Manta

[Andrew Tarpinian]

On Dec 2, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Tony Hardie-Bick wrote:

> On 02/12/10 17:15, Jonny Stutters wrote:
>> On 2 December 2010 16:53, Tony Hardie-Bick<tony at entity.net>  wrote:
>> 
>>> However, to be really useful, there needs to be a deep connection between sound
>>> and gesture, and this device doesn't have that. You can use *any* sound :)
>> 
>> Certainly, but that seems to me to be mostly a latency and good
>> programming (and I guess user discipline) issue rather than an issue
>> with this or any other controller once that controller crosses some
>> threshold of knowledge about the physical input from the user.
> 
> Yeah - if the interface is really good, then an exploration of possibilities 
> becomes artistic rather than technical.
> 
> And I think the Manta impresses me as (to my limited knowledge) the best example 
> of a matrix-style sequencer applied to musical expression in the notes 
> themselves, in addition to matrix-style on-the-fly-song-structuring machinery à 
> la Monome. Which, is a pretty mind-blowing combination - if one simply takes the 
> idea of a Monome-type matrix, and then add in *extremely* good velocity/aftertouch.

that's not exactly what this is, it does not sense velocity or pressure really, it senses surface area. Which can give the same result, just different, and maybe better. 

> Perhaps it's this combination, rather than the aftertouch itself - or any other 
> individual aspect - which is impressing me with this device.