Comments on: New Ways of Playing Keyboards: Samchillian and Thummer Redux http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/03/16/new-ways-of-playing-keyboards-samchillian-and-thummer-redux/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:31:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: admin http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/03/16/new-ways-of-playing-keyboards-samchillian-and-thummer-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-2639 admin Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:30:36 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=1235#comment-2639 You can play any scale with either of these devices. I was more concerned about doing this small movement all the time -- sounds like a recipe for potential injury. I'd be careful with it. As for being fun to watch, absolutely! Though that definitely depends on the player. I'm sure someone could make either of these really cool to watch onstage -- but that has more to do with the player than the invention. You can play any scale with either of these devices. I was more concerned about doing this small movement all the time — sounds like a recipe for potential injury. I’d be careful with it.

As for being fun to watch, absolutely! Though that definitely depends on the player. I’m sure someone could make either of these really cool to watch onstage — but that has more to do with the player than the invention.

]]> By: m15a http://createdigitalmusic.com/2006/03/16/new-ways-of-playing-keyboards-samchillian-and-thummer-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-2638 m15a Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:41:44 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=1235#comment-2638 thought you'd have something up about that "relative keyboard thing". seems pretty cool to me. and fun. (other one is interesting, too, but i heard about it before and it looks expensive . . ) anyway, one thing that seems like a turn off at first to me is that it seems to rely on a set scale. could you tell if the thing would be effective with a chromatic scale? or is there an easy way to use notes outside of your set scale? if not, seems like that would be limiting. but overall there are a lot of cool things about it. it's truly a different way of controlling music compared to a keyboard, rather than just looking different. it looks like it's fun to play. and i think it'd be fun to watch someone perform with it, too. thought you’d have something up about that “relative keyboard thing”. seems pretty cool to me. and fun. (other one is interesting, too, but i heard about it before and it looks expensive . . )

anyway, one thing that seems like a turn off at first to me is that it seems to rely on a set scale. could you tell if the thing would be effective with a chromatic scale? or is there an easy way to use notes outside of your set scale? if not, seems like that would be limiting.

but overall there are a lot of cool things about it. it’s truly a different way of controlling music compared to a keyboard, rather than just looking different. it looks like it’s fun to play. and i think it’d be fun to watch someone perform with it, too.

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