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A grid of anything, as Launchpad tool lets you play in new ways
From frets to keys to finger holes, musical instruments in every culture have provided ways to easily access musical ideas quickly. But these are physical, acoustic instruments, so any solution they find is more or less restricted to a single set of choices. Digital hardware can do what digital software can: it can be a […]
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Ableton Push: Integrated, Touch-Sensitive Hardware Control for Live [Details]
Now, Ableton is doing its own hardware. Sure, Ableton’s logo was on the Akai APC40 and Novation Launchpad, and yes, “engineering by Akai” is stamped on the Push. But make no mistake: this is really the first Ableton hardware, and it shows. Push is a grid controller with extra keys and encoders for navigating features. […]
In An Explosion of Keys, a DIY Isomorphic Instrument
Alternative key layouts have popped up in commercial hardware and now iPad apps and such, but there’s nothing like trying to build something to grasp how it works. An intrepid group of makers who call themselves Louisville Soundbuilders are working now to clone the C-Thru Music AXiS-64. The goal: their own, original instrument that uses […]
Anamorphic Architecture, in a Seoul Storefront, Plays with Projected Dimensions
Peter Kirn - December 29, 2010
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