Comments on: Covering Thom Yorke’s The Eraser on Monome, and an All-in-One Setup for Ableton Live http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/ 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: Hundertmark http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-651835 Hundertmark Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:36:30 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-651835 The interface of this controller is just incredible. it's simple and nice. doe sevenUp work with the arduinomeserial??? Do all the monome apps also work with the arduinome??? Greets Hundertmark The interface of this controller is just incredible. it’s simple and nice. doe sevenUp work with the arduinomeserial??? Do all the monome apps also work with the arduinome???

Greets Hundertmark

]]> By: Sebastien Orban http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-649897 Sebastien Orban Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:02:55 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-649897 The more interesting thing with those kind of interface is that you can (and got to) invent your way of playing music. I like this idea–but well, like most people I've learn to follow fixe scheme, so the day when I could do this, I think I will be fucking lost ! The more interesting thing with those kind of interface is that you can (and got to) invent your way of playing music.
I like this idea–but well, like most people I’ve learn to follow fixe scheme, so the day when I could do this, I think I will be fucking lost !

]]> By: snarf http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643352 snarf Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:09:45 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643352 This is awesome! It also makes me wonder how thom yorkes tracks was made. This is awesome! It also makes me wonder how thom yorkes tracks was made.

]]> By: lokey http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643252 lokey Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:49:37 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643252 ive never known what to say to people that marvel at the complexity of monome interfaces. Like any instrument, practice is critical, but it's fairly easy to clump and memorize the layout. I dont think its any harder than memorizing the layout of a guitar, or a knobstudded xone mixer. Remember, most videos focus on the controller end, there is often an onscreen gui for the monome application. Having that as a reference while learning the layout is helpful... ive never known what to say to people that marvel at the complexity of monome interfaces. Like any instrument, practice is critical, but it’s fairly easy to clump and memorize the layout. I dont think its any harder than memorizing the layout of a guitar, or a knobstudded xone mixer. Remember, most videos focus on the controller end, there is often an onscreen gui for the monome application. Having that as a reference while learning the layout is helpful…

]]> By: aerotone http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643176 aerotone Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:51:03 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643176 woohhooo. not too shabby. woohhooo. not too shabby.

]]> By: dead_red_eyes http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643155 dead_red_eyes Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:36:09 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643155 I've got to agree with plurgid. That shit looks FAR from being intuitive. Yikes. I’ve got to agree with plurgid. That shit looks FAR from being intuitive. Yikes.

]]> By: Jordan Colburn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643127 Jordan Colburn Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:07:44 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643127 I really like the concept of using buttons to trigger different templates. This allows one small controller to control a huge amount of features that would otherwise take an ungodly large and expensive controller or a mouse. I used this in a PD looping patch i've been working on to allow a Oxygen-style, 2 octave, 8 knob keyboard to control all functions of the software. I really like the concept of using buttons to trigger different templates. This allows one small controller to control a huge amount of features that would otherwise take an ungodly large and expensive controller or a mouse. I used this in a PD looping patch i’ve been working on to allow a Oxygen-style, 2 octave, 8 knob keyboard to control all functions of the software.

]]> By: plurgid http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643117 plurgid Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:55:17 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643117 'cept say ... holding down an Em chord on my guitar doesn't change the guitar's tuning, it's tone or turn it into a step sequencer. Though ... heh ... that would be kinda cool. I think I'm beginning to see what the monome-heads are digging on so deeply. ‘cept say … holding down an Em chord on my guitar doesn’t change the guitar’s tuning, it’s tone or turn it into a step sequencer.

Though … heh … that would be kinda cool.

I think I’m beginning to see what the monome-heads are digging on so deeply.

]]> By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643052 Peter Kirn Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:00:45 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643052 @plurgid: I hear you; I think in this case they're not so worried about that because Monome users already know each of these layouts. What this does is put them together. So it's very intimidating if you haven't used them before, less so if you have. If you were just getting started with Monome, you'd probably take it one template at a time ... just like practicing an instrument. @plurgid: I hear you; I think in this case they’re not so worried about that because Monome users already know each of these layouts. What this does is put them together. So it’s very intimidating if you haven’t used them before, less so if you have. If you were just getting started with Monome, you’d probably take it one template at a time … just like practicing an instrument.

]]> By: plurgid http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/comment-page-1/#comment-643043 plurgid Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:55:40 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/10/01/covering-thom-yorkes-the-eraser-on-monome-and-an-all-in-one-setup-for-ableton-live/#comment-643043 Man, that's cool! But far from intuitive. How in the hell are you supposed to remember what everything does? From the look of it, some of the buttons are assigned essentially as "template selectors", once one is selected, all the rest of the buttons do completely different things. Not only that you get combinations of buttons changing the template too. And none of the buttons are marked, and are visually indistinguishable from the others apart from their grid position! Holy user interface hell! I know people do it all the time ... but being on stage with something that has an interface as ambiguous as that would freak me the hell out. It'd be so easy to lose your way with it ... in front of people! Man, that’s cool!
But far from intuitive.

How in the hell are you supposed to remember what everything does?

From the look of it, some of the buttons are assigned essentially as “template selectors”, once one is selected, all the rest of the buttons do completely different things. Not only that you get combinations of buttons changing the template too. And none of the buttons are marked, and are visually indistinguishable from the others apart from their grid position!

Holy user interface hell!

I know people do it all the time … but being on stage with something that has an interface as ambiguous as that would freak me the hell out. It’d be so easy to lose your way with it … in front of people!

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