Rhodes has announced the MK8/80AE, a limited-edition version of the company’s MK8 electro-mechanical piano, created to mark the 80th anniversary of the Rhodes brand.
Designed by Rhodes Chief Product Officer Dan Goldman, together with the Rhodes Custom Shop team, the instrument combines the standard MK8 platform with an exclusive black-and-chrome finish, a transparent top, onboard analogue effects, and optional MIDI capability.
Production is limited to 80 instruments worldwide, with order books opening June 30, 2026, and deliveries expected to begin in early 2027.
Features:
Rhodes Custom All-Black Keyboard
Gloss-varnished black oak case
Gloss-varnished black oak legs with leg storage bag
Black stand frame with chrome leg braces
Transparent hood
Chrome hood strip
Black varnished tine and pickup rails
Chrome tone bars
Black nickel polished chrome front panel
Black on chrome preamp and FX panels
Chrome dial caps
Black on chrome logo plates and side panels
Black pedal with Chrome logo plate
Bespoke 80AE serial plate
The Rhodes MK8/80AE is limited to 80 instruments worldwide, and is available to order now for $19,194.00 USD.
Developer Giorgio Sancristoforo shared this sneak preview for the Quantum MIDI Sequencer, generative music sequencer that translates nuclear radiation into MIDI notes.
Quantum MIDI Sequencer works with Radiacode portable radiation detectors and turns invisible x- and gamma-rays into MIDI that can be used to control just about any synthesizer.
The application is coming soon at Sancristoforo’s site, will be free, and supports Linux, Mac and Windows.
Streaming service TIDAL has announced a new AI policy, saying that it will label AI-generated tracks for transparency, and that not pay royalties on these tracks.
Beginning July 15, listeners will see an AI label on tracks that TIDAL determines are entirely AI-generated. The company says it plans to expand those labels to substantially AI-generated music as detection technology improves.
The policy defines AI-generated music as music that is wholly or substantially created using generative AI, while acknowledging that AI-assisted tools have become a common part of music production.
TIDAL says artists should be free to use AI creatively, but argues that listeners should also be able to identify AI-generated content and that royalty payments should prioritize works “directly produced, written, and performed by people.”
Under the new rules, TIDAL also says it will remove or block AI-generated music associated with fraudulent activity, including content that impersonates artists, exploits a person’s name or likeness, attempts to deceive listeners, or is linked to suspicious upload or streaming behavior.
The company will also require distributors to identify AI-generated music before it reaches the platform, and the same standards will apply to releases distributed through TIDAL Upload.
Artists who believe their music has been incorrectly identified as AI-generated can request a review through TIDAL Support.
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