The Donda Stem Player continues this trend.Īs a song plays, the Stem Player displays four colorful strips of pulsing lights. But now, everything from the DropMix card game, to the Fuser video game, to the Lego Vidiyo toy lets total amateurs discover the joys of bending music to your will.
Years ago, if you wanted to remix songs like a true DJ, you had to teach yourself how to use a complicated digital audio workstation. Once you get past the way it feels, the Donda Stem Player is one of my personal favorite kinds of music creation tools: the mash-up machine. However, if you do get confused about how to perform a specific function, wildly rubbing the Stem Player’s flesh won’t help, so be sure to keep the (hilarious hand-drawn) instructions nearby. You’ll know you’ve moved onto a new song because the color of the lights change. The Stem Player doesn’t require you to worry about that many different options, though, and pressing a button to change tracks or raise the volume is simple enough.
You connect it to your computer via USB-C to update it and add new songs, and to use it you have to constantly flick and stroke various touch-sensitive grooves.
Like an old iPod shuffle, the Donda Stem Player has no screen (it only has light strips, explained below).
It’s reminiscent of the creepy biological machines from a David Cronenberg movie like eXistenZ or Videodrome.Ĭompounding the issue is how you interact with the player. The website boasts about this anti-static “soft skin,” and while it’s nice not having to deal with any sharp edges, it just feels gross. Not only does the beige design resemble the color of flesh, it has a fleshy texture, too. The lightweight circular disc (2.5 inches across and 1-inch thick) fits easily in the hand, but I didn’t enjoy holding it for too long. The first thing you notice about the Donda Stem Player, from “Yeezy Tech x Kano,” is its unnerving physical presence. Like Nothing You've Ever Seen (or Touched) However, if you want to try your hand at making your own songs in his audio image, the bizarre yet creative $200 Donda Stem Player puts the power to remix his latest album Donda (as well as any other music files or YouTube clips) in your hands. In 2021, no one would blame you for no longer holding Kanye in such high esteem. Arguably one of the great musical geniuses of the 21st century, West’s initial signature sound revolved around chopping up old samples and remixing them in ways other artists just couldn’t touch. From the menu options, choose “set as wallpaper.” Now decide whether you want to to use your new wallpaper as your home screen background, lock screen or both, and choose the appropriate option.Many (many) years ago, Kanye West changed hip-hop forever. Click on the image, then look to the upper right corner and click on the menu button (three vertical dots). Then open your gallery/photos app and from there open the “download” folder, where you will see the image you just downloaded.
Now you will able to crop or arrange the image to your liking when it looks perfect, tap “set.” The only thing left to do is select whether you want the image to be your lock screen, home screen or both.and enjoy!Īndroid: Choose one of our many exquisite wallpapers and download it by clicking on the yellow “download” button just below the image. Use the “share” button (looks like an arrow curving out of a box) and then select the “use as a wallpaper” button. Next choose “save image” from the options below, go to your Photos and find the image you just downloaded. Then tap on the image and hold for a few seconds. IPhone/iPad: Select a beautiful wallpaper and click the yellow download button below the image. Now go back to your desktop and admire your new wallpaper! On your computer, find the downloaded image and click on the photo. Then click Apple Menu > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop. Mac: Find a wallpaper you love and click the blue “download” button just below. Find the image on your computer, right-click it and then click “set as desktop background.” Now the only thing left to do is enjoy your new wallpaper! When you click the “download” button, the wallpaper image will be saved, most likely in your “downloads” folder. Just below the image you’ll see a button that says “Download.” You will also see your screen’s resolution, which we have figured out for you.