Comments on: Interactive Table as Synth, Via New, Better Bjork Tour Vids; Microsoft Surface Snickering

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Create Digital Music » CDM Welcomes Bill Gates to Digital Music Creation! — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:15:51 +0000

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By: Manuel

Manuel — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:34:37 +0000

Why they use a single finger almost every time in the M. video? Also, the scroll bar is not faster than a hand ?

By: M-.-n

M-.-n — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:19:06 +0000

Fantastic… I just saw the most expensive pitch bend interface ever.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:33:14 +0000

Ha! Well, honestly, these massive tours are tough ones to hear any one musician play, beyond whoever the front man/woman is. But I agree, I’m also about the end product… This is a good iteration, at least. The question is, what could you do that would be impossible on a Moog / with, say, the interface of a Moog Voyager. I expect you could come up with something — at least something that could be done elegantly. But it’s totally reasonable to expect this will take many more iterations.

By: DJ McManus

DJ McManus — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 17:06:22 +0000

Microsoft always does well with other people’s ideas. We’d probably have seen these sooner but they don’t have Vista drivers yet. ;)

We’ve got so much processing power, connectivity, and new options for interactivity. I can’t help feeling that were on the cusp of something new and revolutionary. Microsoft may lead the way? I mean, with this thing they showed us that you can look at … road maps. Ahhhhh, the future.

I really like Bjork and the guys involved with reac Table are doing good things for sure. The blocks look a bit like the graphics from Super Furry Animals records. That is certainly a good sign. I think I could get my head around something like Reason but in modular block form. Maybe the blocks could have been salt shakers, tea cups, and flower vases instead?

Frankly though, I’d rather have a Moog synth and would rather hear someone performing on one as well. Just going by the end product. As far as seeing what they’re doing and the concept behind it, I’m usually dancing or passed out in a garbage bin.

Keytar is still better.