{"id":87445,"date":"2021-08-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=87445"},"modified":"2021-08-26T14:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T13:30:19","slug":"kanye-west-donda-stem-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/kanye-west-donda-stem-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West announces Donda Stem Player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kanyewest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kanye West<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366FF\">The device that allows you to \u2018customise any song\u2019 is available to pre-order now for $200.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/a-kanye-west-documentary-series-has-been-acquired-by-netflix-for-30m\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kanye West<\/a> is yet again finding his way into headlines across the world as he continues to market his latest album \u2018Donda\u2019. Yesterday the rapper announced he was formally changing his name to Ye, now he has unveiled his new gadget called the Donda Stem Player. The device allows users to customize any song\u2019, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stemplayer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">device&#8217;s website.<\/a> It\u2019s available for pre-order for $200 and has a vague release date of &#8220;Summer&#8221;, however, the website also states it will ship \u201cwith Donda\u201d, which is slated for a late August release.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The device was created by Kanye\u2019s Yeezy tech brand and developed with electronics company Kano. It looks like a tan hockey puck and is apparently made out of \u201csoft silicone blended skin.\u201d it\u2019s equipped with a headphone jack and Bluetooth support. It can also do simultaneous Bluetooth and audio jack playback. There is also a USB-C port, volume buttons, speakers, a haptic engine, and 8GB of storage. The four light bars are touch-sensitive sliders, which allow you to control the device and customize songs. It also supports a wide range of music formats, such as AIFF, AIF, FLAC, M4A, MP3, WAV, WAVE, AAC, ALAC, and MP4.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>According to the website the Donda Stem Player allows you to:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Control vocal\u2019s drums, bass, and samples<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Isolate Parts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Add effects<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Split any song into stems<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It also comes with the following tools:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>4-channel lossless audio mixing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Realtime loop and speed control<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Tactile effects<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>One hit<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Live samples<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Save, playback, and share mixes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Customize colors<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Content and software updates from your browser<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Donda Stem Player in action:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/yevideo\/status\/1430543251442999299\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement of Kanye\u2019s stem player follows a string of public events and stories about Kanye during the run-up to his latest album \u2018Donda\u2019. Since the announcement of the album, Kanye has done <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/kanye-west-donda-listening-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two live listening parties<\/a>, both of which broke <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/kanye-wests-donda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apple\u2019s Livestream records<\/a>, applied to change his name to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2021\/aug\/25\/kanye-west-formally-applies-to-change-name-to-ye#:~:text=Kanye%20West%20has%20filed%20court,need%20to%20approve%20the%20filing.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ye<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolt.tv\/news\/2021\/8\/23\/22637787\/kanye-west-posts-drakes-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">posted Drake\u2019s address on Twitter,<\/a> and now the stem player.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kanye is also planning a third album listening party in Chicago where fans won\u2019t have to have proof of covid vaccination or negative test.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The device that allows you to \u2018customise any song\u2019 is available to pre-order now for $200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":87446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,1,1047,143,11109],"tags":[28657,28658,28655,617,27957,28654,27860,17287,17288,28656],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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