Ok it might not be all that earth-shattering from a _programming_ level but
from an _interactive/performance presentation_ level I do think it will
open doors to "the next step".
Imagine having these pads all over a room where people could walk up and
remix/mix your music live. It's intuitive - more so than most computer
interfaces.
The colored lights aspect does make it hell of a lot more fun to watch and,
I would think, to use - I would imagine it would satisfy/stimulate the
tactile/sensory parts of your brain.
And come on - it's very futuristic in appearance.
I'd like to know - if you had a choice of watching the *exact same musical
performance*, would you rather:
a) watch someone sit behind a grey laptop where you could not see the
manipulations and they moved very little if at all
or
b) watch someone control the music using this device and could see what
they were doing and with color, shape, and movement represent the musical
elements
it's like when Kraftwerk comes out from behind their stands to play "Pocket
Calculator" - they could easily stay back but it's the presentation that
makes the difference. And people look forward to that moment.
music - like all art - relies on its presentation
IMO it's pretty forward thinking
MEK
Kent williams
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08/01/03 05:05 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:
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> solves the problem of "boring" laptop performances
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> really amazing
> http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59837,00.html
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> link to video download of Audiopad in action (with very cool music)
> http://www.wired.com/news/mediaplayer/0,2108,59779,00.html
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