<s>
AlphaSphere	B-Application
is	O
an	O
electronic	O
musical	O
instrument	O
that	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
British	O
company	O
,	O
nu	O
desine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
concept	O
of	O
the	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
is	O
to	O
increase	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
expression	O
available	O
to	O
electronic	O
musicians	O
by	O
allowing	O
for	O
the	O
playing	O
style	O
of	O
a	O
musical	O
instrument	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
before	O
the	O
product	O
had	O
been	O
fully	O
developed	O
it	O
had	O
appeared	O
at	O
many	O
events	O
worldwide	O
including	O
the	O
NAMM	O
Show	O
,	O
Musikmesse	O
,	O
TEDx	O
conferences	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Future	O
Everything	O
Festival	O
and	O
received	O
press	O
from	O
popular	O
organizations	O
such	O
as	O
Sound	O
on	O
Sound	O
,	O
BBC	O
,	O
Wired	O
and	O
MusicRadar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
currently	O
two	O
different	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
models	O
-	O
the	O
nexus	O
series	O
and	O
the	O
elite	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
concept	O
of	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
while	O
company	O
founder	O
Adam	O
Place	O
was	O
studying	O
at	O
the	O
Nagoya	O
University	O
of	O
Arts	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
produced	O
an	O
initial	O
prototype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
nu	O
desine	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
started	O
taking	O
pre-orders	O
for	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
elite	O
series	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
batch	O
of	O
elite	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
's	O
being	O
shipped	O
in	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
nu	O
desine	O
announced	O
the	O
nexus	O
series	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
shortly	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
instrument	O
being	O
available	O
in	O
musical	O
instrument	O
retail	O
stores	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
it	O
became	O
available	O
to	O
UK	O
and	O
Europe	O
through	O
the	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
several	O
high-profile	O
artists	O
such	O
as	O
Talvin	O
Singh	O
and	O
Enter	O
Shikari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nexus	O
series	O
is	O
the	O
standard	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
USB	B-Protocol
connectivity	O
and	O
power	O
which	O
communicates	O
with	O
software	O
via	O
the	O
HID	B-General_Concept
and	O
MIDI	O
protocols	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
MIDI	O
instrument	O
the	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
is	O
fully	O
compatible	O
with	O
polyphonic	O
aftertouch	O
and	O
multichannel	O
MIDI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
firmware	B-Application
are	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
elite	O
series	O
is	O
the	O
high-end	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
AlphaSphere	B-Application
nexus	O
,	O
plus	O
the	O
following	O
extra	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
