Comments on: Microsoft Goes Multi-Touch at Midnight; Musicians Might Look Further into Future http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:52:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: ed http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184886 ed Thu, 31 May 2007 00:15:22 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184886 ha. The first video on the surface site is like the Jeff Han TED speech turned into a cheesy ad, but putting drinks on it should make it work like a reactable. I have the feeling that the novelty of dealing with large quantities of digital media (photos, mp3s, etc) manually will get old very quickly. I think they need some of the sorting, piling and selecting tools that the Bumptop had. The interactions with phones/credit cards were interesting. ha. The first video on the surface site is like the Jeff Han TED speech turned into a cheesy ad, but putting drinks on it should make it work like a reactable.

I have the feeling that the novelty of dealing with large quantities of digital media (photos, mp3s, etc) manually will get old very quickly. I think they need some of the sorting, piling and selecting tools that the Bumptop had.

The interactions with phones/credit cards were interesting.

]]> By: sean http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184460 sean Wed, 30 May 2007 05:44:27 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184460 Here's a vid from popular mechanics: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-announces-surface-computer/ initially intended for commercial use it will run 5 - 10K USD Here’s a vid from popular mechanics:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-announces-surface-computer/

initially intended for commercial use it will run 5 - 10K USD

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184456 dead_red_eyes Wed, 30 May 2007 05:35:12 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184456 Peter/guys ... have you seen this thing yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZ8e1itk44 I saw it via MusicThing today. It's a video of a Multi Touch Console in action at some supergeek conference - it was also at the Superbooth at MusikMesse this year. It's an open source design, put together by designers/programmers in Berlin. It runs on a cheap PC, a bog standard projector, an OEM camera, some wood, some reinforced glass, some lights and a projector screen. The software is free as well! Link to the MusicThing article : http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/05/incredilbe-multi-touch-controller.html Peter/guys … have you seen this thing yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSZ8e1itk44

I saw it via MusicThing today. It’s a video of a Multi Touch Console in action at some supergeek conference - it was also at the Superbooth at MusikMesse this year. It’s an open source design, put together by designers/programmers in Berlin. It runs on a cheap PC, a bog standard projector, an OEM camera, some wood, some reinforced glass, some lights and a projector screen. The software is free as well!

Link to the MusicThing article : http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2007/05/incredilbe-multi-touch-controller.html

]]> By: Gilbert Bernstein http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184455 Gilbert Bernstein Wed, 30 May 2007 05:32:12 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184455 So they finally got around to announcing this. Unless they've changed their plan up since 2005, it won't be commodity priced. I was told they were aiming for more of a high end user (read money, money) crowd as the early adopters. It's supposed to be more of a family piece, literally a whole freaking table. So they finally got around to announcing this.

Unless they’ve changed their plan up since 2005, it won’t be commodity priced. I was told they were aiming for more of a high end user (read money, money) crowd as the early adopters. It’s supposed to be more of a family piece, literally a whole freaking table.

]]> By: sean http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184451 sean Wed, 30 May 2007 05:27:14 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184451 The MS site has some vids up now: http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ The MS site has some vids up now:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184418 Peter Kirn Wed, 30 May 2007 03:45:31 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184418 Yeah, isn't that interesting about the Leopard delay until the fall ... not sure I'd place the odds too high, but it's certainly possible some multi-touch control is the hold-up. Zoom in Google Maps on the iPhone can't be the only reason Apple worked on multi-touch research. That aside, looking a couple of years out it seems like both Apple and MS would be nuts not to be working on OS-level support. The fact that the OS only understands a single-position mouse is this huge barrier, and one that should be fixable. Yeah, isn’t that interesting about the Leopard delay until the fall … not sure I’d place the odds too high, but it’s certainly possible some multi-touch control is the hold-up. Zoom in Google Maps on the iPhone can’t be the only reason Apple worked on multi-touch research.

That aside, looking a couple of years out it seems like both Apple and MS would be nuts not to be working on OS-level support. The fact that the OS only understands a single-position mouse is this huge barrier, and one that should be fixable.

]]> By: ed http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184413 ed Wed, 30 May 2007 03:23:53 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184413 I hope it works better than the digidesk. That thing looked far less polished than Jeff Han's work. Couldn't Apple make Leopard multi-touch capable? Using Spaces to flick between Ableton, MAX/MSP and a built in multi-touch control interface on different screens would be nice. I hope it works better than the digidesk. That thing looked far less polished than Jeff Han’s work.

Couldn’t Apple make Leopard multi-touch capable? Using Spaces to flick between Ableton, MAX/MSP and a built in multi-touch control interface on different screens would be nice.

]]> By: Tim Thompson http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184408 Tim Thompson Wed, 30 May 2007 03:09:21 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/29/microsoft-goes-multi-touch-at-midnight-musicians-might-look-further-into-future/#comment-184408 Aren't there some rumors bubbling around that Apple may also be working on a multi-touch controller device for music production? This will be an interesting battle. In any case, a new generation of interface devices is a good thing! Aren’t there some rumors bubbling around that Apple may also be working on a multi-touch controller device for music production? This will be an interesting battle. In any case, a new generation of interface devices is a good thing!

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