That is ILL. I want one... Err... two?
Kamal K. Stoddard Turner Broadcasting Systems "Bebop was about change, about evolution. It wasn't about standing still and becoming safe. If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change." > -----Original Message----- > From: benny blanco(r) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: (313) Ableton control (was RE: (313) Sasha) > > > 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(r) > > > > "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(r) > blancodisco / nyc > http://blancodisco.com > >
