check out what these smart kids did over @ M.I.T. http://web.media.mit.edu/~jpatten/audiopad/
they use a projector and a few other bits and bobs to control software. bb® "Brendan Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I reckon would sort me out is one of those tablet PCs with > the touch screens - particularly the ones that are made with > heavy rubber padding around them to make them robust and resilient. > > That way you could just lay the "screen" part of the laptop flat > out in front of you, and control it by touching the screen. In > Ableton that would work really well, I reckon; just put your finger > on one of the faders, move it up & down, then grab the crossfader > and wiggle it about. Because it doesn't use right mouse buttons I > don't think there'd be any real problems with using it through a > touch-screen interface. > > From the point of view of the audience, it wouldn't be a hell of > a lot different from watching someone work a turntable; one of the > big problems with laptop performances is that the screen is > positioned like a barrier between the artist and the crowd. Lay the > screen out flat in front of the artist and it might as well be a > 1200 for all the audience care. > > The drawback is that you couldn't do more than one thing at once - > if that got sorted, though, and you had the equivalent of four > mouse pointers running at once, that'd be a pretty good way of > controlling Ableton. Chuck away the mouse and all your MIDI > peripherals and just use the screen itself as the "virtual mixer"... > > Brendan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 03 December 2004 15:38 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: (313) Sasha > > > > > > >Alex, are you assigning things to laptop keys as well? > > > > I am indeed David. > > > > >Personally, I wish I could just highlight a channel without using the > > mouse, so I could see which effects are on or >off before I > > bring in a new > > clip on the channel. > > > > You can! (I think - if I understand you correctly) > > > > you can assign it to the keys. I have my channels on the > > keyboard on the > > qwerty line... e.g. press Q and the channel is highlighted > > and you can see > > what effects are on or off. > > > > ta > > > > alex > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > --------------------- End of message text -------------------- > > > > This e-mail is sent by the above named in > > their individual, non-business capacity and > > is not on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. > > > > PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP may monitor > > outgoing and incoming e-mails and other > > telecommunications on its e-mail and > > telecommunications systems. By replying > > to this e-mail you give your consent to such monitoring. > > > > > benny blanco® blancodisco / nyc http://blancodisco.com
