glad someone said that. i agree it's pretty cool, but compared to all the media it's getting, i just don't get it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "313 list" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 3:05 PM Subject: Re: (313) Audiopad - meet the future of midi control > Everyone gets really excited about this, but really, using this > is no different than a faderbox, except for the pretty colored lights. > As someone who actually plays live with computers, I'd think the > main attraction is to associate some physical activity and colored > lights with what are really conventional manipulations of musical > elements. > > And technically, it's some sort of magnetic sensor grid, that outputs > the position of 3 or 4 pucks. There's nothing that exciting or > cutting edge about the programming either. It's a cool grad-student > project but nothing earth-shattering. > > On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > solves the problem of "boring" laptop performances > > > > really amazing > > http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59837,00.html > > > > > > > > link to video download of Audiopad in action (with very cool music) > > http://www.wired.com/news/mediaplayer/0,2108,59779,00.html > > > > kent williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.cornwarning.com -- Iowa's First Techno Record Label > http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes >
