Eigenharp Pico - anyone??

[Peter Korsten]

Op 9-3-2010 8:42, Andrew Tarpinian schreef:

> Not saying it's wrong, just that current interfaces may not have the
> features to be able to express these new types of sounds or
> expressions that are yet undiscovered.

That may well be, but would those new interfaces allow us to make better 
music? How is 'better' defined in the first place?

> I don't think I have seen a video that really uses this thing to, what
> I think is, it's full potential, all I have seen so far is emulation,
> not creation.

I get that with most new and supposedly exciting interfaces, that the 
demos all suck. Which makes you wonder...

> The whole controller/laptop thing, as far as I'm concerned, I don't
> care anymore. Honestly, as long as the controller and software
> symbiosis is thought out and executed well the gains far outweigh the
> cons. Of course only in the last year or so have I changed my mind,
> what with some really cool products that have come out.

It's the laptop link that irks me a bit. It makes the instrument more 
versatile in terms of sound generation, but on the other hand, it 
restricts you as well.

> This seems to me like kind of a digital chapman stick - I'm sure Gert
> could have had fun with this laying down bass parts for his track
> where he used the Chapman plug-in :)

Gert does wonderful things with the Stick. But as said, it's not for me.

- Peter