MacRumors Giveaway: Win 'The ONE Light Keyboard' for Learning to Play Music

[MacRumors]

For this week's giveaway, we've teamed up with The ONE Music Group to give MacRumors readers a chance to win a 61-key portable Light Keyboard that's designed to integrate with an iPhone or iPad to help you learn how to play music.

Each key is backlit and touch responsive, lighting up in time with sheet music and video lessons to make it easy to pick up the basics and move on to more complex songs. It features 64 note polyphony, more than 128 GM tones and 20 preset notes, built-in speakers, an optional pedal socket, auxiliary in and out, microphone plug-in, USB midi output, and a collapsible built-in music stand.

Available in either onyx black or white gold, The One is ideal for beginners, but also well-suited to experienced players. Because many features are controlled via the app, there are no unnecessary buttons allowing it to be more portable than the average keyboard. It weighs 11 pounds and can be powered through an included power supply or six AA batteries for use on the go.

The app that accompanies the keyboard has more than 100 video lessons that users can complete at their own pace, and there are thousands of sheet music to learn. There are also some built-in games designed to make practicing melodies more fun.

The One Music Group also sells a full size Smart Piano that's able to connect to an iOS device, priced at $1,500, but the Light Keyboard is a smaller, more affordable alternative that can be purchased for $300. One MacRumors reader will get a keyboard for free through our giveaway.To enter to win, use the Rafflecopter widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winner and send the prize.

You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page. Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years of age or older are eligible to enter.

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The contest will run from today (July 22) at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on July 29. The winner will be chosen randomly on July 29 and will be contacted by email. The winner has 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before a new winner is chosen.

Article Link: MacRumors Giveaway: Win 'The ONE Light Keyboard' for Learning to Play Music

 

[ARB4]

I was just looking at one of these!

 

[Blackforge]

I was just looking at one of these!

Just snagged a black one from jet.com. One of the stores has it for $269.99 and if you've never ordered anything you can get 15% off (up to $30 off) as well. So $230ish and free shipping depending...

Had to search for "The One Light Piano".

 

[Lesser Evets]

These are a great idea to help people learn, but the reviews tend to relate a slightly unrefined keyboard experience.

At $299 for a 61-key keyboard, it's a bargain to help starters or novices. For free is even better. I'd be wary of the higher-end model unless they rework their craftsmanship. Once you learn enough about reading music and playing scales/chords/etc. (a couple thousand hours of practice), the lights become nothing more than a light show.

 

[shly0718]

WOW, I exactly need to have this for my set -up LOL

 

[mikeray]

Do you think this has weighted keys? I want it to feel like a piano

 

[keysofanxiety]

Do you think this has weighted keys? I want it to feel like a piano

100% not. Think of this as a gateway item to playing keyboard.

Anything that helps encourage playing music is great! But it's not really meant for novices or above.

 

[demodave]

Do you think this has weighted keys? I want it to feel like a piano

If what you want is wieghted keys, it won't be cheap and it won't be light. (See above.) I own a highly underutilized XV-88. It wieghs a lot. But nowhere near as much as a real piano. Aand you can carry it around corners!

The comments on "voices" are probably irrelevant. If you hook it to an appropriate voice box, the weighted keys will give you the "feel" and you can buy a three-pedal controller for "real piano" play from a "controller" perspective. For the actual sounds, it will come from the box you feed it through.

That said, genuine acoustic is still genuine acoustic and can't really be duplicated.

 

[6836838]

This looks fab!

As for comments on Weighted Keys - those are not cheap! I have a Nord Stage 2 which is is a fab piece of kit, but you won't get much change out of £3000! Obviously there are cheaper ones out there, but if you're out to learn basic chords etc, then I'd argue that weighted keys are not necessary, unless you're looking to do grades. You'll be learning the keyboard, rather than piano though, so keep that in mind.

 

[wkevink]

Do you think this has weighted keys? I want it to feel like a piano

I bought the 88 key piano. It's AWSOME!
It has blue and red keys, which represent right and left hands. I been playing for about two month, and it taught me a lot.

 

[JasonQG]

This company is awful. I have the upright version of this piano (more expensive model). After a few months, the lightning cable stopped working. I've been emailing back and forth with them since March, but I still don't have a replacement. They've claimed to have sent more than one cable, and I did receive one, but it had the wrong connectors on both ends! The connector on the piano side is some kind of non-standard port, so I don't know how to get a cable on my own. If you win one of these, I guess that's fine. But DO NOT spend money on one of these.

 

[demodave]

This company is awful. I have the upright version of this piano (more expensive model). After a few months, the lightning cable stopped working. I've been emailing back and forth with them since March, but I still don't have a replacement. They've claimed to have sent more than one cable, and I did receive one, but it had the wrong connectors on both ends! The connector on the piano side is some kind of non-standard port, so I don't know how to get a cable on my own. If you win one of these, I guess that's fine. But DO NOT spend money on one of these.

Why would you buy an upright electronic piano?!?!?

Save the money. Figure out if weighted keys matter (for most users they don't) then buy what makes sense.

But an upright body for a keyboard with no real acoustics makes no, no, no sense!

 

[mikeray]

I bought the 88 key piano. It's AWSOME!
It has blue and red keys, which represent right and left hands. I been playing for about two month, and it taught me a lot.

Sounds like a lot of fun! Are the keys weighted?