A wireless solution for your average MIDI studio ..

[Tony Scharf]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Jay Vaughan <jayv at synth.net> wrote:
>
> I'm thinking more about the use of pads/phones for music-making.  Laptops are passé, honestly, in this discussion.  Wireless controls and sensors and so on, going to a simple pad-like device, means a lot of easy times on stage.
>

We just played a festival show a month ago with 25 artists.  Not a
single one was using iPad/iPhone on stage.  All of them had laptops.
Some of them had multiple laptops (we had three).

I can't say how things are in Europe or the rest of the world, but I
have seen little sign that the laptop is in an kind of decline.  I
would argue, in fact, that it has finally reached maturity and trust
for stage use.

I am not trying to kill your idea in any way.  Just playing a bit of
devils advocate.

One area that you may also look into is for media/lighting control
applications.  That is an area that I am trying to figure out how to
approach right now, and an iPad/iPhone that could help me control
visuals would be awesome.

Tony