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= Kadabra = Kadabra is a hand-held electronic musical instrument that understands melodic and harmonic theories, with motion control abilities and other musical features.

Kadabra was firstly introduced in 2016 at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California.

Invented and created by Tul Ben Ari, Innovator and Founder of Tribal Tools.

Body
Solid or butcher wood.

keys
Two rows of keys:

24 touch-sensitive copper strips carved into the wooden body.

24 touch-sensitive copper balls inside a light guide, aligned with LED lights.

Motion sensors
3 axis position sensor.

3 axis acceleration sensor.

3 axis Magnetometer.

All sensors can be assigned to different MIDI control changes.

Pressure sensors
2 assignable pressure sensors.

Microphone stand
A microphone can be placed on the head unit, enabling real time vocal manipulations.

Connectivity
USB Type-C communication with dedicated OS software while charging.

optional 2.4GHz Radio with less then 1 millisecond latency, hi-wireless range.

Light indicators
The lighting system changes the colour of the keys according to the tone they represent, visualizing the scale or chord that is played on the keyboard.

Another lighting system shows the actual beat position and other indications.

Choosing sounds
Choosing a combination of MIDI channels to play for each keyboard raw.

Choosing songs
36 optional songs that sets different functions of Kadabra according to the chosen song.

Quick-Preset changes
Adding and Playing features (such as Play Loop, Change Scale, Set Arpeggio size, etc) using fast-preset buttons.

Scales
Choosing scales, changing scale tones, choosing key (tonic).

Harmonies
Braking scales into harmonies, modes and chords.

Sequencer
Creating quantized rhythms.

Looper
MIDI looper, relative to scale and tonic.

Viber
An expanding and contracting time-based short loop player that plays notes and samples continuously. The loop speed can respond to Kadabra's motion.

Arpeggiator
MIDI Arpeggiator, relative to scale and tonic.

Effects controller
Controls external effects using MIDI.

Sampler
A basic MIDI sampler.

Setup and Personalize
Kadabra can be personalized for touch responsiveness according to the conductivity of the player.

Other setup options include light controls and calibration.

Dedicated software
Kadabra connects to Tribal Tools dedicated software on Windows, Mac, Linux, directing the signal to virtual MIDI and other formats.

Automatic sync
Kadabra can be synced to stand-alone VST instruments, MIDI devices or music creation DAW (Ableton, Cubase, Logic etc). It can receive or transmit song position, clock ticks and other MIDI sync operator signals.