Thank you all for contributions. While saying "keyboard interface" I don%u2019t mean the keys that are used to PLAY the keyboard. There are two interfaces on the keyboard. One is the keys for playing the instrument which have been stable for centuries (except for some experimental examples such as Janko Keyboard), and the other is the buttons for shaping or modifying the sound. My interest is on the second one. It has an important role on the interaction; interface gives the performer the ability of a wide range of modifications and alterations on the sound.
Also I didn't mean that a small digital keyboard is superior to an orchestra. As a classical guitar virtuoso, I am sorry to say that (unfortunately) keyboard has been taken over the place of an orchestra. Although any synthetic sound produced by any means of electronic or digital technology (even John Williams' keyboard) can not be as humane, artistic and creative as an acoustic instruments sounding (unless it is used in the way that Edgard Varese (1883-1965 for example "Integrales") or Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007 for example Klavierstucke) composed music. They are even very fruitless when they are used to imitate "real" instruments such as violin or piano. But they can be more capable; I mean you can increase the speed easily, add sounds later, use midi and samples. Here my focus is this interface which you can shape the sound. This ability of digital keyboards has made them take over an orchestra (unfortunately), and here designer %u2013 engineer is the key person in my opinion. Alkin KORKMAZ Izmir / Turkey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36162 ________________________________________________________________ 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
