Fwd: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2008

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

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> From: GORDIUS info <info@gordius.be>
> Date: söndag 16 dec 2007 17.12.29 GMT+01:00
> To: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: 5 Things I'd like to see in 2008
> Reply-To: info@gordius.be
>
> Interesting, Per
> I guess you intended to post to the group - in that case you'll  
> need to resend, it looks like I've got my email settings wrong,  
> causing your reply to go to me instead of the whole group, sorry.
>
> > I too think Bluetooth is way cool but it should get built into  
> some foot controller pedal board
> Of course that is what I am considering, and once I would do this,  
> having the wiimote control any hardware MIDI device (instead of PC  
> only) is just a next step
> Only, I'm not yet sure if I'm going to go down that road, looking  
> at the regular bluetooth detection problems - not exactly the kind  
> of problem you like to encounter minutes before your gig starts, or  
> after an unexpected reboot or something... will need to investigate
>
> > to use one of those dance carpets assigned to two MIDI CC#s
> also something I have been thinking of. I don't want to start yet  
> another design of a MIDI expression pedal, I'd rather try to find  
> something more original....
>
> > moving your instrument in the air (while playing) also generates  
> the vector data
> +
> > Unless you GAFFA tape the Wii to your instrument
>
> Sounds ridiculous, but I was actually going to try out what's  
> possible with this wiimote if you do tape it to the side of a  
> guitar, or attach it to the horn of a saxophone for instance,  
> pointing to the ground... why should it be more complicated than  
> that? If you would have relatively easy access to the buttons, and  
> a decent range of X-Y control by moving or tilting your instrument...
> Of course the only reason for trying this is that my son just got  
> his Wii a week ago, and I want to play with his toys...:-)
>
> > to set off dynamic changes over a long time (as in fading in/out  
> etc) by applying an inertia factor to the movement ...
>
> I'm about to implement what could be considered some "poor mans  
> version" of this in my floorboard - don't know if this would come  
> anywhere near, or if it sound useless to you :
> if you could assign "any" number of CC#s to a footswitch, and for  
> each of these CC#s not only a single CC value, but a "start" and  
> "end" value plus a sweep time to go smoothly from start value to  
> end value after a single foot click, would that be useful ? Of  
> course it is still pretty "static", no real time control over the  
> different parameters yet..
>
> Grtz,
> Xavier
>
>
>
> Per Boysen wrote:
>>
>> On Dec 16, 2007 2:39 PM, GORDIUS info <info@gordius.be> wrote:
>>
>> Isn't the Wiimote (for now) the coolest bluetooth controller ever  
>> - for
>> you software loopers?
>> In case you didn't already, watch this :  http://www.vimeo.com/ 
>> 155978/
>>
>> Grtz,
>> Xavier
>>
>>
>> Chris Sewell wrote:
>> > 3. bluetooth controllers would be cool too.
>>
>>
>> Hand controlled gadgets always suck for us that play instruments  
>> with our hands. I too think Bluetooth is way cool but it should  
>> get built into some foot controller pedal board! Or better would  
>> be to have all your controllers set up stable and simple and then  
>> connected to a Bluetooth sender and then wherever you have stuffed  
>> away your laptop on stage you have the Bluetooth receiver.
>>
>> I'm excited by X/Y vector control, both for directly "playing"  
>> parameters and to set off dynamic changes over a long time (as in  
>> fading in/out etc) by applying an inertia factor to the movement  
>> of the two linked parameters from one X/Y position towards any new  
>> given postition (of those two parameters). That's very simple and  
>> playable. Much better than having loads of faders, as when using a  
>> mixing console or similar.
>>
>> Two nice ideas for physical realization of my X/Y dream is to use  
>> one of those dance carpets assigned to two MIDI CC#s or to use two  
>> light beams, strategically positioned in a way that moving your  
>> instrument in the air (while playing) also generates the vector data.
>>
>> I've been using vector control a lot in software like Logic or  
>> Numerology (and a little in Bidule too) but yet not had a chance  
>> to built some physical interface for it. I think all this vector  
>> stuff is much more exciting than Bluetooth because Bluetooth  
>> simply replaces a cable - and the only good thing with replacing a  
>> cable that I can see is if you want to wave around with the  
>> controller as the french guy in that movie does, but when playing  
>> instruments that is not possible anyway. Unless you GAFFA tape the  
>> Wii to your instrument... he. he... got to stop here ;-)
>>
>> Bottom line: I'd like to see some real physical vector controllers  
>> for 2008! (just imagine if the Tenori On would have been a  
>> configurable vector based MIDI controller instead of a step  
>> sequencer with lame built-in synth sounds. Wow!)
>>
>> -- 
>> Greetings from Sweden
>>
>> Per Boysen
>> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
>> www.looproom.com (international)
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