Eigenharp Pico - anyone??

[Tony Scharf]

Alternative controllers dont excite me so much.  I have been very
happy with keyboard. If i could have one wish, it would be that all
the energy going into making different looking controllers that all
(essentially) do the same thing would go into making new ways of
creating sounds that could be used in a musical context.  It just
seems that we have hit a complete dead end in this regard.

To reply to another topic in this thread, I would LOVE to get my hands
on a VL-1.  It really is a beautiful instrument, and it can do very
strange things if you get into its physical modelling.  They dont come
up on ebay very often, and when they do their prices are always very
high.

Tony

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:58 AM, ibi sum <ibisum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> With any instrument, expression comes from a combination of delight and
>> involvement, and every human being is different in the way they react to an
>> instrument.
>
>
> Its absolutely the truth.  In the case of the Eigenharp, I've mostly
> been excited due to the fact of its existence, not any technical
> positive.. just to see an alternative take on the controller issue,
> finally, instead of the same bland ol' shit .. but has this blinded me
> to the fact that maybe its a crap instrument?  I don't know, and I won't
> know until I play one - and thats really the problem with instruments.
> A lot of people get terribly frustrated with such things as the flute,
> clarinet, synthesizers and so on, and give up easily to become Laptop
> musicians that comfortably point and click their masterpieces into
> place, but .. there is always room for new improvements.
>
> I've been sick as hell this past week - lung infection - and laying in
> bed.  I just bit the bullet and upgraded to Live 8.1 and am digging out
> the Nano controllers for some bed studio love.
>
> You all know this about me and its boring: I really despise the presence
> of laptops on stage, to be honest its become quite an issue with me
> personally, rationally or irrationally so.. but I have to say that in
> spite of my misgivings about being a laptop muso this is quite a
> comfortable way to work, in the end .. and as we all know in these
> threads: its the music (product) that matters.
>
> So I really hope I can see an Eigenharp in person some day .. there are
> some guys here in Vienna that have started an Eigen-band, so lets see if
> I can get some time with the real thing some day soon. I  really hope
> someone from the -bar picks one up and puts it through the paces,
> also .. terribly good to see new interface developments being pushed out
> there, and new things learned.
>
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