Ya I can releate to both the sounds, ya a different sound indeed and it was good .... So this is how Continuum sounds like ?
I also think there cud be variations to the sounds, in the sense as it is music performance controller, I guess it varies depending on what is the input given to it ... No idea how it works or how used :) On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:02 AM, nivensamy <niven...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Logesh, listen to this > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne1l6VNkuLM and also 'rehna tu' from > delhi6. He has done magic... > > Niven > > --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > logesh kum-arr <arrmusik4...@...> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, as u shuld be knowing Rahman has bought this new instrument soon we > > might get some unique sounds :) > > Courtesy : Wikipedia.org > > > > > > Continuum (instrument) > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continuum-Side-view.jpg>< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continuum-Side-view.jpg> > > The full-size Continuum Fingerboard > > > > The *Continuum Fingerboard* is a music performance controller > > developed by Lippold > > > Haken< > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lippold_Haken&action=edit&redlink=1 > >, > > a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of > > Illinois <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois>, and > > sold by Haken > > > Audio< > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haken_Audio&action=edit&redlink=1 > >, > > located in Champaign, > Illinois<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois> > > > .[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > (instrument)#cite_note-LippoldHaken-0> > > > > The Continuum does not itself generate sounds. Rather, it must be > connected > > to a sound-producing source that will receive > > MIDI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface> > > input, > > such as a > synthesizer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer_(musical_instrument)> > > module. > > Contents [hide <javascript:toggleToc()>] > > > > - 1 > Specifications<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > (instrument)#Specifications> > > - 2 Continuum > > > players<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > (instrument)#Continuum_players> > > - 3 Artists using the Continuum > > > Fingerboard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > (instrument)#Artists_using_the_Continuum_Fingerboard> > > - 4 > References<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#References> > > - 5 External > > > links<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#External_links> > > > > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_ > (instrument)&action=edit§ion=1> > > ]Specifications > > > > Technically a > MIDI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface> > > controller, > > the Continuum features a touch-sensitive > > neoprene<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprene> playing > > surface measuring approximately 19 cm high by either 137 cm long > (full-size > > instrument) or 72 cm long (half-size instrument), with a > > pitch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music)> range > > of 9350 cents <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_(music)> (about 7.79 > > octaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave>) for the full-size > instrument, > > and 4610 cents (about 3.84 octaves) for the half-size instrument. The > > instrument has a response time of 1.33 > > ms<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millisecond> > > > .[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > (instrument)#cite_note-HakenAudio-1> > > Sensors > > under the playing surface respond to finger position and pressure in > three > > dimensions and provide pitch resolution of one cent (one > one-hundredth of a > > semitone) along the length of the scale (the X dimension), allowing > > essentially continuous pitch control for > > portamento<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portamento> effects > > and notes that aren't on the chromatic > > scale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scale>, > > and allowing for the application of > > vibratos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato> or > > pitch bends to a note. While pitch bend and vibrato are standard > features on > > most MIDI keyboards, sliding between half steps, as permitted by the > > Continuum, is not. A software "rounding" feature enables pitch to be > > quantized to the notes of a traditional equal-tempered > > scale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament> > > , just scale <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation> or other > scale > > to facilitate in-tune performance, with the amount and duration of the > > "rounding" controllable in real time. > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ContinuumAxes2.jpg>< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ContinuumAxes2.jpg> > > An illustration of the Continuum Fingerboard's axes. > > > > The Continuum also provides two additional parameters for the sound: > it is > > able to transmit the finger pressure on the board as a MIDI value, > as well > > as the finger's vertical position on the key. These parameters can > be used > > to enrich the sound even more, and are independently programmable. For > > example, a standard configuration is where position on the X-Axis > > (lengthwise) on the instrument corresponds to pitch, position on the > Y-Axis > > (widthwise) corresponds to atimbre > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre> shift, > > and position on the Z-Axis (vertically) corresponds to a change in > > amplitude<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness>. > > The Continuum is capable of polyphonic performance, with up to 16 > > simultaneous voices. > > > > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_ > (instrument)&action=edit§ion=2> > > ]Continuum players > > > > Perhaps the most famous player of the Continuum in contemporary > music is Dream > > Theater <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater>'s keyboardist > Jordan > > Rudess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rudess>. It can be heard > in the > > songs "Octavarium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavarium_(song)>" > > and "Sacrificed > > Sons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificed_Sons>" from the album * > > Octavarium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavarium_(album)>*, and > in the > > end of the song "The Dark Eternal > > Night<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Eternal_Night>" > > from 2007's *Systematic > Chaos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_Chaos> > > *. He is also seen playing the Continuum on Dream Theater's 2006 > live DVD * > > Score <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Score_(album)>*, such as in the > > previously unreleased song "Raise The Knife". It is also used by him > in a > > solo during Dream Theater's *Chaos in Motion > > Tour<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_in_Motion_2007%E2%80%932008> > > *. > > > > Rudess also plays the Continuum on songs he has guested on by John-Luke > > Addison (on the song "Unimaginable Charismatics", from the *Multiple > > > Valences< > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiple_Valences&action=edit&redlink=1 > > > > * album) and Behold... The > > Arctopus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behold..._The_Arctopus> (on > > "Transient Exuberance", from > *Skullgrid<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullgrid> > > *). He also uses it on his cover of > > Tarkus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkus>, > > from the album *The Road > > Home<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Home_(Jordan_Rudess_album)> > > *, between 11:31 and 11:55. > > > > The Continuum was used by John > > Williams<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams> for > > his score to *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal > > > Skull< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull > > > > *.[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-2> > > > > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_ > (instrument)&action=edit§ion=3> > > ]Artists using the Continuum Fingerboard > > > > - Chris > Lehman< > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Lehman&action=edit&redlink=1 > > > > (Street Level > > > Doppler< > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Street_Level_Doppler&action=edit&redlink=1 > > > > ) > > - Jordan Rudess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rudess> (Dream > > Theater <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater>) > > - A. R. Rahman > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman>[4]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-ECEProf-3> > > - John Paul > Jones<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)> > > (Former Led Zeppelin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin>) > > - Terry Lawless <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lawless> > > - Randy Kerber > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Kerber>[5]< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > (instrument)#cite_note-DailyIllini-4> > > - John Williams <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams> > > > > > > -- > > best regrards > > Logesh A > > > > > -- best regrards Logesh A
