Sony BlockJam: http://www.sonycsl.co.jp/IL/projects/blockjam/ contents.html
Yamaha Tenori-On: http://www.global.yamaha.com/design/tenori-on/ What I like about each of these interfaces is that I feel like I could figure out pretty quickly how to use them to make some pretty cool sounds, which might even have the qualities of "music," despite the fact that I can't carry a tune in a bucket. The UI abstracts the underlying principles of music composition to a degree where I can make sense of them based on physical mappings in space and variations in feedback. They are like "conceptual models" that reflect my (limited) understanding of music, as opposed to a traditional instrument (physical/analog or software)'s "implementation model" UI, which reflects notes, chords, pitch (?) and lots of other things I don't really understand. If you are a virtuoso, or even moderately skilled musician, you'd likely find these interfaces limiting after experimenting with them for a while. On the other hand, by forcing a trained musician to think differently, they might also be valuable sources of insight and inspiration. Patrick On Feb 19, 2008, at 2:24 AM, Loren Baxter wrote: > Did anyone else see Daft Punk rocking out at the Grammys? They > played the > coolest instruments I've ever seen - four multitouch screens with > various > graphical elements controlling an array of synth and software > backend. ( > http://tinyurl.com/2krxy9 - the solo three quarters of the way > through the > video ) Further research uncovered this: the Lemur by JazzMutant ( > http://www.jazzmutant.com/lemur_overview.php ). If you're at all into > music, sound manipulation, and visualization, take a look. Has > anyone here > had experience with these or other audio control devices? Any > thoughts on > the design? These are thought provoking from an IXD perspective - > a very > different sensory space than your standard UI. > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
