Comments on: Beamz Laser Harp Makes Faux Music, Demeans Girl in Penguin Sweater

By: Cyrille Martraire » Musical instruments for musicians and non-musicians: Controls

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:58:45 +0000

[...] interested in getting closer with music they do not want a one-button does it all music box such as Beamz. They want, just like professional musicians, to have enough control to express emotions through [...]

By: paulo

paulo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:16:06 +0000

demeans girl in penguin sweater hahaha, omg, I can’t stop laughing

By: Dave Dri

Dave Dri — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:00:13 +0000

Im buying three. Forget MPC’s and synths… this is the future of my band and i hope, yours too….

By: mallyone

mallyone — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:13:48 +0000

It looks like 6 tracks playing and the laser acts as a transform, Then let effects trail the sound off to kill the harshness of hard cuts, Go DJ Paid2Much!

Got to say though, there is a slight attraction to flailing for your music :).

m1…

By: Keith Handy

Keith Handy — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:34:21 +0000

This must be an outtake from Idiocracy.

By: David

David — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:05:31 +0000

Im gonna name a new song on the album
“Give Penguin Girl a Break”
seriously, awesome. thanks CDM!

By: Rock Robertson

Rock Robertson — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:02:23 +0000

Howdy
This is very reminicent of Zzounds, the RFID-sensing musical device. I did a piece using Zzounds and Live. I had to dope out how to set initial conditions for the sounds of Zzounds; I wonder if you can reliably set initial condidions on this beast.

BTW, the apartheid of the ad (little brown girl indeed!) is only offset by the lameness of the “Cool guys”. Peter’s probably right, she’s gonna hack that dog and harp together, building something that can jam out and fetch your slippers.
Stylin’ bald guy. Sheesh!

By: Create Digital Music » Beamz Laser System Strikes Back, But What’s Wrong With Instruments, Anyway?

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:58:51 +0000

[...] saga of the Beamz Laser Music System goes on: the spectacularly awful demo video has spread on the Internets, and after Gizmodo proclaimed it the most stupid promo video ever, they [...]

By: Dr. Apostrophe X

Dr. Apostrophe X — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:06:30 +0000

Wow! This video actually made the “Around the Net” segment of G4TV’s “Attack of the Show” last night. Does Kevin Pereira read this ‘blog? I know he’s a big computer music guy.

By: BEAMZ LAZER HARP « DIGITAL AUDIO SERVICE

BEAMZ LAZER HARP « DIGITAL AUDIO SERVICE — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:46:26 +0000

[...] hatte beschlossen, die Laser Harp von Sharper Image komplett zu ignorieren, doch nachdem Gizmodo das endzeitige Promo-Video ausgegraben haben, gebe ich mich [...]