fader8 Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I know this was announced at NAMM 07, but this video is the first I've seen that really explains how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff_larken Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 I need this. I want this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djals Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Very innovative.......not good for those with fat hands though. I know, your thinking "fat hands"? Not a common affliction amongst musicians, but, in the town where i was born..........yesh, definitely a case of the old fat hand syndrome going around there.....amongst other oddities Anyhoo, I digress. At first it looks pretty complicated, but this video convinces me it could make complicated musical pieces, such as solo freak outs and the like, a lot easier to play for those of use with little to no schooling. I'll be checking it out soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el-bo Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 n the town where i was born all-together now... we all live....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantomimeHorse Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 n the town where i was born all-together now... we all live....... The first track to use EQ as an expressive instrument rather than a corrective tool ? - (Oh, God ! I've started something, now ..................) - C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 yup..that video blew up my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 yeah ... that is very cool. I can dig it. Not to mention: we all know that Jordan Rudess can make a fart sound awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el-bo Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 very cool...and well presented.... bet that guy could sell noodles to the japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I saw somewhere that this thing is gonna cost apprx $1300 Does that sound about right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tapeworm Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 their website says $1700. being a non keyboard player I can't justify that at all. however, I did get a new kawai K5000s for 300 bucks on blowout aways back. maybe if I wait long enough..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 yeah ... that is very cool. I can dig it. Not to mention: we all know that Jordan Rudess can make a fart sound awesome! HAHAHAHA! but true! $1700?! that hurts.. .that hurts big time! *crosses fingers for axis express * i just started learning the piano a few months ago, and changing keys sucks... everything i write is in the key of C. this just makes so much since to us guitar folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=layout_cshapes i've been very shape oriented in my guitar playing, this just makes tons of sense to me. and plus its like barre chords, with less blisters! (well in the beginning of coarse) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I've been playing piano since I was 5. Just started learning gtr/bass (yes..my fingers HURT). I'm starting to get the 'shapes' thing on guitar, but I miss the 'linear-ity' of the keyboard. I think you'll find that getting you keyboard chops up will help your gtr work as welll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted March 21, 2008 Author Share Posted March 21, 2008 Yup, it's a steep price. But things like this, and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, (oh yes, there's definitely one of those in my future) really represent a very cool departure from the norm and keyboard instruments as we know them. So I think it's an important product, in musicological terms. Here's a cool clip of good'ol Jordy playin the Haken, btw: http://www.hakenaudio.com/Continuum/html/examples/ex232.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 that Haken thing is VERy cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 WTF?? I was already having a hard time getting my head around the Axis thingy. Now just what the heck is the Haken thing? I watched most of the videos - but I just don't understand how it works. Radical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 its a fretless piano! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 HAHAH...nice one, Leah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fader8 Posted March 22, 2008 Author Share Posted March 22, 2008 its a fretless piano! You're too much Leah! Perfect. Waterboy, This Haken gadget is pretty wild. It detects the location, pressure and velocity of your fingertips. I think there's an "initial velocity" parameter too. Anyway, for each finger it transmits note on and several controllers at once including pitchbend. Each finger to its own MIDI channel. Put down all ten fingers and drag them left/right, up/down, then all ten "like" timbres on a synth can respond to each finger independently. The benefit to hooking up to a Kyma system is that it connects to Kyma hardware directly via firewire. So MIDI hardware bandwidth is less of an issue, and of course unlimited sound creation to boot. It's not cheap either though. About 6k US all said and done, just for the controller. Add another 15k to that for a well equipped Kyma system and it's not for the faint-hearted. But hey, that's nothing compared to what Dave Gross is gonna spend on that Steinway Rhapsody (in blue)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 what does moving on the y-axis do? wait... y is up and down, right? well whatever up and down does. i saw him doing that, and couldn't quite figure out what it was doing did anyone else think that he should have put the other keyboard on the same side, so he didn't have to stretch across like that? or does it just look cooler that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkgross Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Of course it looks cooler!! Especially if you've got a big ol' Moog Modular behind ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leahbasskitten Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 touché! don't forget the vest minus the undershirt... mucho coolio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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