Comments on: STC-1000 Touch Controller

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:17:15 +0000

en tant que francais moi bien aimÃƒÂ© les touche pad control pour 5.1 merci d’en parlÃƒÂ© …
peut-on configurer cubase sx 3 sur avec le patch accoumodul de ce type?

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:12:36 +0000

:grin ben merde alors !

By: atariboy

atariboy — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:10:55 +0000

That was not me talking about the DS, I was the one talking about the Kaos Pad and haptics.

I have an account now :)

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 02:00:31 +0000

That was not me talking about the DS, I was the one talking about the Kaos Pad and haptics.

I really need to sign up for an account :)

By: admin

admin — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:34:44 +0000

Hey Cris,
My point wasn’t to compare the STC-1000 to the price of a Nintendo, clearly apples to oranges. But my point is, if Nintendo can produce the DS for $150, even without their hardware subsidies and mass production, couldn’t you do something similar aimed at music under $500? I think you probably could, and something built for music would be worth a little extra!

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:34:12 +0000

You mention the cost of the DS when discussing the STC-1000 pricing.

I think it’s a pretty good price actually. They would need a fair margin on it inorder to make it worthwhile.

Still electronically, the components would be much simpler than the DS and much cheaper.

The advantage Nintendo have is economies of scale. They make a load of DSes, cost per unit becomes cheaper. Also as this is a game console, they are willing to make a loss on hardware sales. They hope to make up the money through licencing games.

This is a long winded way for me to say, they are different markets, so we can’t expect comparable prices :)

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:25:17 +0000

opps, that was me above ^

-cris/atariboy

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 03:24:15 +0000

“is the lack of tactile feedback.”

AMEN!

I’d love to say “haptics will be on mainstream equipment soon” but it still looks a while away yet.

Collaborators and I are not sitting around waiting for it to happen though. :)

Why not by a Korg ElecTribe, then?

I think you meant the Korg Kaos Pad right?

I am pretty sure this would be far more sensitive but I am guessing there. The kaos pad has FX but doesn’t have the drivers to control apps in the way the STC does.

By: Guest

Guest — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:42:33 +0000

The only problem with touch-only surfaces combined with LCD screens (a la the Lemur device earlier) is the lack of tactile feedback. It’s important in the heat of creativity to be able to twist knobs and move sliders without having to look for them and watch to make sure that you’re pushing slider A and not activating toggle area B. This device does seem useful for percussion though.

- Nasir