Suzuki Musical Instrument Corp Omnichord OM-108 Electronic Musical Instrument

Everyone can enjoy playing music with the Suzuki Omnichord OM-108, an electronic instrument with an automatic accompaniment function and strumplate that's intuitive and fun to play. No experience necessary. Simply press the chord button and slide your finger on the strumplate and you can play accompaniment to a song instantly.

Although it has a built-in speaker, the Omnichord is small, lightweight, and battery-powered, making it easy to carry and play. Connect an external amplifier and headphones and you can perform anywhere. It's great for when you're practicing in the studio, performing at a live venue, or just playing a favorite song in your bedroom. The tactile controls allow professional musicians and song writers to perform and compose in real time, while creating sounds on the panel. It can be used like a keyboard or rhythm machine, and you can also expand the tones with MIDI out.

Keyboard

When this button is turned on, you can play selected chord buttons like a keyboard or drum pad. At the same time, a new feature has been added allowing drum pads to be assigned to the strumplate and auto-off touch pad.

Voice

Equipped with 10 strumplate tones. In the reproduction, the tones of omni1 and omni2 are the same as those found on the OM-84, reproduced using analog circuitry. In addition, it is equipped with the electric piano FM piano, which was all the rage in the 1980s, while carefully selecting celeste, harp, etc. from multiple models from the past. Suzuki carefully selected 10 tones which represent popular instruments from the past, and still resonate in today's music scene.

Rhythm

Equipped with a selection of 10 rhythm patterns that correspond to a variety of music styles. For the first time on any Omnichord, the OM-108 features a trap beat (hip-hop). In addition, although some rhythms share the same name as the past models, Suzuki has updated many, by incorporating rhythm patterns that are more current.

Chord

You can play 108 chords just by pressing 1 to 3 chord buttons. sus4 and add9 chords, which are often used in popular music, have been added to the OM-108.

Main and Sub Voice Volume

Each of the 10 tones can be layered with a second tone: Main Voice and Sub Voice, and these can be controlled with individual knobs. For example, when harp is selected, harp is assigned to the Main Voice, and Synth Strings is assigned to the Sub Voice. Create your own sound by adjusting each volume control, thus changing the balance between the two voices. Each Main Voice is preassigned with a tone as a Sub Voice that will resonate beautifully when layered.

Strum Plate

The strumplate is one of the Omnichord's major features. If you slide your fingers on the strumplate while holding down a chord button, the chord and corresponding arpeggio will sound, similar to a harp, across four octaves.

Speaker

When connecting to an external speaker etc., you can turn on/off the sound produced by the speaker of the instrument. Suzuki listened to the request of Omnichord players who wanted to monitor their own sound during live performances.

Real-Time Control

It integrates multiple functions that allow you to change the way you play chords and rhythms, such as playing at free tempo, adding bass accompaniment, or starting with a drum prelude.

MIDI Out

You can send chords, strumplate, and drum performance information via MIDI OUT. Strumplate tones can be sent on two separate MIDI channels, allowing for the layering of tone susing external MIDI sound sources.

Details

• Chord buttons: 38
• Chords: Major, minor, 7th, major 7th, minor 7th, augmented, diminished, suspended 4th, add 9th
• Voices: 10 tones (main, sub tones) / 4 octaves
• Rhythm Pattern: 10 patterns
• Control: Master volume, chord volume, main voice volume, sub voice volume, sustain, rhythm volume, tempo
• Button Controls: Power, chord, keyboard on/off, voice select, rhythm select, chord-manual / auto, chord hold, rhythm-start / sync start
• Other Functions: Instant off, transpose, octave shift, on/off speaker, master tuning
• Speaker: 10cm
• Amplifier Output: 4.3W
• Jack: DC power inlet, line out (monaural standard), headphone output (stereo mini), MIDI out
• Power Supply: AC adapter (sold separately), 8 AA alkaline or Ni-MH batteries (sold separately)
• Continuous Battery Operation Time: Approximately 8 hours
• Accessories: Melody keyboard overlay