Animoog + Eigienharp pico

[Paul Maddox]

I have to say, I really love the look of the eigen harp.

the pico is just too small, but the alpha is insanely high priced, I'd love one, but I'd use it 99% of the time for controlling MIDI, and I really don't want to take a laptop (OSX or other wise) to a gig.

Paul

On 2 Nov 2011, at 20:39, Andrew Tarpinian wrote:

> They have a Windows version now. I'm pretty sure you have to use their software no matter what you do, the hardware is essentially dumb and it's brains are in the software running on the computer (similar to manta and monome.) You can run a midi only set up and route the controller to other software, but I'm pretty sure there is no way around running their software as the server. I believe there is a new easier way to do this, someone wrote some scripts - not sure if you can see the wiki if not a user http://www.eigenlabs.com/wiki/1.3/Pico_MIDI_From_Scratch/  Things might get interesting for you once they release the software open source though.
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> taken from the write up the keys are "sensitive to direct pressure and to lateral pressure in both directions" - they are very sensitive and expressive to the point that you have to play them with skill involved if you have them hooked up to things like pitch to do bends. Plus of course you get the touch strip and breath controller. So for instance I used to hook it into Massive and could set what ever parameters I wanted to each of these controls, including say different parameters for horizontal and vertical movement from what I remember.
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> I'll see if I can do a demo once I get things working again - 
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> On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Marc Nostromo [M-.-n] wrote:
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>> To be honest, I don't really care about their software. For one, AFAIK, it only runs under OSX (which I think is stupid, not that I have anything against OSX but these days, targeting one Os is just plain idiot).
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>> As a controller, I find it really mesmerizing. If I understood well each keys has poly pressure and some kind of vibrato which means - if it's standard midi cc - it can be hooked up in very interesting ways.
>> 
>> I agree the alpha is one sexy mama... but 4K is a pretty hefty price I'm not ready to fork, even if it seems the build quality is way up there and kinds of justifies it. I'm just wondering if the pico could come handy as a controller for live gigs - with the skewed pov that I don't play instruments :)
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>> 2011/11/2 Andrew Tarpinian <evildead at nyc.rr.com>
>> I think your reply did not make it
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>> re-downloading the resource package now trying to get it working again - also was reminded while on the site of the new support system once 2.0 is released. If I have it right, basically the previous version will go open source, then from 2.0 on will be a paid subscription for support and software releases. So something to consider.
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>> On Nov 2, 2011, at 4:23 AM, Marc Nostromo [M-.-n] wrote:
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>>>> On 1 Nov 2011 22:06, "Andrew Tarpinian" <evildead at nyc.rr.com> wrote:
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>>>> Honestly it's cool but the software annoyed me. To get the full level of expression you had to use their software and run your soft synths in that environment, and their software was so-so from an interface and reliability standpoint. It was really designed as an "instrument" for a musician so it's format is geared to that. Also the pico is almost a toy compared to the bigger units where things start to make more sense - would love to have an alpha :P
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>>>> That said, it's fun to play really, and I'm going to check out the new version of their software to see if it's any better and let you know. Though on my first try the other day things did not seem to work after install.
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>>>> Marc you should also take a look at the Manta, lots of fun and Max friendly.
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>>>> On Oct 29, 2011, at 4:24 AM, Marc Nostromo [M-.-n] wrote:
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>>>> > How do you like your pico ? Is it wor...
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