Comments on: More Apple Patents Suggest New Music App, Musical Instrument?

By: Create Digital Music » Control Pro Tools with an iPhone or iPod Touch

Create Digital Music » Control Pro Tools with an iPhone or iPod Touch — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:09:51 +0000

[...] Could Apple be working on a Control Pro? One commenter thinks so, and this patent evidence from last year at least suggests they’ve thought about it. (Keep in mind, though, sometimes experimental ideas don’t become products, and patents are hard to read.) How to Use Rock Band Controllers (And More) with GarageBand, Mac [...]

By: slabman

slabman — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:54:04 +0000

Paul - yes, I know of the Haaken and it’s an interesting device. What I’m thinking of is a bit different - it would have conventional black & white key layout but a new type of action (new to music keyboards, that is). Actually, it seems as though it would be reasonably easy to DIY so maybe I should put up or shut up! Perhaps the most achievable DIY implementation would be as something akin to a Buchla sequencer/kbd rather than 88 keys of musicianly goodness.

By: j-chot

j-chot — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:46:18 +0000

undoubtably, when it comes out, apple will insist that cool people only use it.

By: Paul Davis

Paul Davis — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:23:05 +0000

slabman, are you aware of the Haaken Continuum controller? its all you describe, and a bit more.

http://www.hakenaudio.com/Continuum/

By: Jamo Rama » Blog Archive » Guitar Center San Diego - Background Music

Jamo Rama » Blog Archive » Guitar Center San Diego - Background Music — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:19:24 +0000

[...] More Apple Patents Suggest New Music App, Musical Instrument?At the very least, it looks like Apple is working on significant new music software features, as you might expect. But depending on how you read their patents, new music hardware even touchscreen hardware could be in store. … [...]

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Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:40:56 +0000

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By: slabman

slabman — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:34:23 +0000

I find it odd that, with all the experimental key layouts over the years, there seems little willingness to experiment with key action (leaving aside ‘incidental’ keyboards as on grooveboxes). Black & white keyboards had a hinged action because they were levers doing mechanical work. On a synth, they just actuate switches. Why not have a conventional key layout but use keys that travel up & down over the entire length, not just at the front? This could be acheived using the scissor spring action, as in a PC keyboard. Under the keys, there could be a switch at each end. This would allow detection of where the key was pressed and vibrato by rocking the key. (For any patent trolls, this post constitutes prior art!)

By: anon

anon — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:59:53 +0000

There’s not enough money in this for pro studios, or they’d have kept eMagic alive. But “Everybody wants to be a DJ, everybody wants to be an MC”* and with typical Apple marketing and the typically unscrupulous audience….

*De La