Smart Fabric Keyboards

The 'K-Board Pro 4' Uses Smart Technology to Respond Like a Real Instrument

The 'K-Board Pro 4' is a highly sensitive controller that's designed to feel and behave just like a real instrument.

Although it might look like a traditional keyboard, the device comes equipped with smart technology that allows it to emit a wide range of sounds that drastically broadens what its user is able to create. In addition the keys themselves providing more, there's four touch-sensitive sliders above them which can be mapped to anything.

The creators of the device at 'Keith McMillen Instruments' have described it by saying, "Thanks to the familiar keyboard layout, you can go seamlessly from a traditional piano to K-Board Pro 4 without changing your natural technique -- but with the added ability to have total control over the character of your sound while you play."

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Who This Affects Most

Music Production
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Live Performance
Manufacturers can modify smart fabric keyboards with touch-sensitive sliders for enhancing live music performances.
Education and Training
Smart fabric keyboards can revolutionize the traditional music education sector, by making it easier to learn and play.
SCORE
2.1 out of 10
GENDER
50% Men50% Women
MARKETTop markets: North America
GENERATION
  • Gen Z
  • Gen Alpha
  • Millennial (primary audience)
  • Gen X (primary audience)
POPULARITY
Popularity 13%
Activity 43%
Freshness 8%