Comments on: Gooooooal! A Soccer Ball Music Controller, and Tangible Interface Tips for Music

By: FSK1138

FSK1138 — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:47:23 +0000

what is so special about this ? that they are using a ball? reacTIVision midi has been used for the last two years 2007 – the ball is the only new thing i see – just saying :)

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Click World News » Blog Archive » Soccer ball music controller — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:58:58 +0000

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By: Soccer ball music controller - machine quotidien

Soccer ball music controller - machine quotidien — Sat, 30 May 2009 14:20:24 +0000

[...] Paul Rose of Institut Fatima demonstrates the versatility of the object-tracking software with his reacBall interface. I expect a jumpsuit covered with these will be showing up quite soon (I hope). [via Create Digital Music] [...]

By: Paul Rose

Paul Rose — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:14:51 +0000

i liked “soccer”, because it sounds like “sucker”.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:32:24 +0000

Actually, I should really have used football across the board, as less than half the readership of the site is in the US.

Let’s just say, I enjoy all sports involving kicking balls.

By: chopstickkk

chopstickkk — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:10:57 +0000

ugh @ the phrase – ’soccer ball’
yayy @ the inclusion of the disclaimer ‘(translation for the civilized world: football)’

it just sounds so alien.

By: Paul Rose

Paul Rose — Wed, 27 May 2009 23:34:39 +0000

thank you for putting that up! Yesterday we won the champions league, that’s what I call Kairos!
Obviously the soccerball with reactivision is not a controller that will replace your keyboard. It has a huge latency and is more like a random-input-toy. That’s why we call it a “des-controller”. You can use it to generate patterns that would be boring and impossible to write. I also could just do som cluster chords on a keyboard, but this would not be as half as fun and noone would like to look at it. Also it has a kind of surprising effect while you perform with it and this forces you into creative interaction with the chaos you generate.
We will be performing with the ball on the sonar festival in Barcelona on thursday 18th, and the ball will be displayed and you can try it on the exposition on the festival.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:27:34 +0000

Right — the project is obviously intended as whimsical, so criticizing it for being whimsical makes no sense. I will also say, I think this technique could stand up to the rigors of actual performance, because the thing is so simple. You can easily run a backup (another machine with the free software), and the only potential point of failure is the camera. Have a second camera as a webcam and have enough light, and I think it could be pretty reliable. In Patrick’s example, he actually says it’s a tech demo and not a musical application.

I mean, this would be like listening long enough to let a guitarist tune, then walking out because you’ve said you’ve heard it all before, before he gets a chance to play. ;)

By: patrick h. lauke

patrick h. lauke — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:09:52 +0000

hey, cheers for the mention :)