Comments on: Graphics Tablets: Good Enough for Jazz (Ornette Coleman, Specifically) http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:53:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nicolas Fournel http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-11264 Nicolas Fournel Sun, 11 Jun 2006 04:47:45 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-11264 I just uploaded two small (and free) applications to make sound/music with graphic tablets on my web site. The first one is Wmidi and the second one is Theremin. There is also stuff to do audio with a mouse, glove, and touch screens. Enjoy! www.nicolasfournel.com I just uploaded two small (and free) applications to make sound/music with graphic tablets on my web site. The first one is Wmidi and the second one is Theremin. There is also stuff to do audio with a mouse, glove, and touch screens. Enjoy!
http://www.nicolasfournel.com

]]> By: triage http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2224 triage Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:55:56 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2224 As a visual artist who tries to be musically wacky within the limitations of GarageBand, I am certainly interested. Will get a Wacom tablet soon (any sites to suggest that might help me choose the best one?) and would like to make it a sonic controller. As a visual artist who tries to be musically wacky within the limitations of GarageBand, I am certainly interested. Will get a Wacom tablet soon (any sites to suggest that might help me choose the best one?) and would like to make it a sonic controller.

]]> By: admin http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2223 admin Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:39:37 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2223 Thanks for those! I'd love to chat more about these two projects over email, if you like, peter (at) createdigitalmusic (dot) com. I guess I should concede, the Lemur has a slight edge on the spatial project, since you can control more than one position, though I might actually prefer tighter control of one item at a time. And you can't beat the price ($200 for a big tablet, $2500 for a Lemur). You could also map pressure, presumably . . . and then recycle the tablet for use in Photoshop CS. ;-) I know there have been interesting experiments in gestural control, too. My feeling is, you can never have enough experimentation. It's not like someone said, "well, that's it. You've figured out what to do with a piano. The novelty's done." Thanks for those! I’d love to chat more about these two projects over email, if you like, peter (at) createdigitalmusic (dot) com.

I guess I should concede, the Lemur has a slight edge on the spatial project, since you can control more than one position, though I might actually prefer tighter control of one item at a time. And you can’t beat the price ($200 for a big tablet, $2500 for a Lemur). You could also map pressure, presumably . . . and then recycle the tablet for use in Photoshop CS. ;-)

I know there have been interesting experiments in gestural control, too.

My feeling is, you can never have enough experimentation. It’s not like someone said, “well, that’s it. You’ve figured out what to do with a piano. The novelty’s done.”

]]> By: richardl http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2222 richardl Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:05:48 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2222 You might want to check this out. It's a work in progress. http://www.livelab.dk/tablet2midi.php I tried building some control surfaces optimized for TabletPC input using Reaktor. It was pretty simple to do what I needed. You might want to check this out. It’s a work in progress.

http://www.livelab.dk/tablet2midi.php

I tried building some control surfaces optimized for TabletPC input using Reaktor. It was pretty simple to do what I needed.

]]> By: vortx21 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2221 vortx21 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:30:21 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/02/13/graphics-tablets-good-enough-for-jazz-ornette-coleman-specifically/#comment-2221 A few years ago I worked with Perry Cook / Trueman / Bahn and a bunch of students (like me) at RPI on a project with the hemispherical speakers <a href="http://createdigitalmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1139" rel="nofollow">mentioned earlier</a> here. I used a Wacom tablet for input and it worked great - we had 16 of the hemispheres suspended in a grid above the audience with one central computer receiving sound and spatial data from all the performers (all running Max/MSP). So with the tablet, it was easy to place a sound anywhere in the room, and control it with the pressure and other functions of the Wacom. A few years ago I worked with Perry Cook / Trueman / Bahn and a bunch of students (like me) at RPI on a project with the hemispherical speakers mentioned earlier here. I used a Wacom tablet for input and it worked great - we had 16 of the hemispheres suspended in a grid above the audience with one central computer receiving sound and spatial data from all the performers (all running Max/MSP). So with the tablet, it was easy to place a sound anywhere in the room, and control it with the pressure and other functions of the Wacom.

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