Even before the product had been fully developed it had appeared at many events worldwide including the NAMM Show, Musikmesse, TEDx conferences, and the Future Everything Festival,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nu-desine.com/?q=events )〕 and received press from popular organisations such as Sound on Sound, BBC, Wired and MusicRadar.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alphasphere.com/press/ )〕 There are currently two different AlphaSphere models - the nexus series and the elite series. ==History== The initial concept of AlphaSphere was conceived while company founder Adam Place was studying at the Nagoya University of Arts in Japan where he produced an initial prototype.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tokyotek.com/alphasphere-futuristic-musical-instrument/ )〕 In September 2010 Adam was commissioned by Media Sandbox, a development funding scheme which is part of Bristol's Watershed subsidiary iShed, to further develop his concept by researching into smart materials. This spawned the birth of nu desine which soon developed into a team that specialise in music technology, electronics engineering, product design, software development and user interface design.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nu-desine.com/?q=about )〕 In April 2012 nu desine announced they had started taking pre-orders for a limited edition elite series AlphaSphere,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alphasphere.com/pre-order-alphasphere-elite-series/ )〕 with the first batch of elite AlphaSphere's being shipped in March 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alphasphere.com/elite-series-ships/ )〕 In July 2013 nu desine announced the nexus series,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alphasphere.com/alphasphere-nexus/ )〕 the standard version of the AlphaSphere. This was shortly followed by the instrument being available in musical instrument retail stores in both USA and Japan, and then in November 2013 it became available to UK and Europe through the AlphaSphere website.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f5a6fe7abec0613fc661dd80c&id=a7f978e3ad )〕 The AlphaSphere is currently being used by several high-profile artists such as Talvin Singh and Enter Shikari.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.alphasphere.com/artists/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AlphaSphere (instrument)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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