* Requirements: ideally, I would like to practise in my Tokyo apartment: thin walls.. * **Guitar** * Yamaha, starter guitars (non electric): cheap CG250A (old), or a C80(new), the C40 is ok too, but lower end * [[https://guitargearfinder.com/guides/best-battery-powered-mini-portable-guitar-amps/|amplifiers]], Blackstar fly3 * But: is an electric guitar silent enough for me to practise in the apartment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wztW7XLoeio sounds like it is, but others do not. Any advice welcome.. * green funding project for sensor guitar: https://greenfunding.jp/lab/projects/4581 * Travel guitar AD-121, extra small, but costs a months rent.. * [[https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/cdn.media.ccc.de/events/froscon/2021/h264-hd/froscon2021-2672-eng-Covid_Chording_or_Rediscovering_the_Guitar_When_Stuck_at_Home_hd.mp4|Fosdem 2021: guitar introduction video]] * **Taiko** * Tokyo taiko experience * [[https://www.roland.com/global/products/taiko-1/|Roland Taiko-1]] should be without noise - pricetag 1100€, starts shipping Summer 2020 * Again.. is it silent enough for indoor usage? * **Drums** * There are virtual drums: "freedrum". News from engadget, who do not manage to keep their URLs.. * [[https://greenfunding.jp/triple-l/projects/5590?utm_campaign=EG_5590_news|Hyperdrum]] greenfunding * Korg wavedrum