I think its one of the invention of the west destined to be used by the east as it can naturally reproduce the variations of pitch, tone, amplitude and other sound parameters beyond my knowledge, which are at the base of carnatic and eastern music in general. But it surely does magic and when used my our boss will create honey for our ears...
I keep asking for more continuum usage in our boss music. Niven --- In [email protected], logesh kum-arr <arrmusik4...@...> wrote: > > Ya I can releate to both the sounds, ya a different sound indeed and it was > good .... So this is how Continuum sounds like ? > > I also think there cud be variations to the sounds, in the sense as it is music > performance controller, > I guess it varies depending on what is the input given to it ... > No idea how it works or how used :) > > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:02 AM, nivensamy <niven...@...> wrote: > > > Hello Logesh, listen to this > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne1l6VNkuLM and also 'rehna tu' from > > delhi6. He has done magic... > > > > Niven > > > > --- In [email protected] <arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com>, > > logesh kum-arr <arrmusik4log@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, as u shuld be knowing Rahman has bought this new instrument soon we > > > might get some unique sounds :) > > > Courtesy : Wikipedia.org > > > > > > > > > Continuum (instrument) > > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continuum-Side-view.jpg>< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continuum-Side-view.jpg> > > > The full-size Continuum Fingerboard > > > > > > The *Continuum Fingerboard* is a music performance controller > > > developed by Lippold > > > > > Haken< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lippold_Haken&action=edit&redlink=1 > > >, > > > a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of > > > Illinois <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois>, and > > > sold by Haken > > > > > Audio< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haken_Audio&action=edit&redlink=1 > > >, > > > located in Champaign, > > Illinois<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois> > > > > > .[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > > (instrument)#cite_note-LippoldHaken-0> > > > > > > The Continuum does not itself generate sounds. Rather, it must be > > connected > > > to a sound-producing source that will receive > > > MIDI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface> > > > input, > > > such as a > > synthesizer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer_(musical_instrument)> > > > module. > > > Contents [hide <javascript:toggleToc()>] > > > > > > - 1 > > Specifications<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > > (instrument)#Specifications> > > > - 2 Continuum > > > > > players<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > > (instrument)#Continuum_players> > > > - 3 Artists using the Continuum > > > > > Fingerboard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > > (instrument)#Artists_using_the_Continuum_Fingerboard> > > > - 4 > > References<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#References> > > > - 5 External > > > > > links<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#External_links> > > > > > > > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_ > > (instrument)&action=edit§ion=1> > > > ]Specifications > > > > > > Technically a > > MIDI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface> > > > controller, > > > the Continuum features a touch-sensitive > > > neoprene<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprene> playing > > > surface measuring approximately 19 cm high by either 137 cm long > > (full-size > > > instrument) or 72 cm long (half-size instrument), with a > > > pitch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music)> range > > > of 9350 cents <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_(music)> (about 7.79 > > > octaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave>) for the full-size > > instrument, > > > and 4610 cents (about 3.84 octaves) for the half-size instrument. The > > > instrument has a response time of 1.33 > > > ms<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millisecond> > > > > > .[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > > (instrument)#cite_note-HakenAudio-1> > > > Sensors > > > under the playing surface respond to finger position and pressure in > > three > > > dimensions and provide pitch resolution of one cent (one > > one-hundredth of a > > > semitone) along the length of the scale (the X dimension), allowing > > > essentially continuous pitch control for > > > portamento<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portamento> effects > > > and notes that aren't on the chromatic > > > scale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scale>, > > > and allowing for the application of > > > vibratos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato> or > > > pitch bends to a note. While pitch bend and vibrato are standard > > features on > > > most MIDI keyboards, sliding between half steps, as permitted by the > > > Continuum, is not. A software "rounding" feature enables pitch to be > > > quantized to the notes of a traditional equal-tempered > > > scale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament> > > > , just scale <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation> or other > > scale > > > to facilitate in-tune performance, with the amount and duration of the > > > "rounding" controllable in real time. > > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ContinuumAxes2.jpg>< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ContinuumAxes2.jpg> > > > An illustration of the Continuum Fingerboard's axes. > > > > > > The Continuum also provides two additional parameters for the sound: > > it is > > > able to transmit the finger pressure on the board as a MIDI value, > > as well > > > as the finger's vertical position on the key. These parameters can > > be used > > > to enrich the sound even more, and are independently programmable. For > > > example, a standard configuration is where position on the X-Axis > > > (lengthwise) on the instrument corresponds to pitch, position on the > > Y-Axis > > > (widthwise) corresponds to atimbre > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre> shift, > > > and position on the Z-Axis (vertically) corresponds to a change in > > > amplitude<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness>. > > > The Continuum is capable of polyphonic performance, with up to 16 > > > simultaneous voices. > > > > > > > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_ > > (instrument)&action=edit§ion=2> > > > ]Continuum players > > > > > > Perhaps the most famous player of the Continuum in contemporary > > music is Dream > > > Theater <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater>'s keyboardist > > Jordan > > > Rudess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rudess>. It can be heard > > in the > > > songs "Octavarium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavarium_(song)>" > > > and "Sacrificed > > > Sons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificed_Sons>" from the album * > > > Octavarium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavarium_(album)>*, and > > in the > > > end of the song "The Dark Eternal > > > Night<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Eternal_Night>" > > > from 2007's *Systematic > > Chaos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_Chaos> > > > *. He is also seen playing the Continuum on Dream Theater's 2006 > > live DVD * > > > Score <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Score_(album)>*, such as in the > > > previously unreleased song "Raise The Knife". It is also used by him > > in a > > > solo during Dream Theater's *Chaos in Motion > > > Tour<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_in_Motion_2007%E2%80%932008> > > > *. > > > > > > Rudess also plays the Continuum on songs he has guested on by John-Luke > > > Addison (on the song "Unimaginable Charismatics", from the *Multiple > > > > > Valences< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiple_Valences&action=edit&redlink=1 > > > > > > * album) and Behold... The > > > Arctopus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behold..._The_Arctopus> (on > > > "Transient Exuberance", from > > *Skullgrid<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullgrid> > > > *). He also uses it on his cover of > > > Tarkus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkus>, > > > from the album *The Road > > > Home<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Home_(Jordan_Rudess_album)> > > > *, between 11:31 and 11:55. > > > > > > The Continuum was used by John > > > Williams<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams> for > > > his score to *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal > > > > > Skull< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull > > > > > > *.[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-2> > > > > > > > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_ > > (instrument)&action=edit§ion=3> > > > ]Artists using the Continuum Fingerboard > > > > > > - Chris > > Lehman< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Lehman&action=edit&redlink=1 > > > > > > (Street Level > > > > > Doppler< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Street_Level_Doppler&action=edit&redlink=1 > > > > > > ) > > > - Jordan Rudess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rudess> (Dream > > > Theater <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater>) > > > - A. R. Rahman > > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman>[4]< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-ECEProf-3> > > > - John Paul > > Jones<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)> > > > (Former Led Zeppelin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin>) > > > - Terry Lawless <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lawless> > > > - Randy Kerber > > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Kerber>[5]< > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_ > > (instrument)#cite_note-DailyIllini-4> > > > - John Williams <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > best regrards > > > Logesh A > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > best regrards > Logesh A >
