Can I buy NOPIA?
YES! First batch of Nopia pre-orders launch September 15th on Kickstarter! It will be a limited run of units.
NOPIA IS
AN INSTRUMENT
A tool that asks the question:
can an interface tap into the mysterious phenomena
of how our ears intuitively experience the language of harmony?
Nopia is technology crafted to immerse you
in the experience of this language in real-time.
Nopia is an invitation :
To improvise, learn, compose.
Play. Play. Play. Play.
Made from emotions and among friends.
Onboard sounds? Full MIDI control? Real wood? Yes.
SPECS
& KEY FEATURES
DIMENSIONS (cm)
41.5 X 23 X 3.5 – BUILT FOR THE STUDIO, THE STAGE AND THE BACKPACK
INTERNAL SOUND ENGINE
HYBRID SAMPLE BASED & VIRTUAL ANALOG SYNTHESISER
CHORD BUILDER STATIC MODE
REPRESENTS ALL TONALITIES IN THE SAME LAYOUT, TO NAVIGATE HARMONY IN A CHROMATIC, DEGREE BASED FRAMEWORK
MULTITOUCH CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSORS
STRUM – PLAY INDIVIDUAL NOTES OF CHORD PITCHBEND – CHROMATIC & MICROTONAL GESTURE BASED
OLED DISPLAY
CHORD MONITOR & DYNAMIC FEEDBACK OF PARAMETERS
4 MIDI TRS OUTS!
DEDICATED OUTPUT FOR EACH MODULE: KEYS / GENERAL BASS ARP PAD
MIDI SYNC
CLOCK IN & OUT
INPUTS
SUSTAIN PEDAL TRS MIDI
2 STEREO OUTPUTS
¼’’ MASTER OUT ⅛’’ AUX OUT – WITH DEDICATED METRONOME
POWER / MIDI
USB C 5V
A KEY, A WAY,
A LOVE LETTER TO MUSIC
Nopia is a semi-modular harmony generator with an onboard sound engine and full MIDI connectivity.
It’s designed around the theoretical principle of perceiving chords as degrees, something that our ears already sort of perceive quite naturally.
The Chord Builder, Tonal Selector and Extensions dial let you navigate through chord progressions. These can be sonically manifested through the sound modules: Keys, Bass, Arp and Pad. They all feed into a master effects chain and Looper!
Nopia was conceived by musicians/designers Martin Grieco & Rocío Gal, and is being developed by a beautiful team of friends. We’ll be sure to introduce them to you soon!
We uploaded a video showing our first prototype for an instrument design contest and something very unexpected happened! We weren’t the only ones wanting Nopia to exist.
Since then we’ve been transforming it from the idea we demoed into something that can live in your studio.
So many threads, disciplines, timezones, crossing and converging.
Industrial design, electronics, firmware, prototyping — an orchestration that keeps teaching us patience. Shortcuts don’t exist when you want to build something that truly matters. We’re almost there.
BUT,
WHENNNNNN ?
Pre-orders for first batch will open through Kickstarter on September 15th
9 AM ET / 2 PM UK / 3 PM CET
It will be a limited run to fund production.
Super Early Bird pricing starts at $650!
See you there?
Is it easy to play?
Like any other instrument, it involves a learning curve. We'll definitely be here to support that exploration!
Why only one octave?
Each key in Nopia is not a single note but a chord, which then unfolds into variations by using knobs and switches. This octave encompasses the entire chromatic scale, allowing you to play not only sounds from the 7 note diatonic scale but also some more far out chords known as secondary dominants and modal interchange — in music theory lingo.
But do I have to ‘know’ theory?
You don't need to know theory to play around with Nopia. We encourage you to compose, improvise, and have more tools to weave harmony, and train your perception! Of course, if you're familiar with functional harmony, we think you'll get a lot out of it.
How much will it cost?
Super Early Bird tier will be opening at $650 (before taxes and shipping). We tried as much as possible to hit the sweet spot between premium build while being an accessible instrument for music lovers :)
Do you have a release date?
September 15th
9 AM ET / 2 PM UK / 3 PM CET on Kickstarter.
Can I eat it?
We get this question a lot, for the time being we're using non edible materials. Striving to ensure it's as resilient and long-lasting as can be.