REVIEWS | RHODES V8
Some instruments are iconic: the Minimoog, Stradivarius violin, Steinway pianos, and we'd like to suggest one other instrument which fits a similar cult status, which can be referred to by a single word: Rhodes.
Electro-mechanical software design
So what is a Rhodes? In essence, it is an electric piano, but it resides in the electro-mechanical design camp. An original hardware Rhodes provides a piano-style keyboard, which triggers hammers that strike anYou can think of these as being the equivalent of strings on a piano, the added quotient being that the tine moves across a pickup, much like those found on an electric guitar, inducing an amplified signal (there is a little more to it than that, but that's the bare bones).
