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> Thunder is basically a control surface, with various areas that respond >to > the position, velocity, and pressure of the musician's fingers by sending > out appropriate midi data. I've seen people using it for electronic and > ambient music, and it was quite cool. I had the good fortune of attending a conference featuring Dr. Emil Tobenfield(sp?), probably better known as Dr. T of Dr. T's music software. He is a big fan of the Thunder - it's a central component of his personal setup. > Lightning is a pair of wands that transmit midi data based on their > position and velocity in a space. The communicate with the main unit > through infrared beams and sensors. Its sort of like playing percussion, > but with invisible drums. You can program the space anyway you like, so >you > mighe have vibraphone in front of you, violin synth pads to your right, > effects controllers up in the front, loop triggers to the left.... I've seen the Lighting in use at UCSD music department performances; never fails to get a laugh from the audience. I happen to study Filipino fencing myself - now you've got me interested in seeing how my strikes and counters would sound as translated into music! When David Jaffe was guest-teaching down here, he brought over his friend who plays Max Matthews' Radio Drum; a drum that senses position, velocity, and possibly acceleration in the space over it for a pair of wired mallets. I think they only make this instrument on a per-order basis though. > I talked with David Torn about similar ideas once, about the need for >loop > devices to have interesting interfaces that are musically useful and are > also interesting to watch for the audience. People get confused if they > don't see you making motions that correspond to the sounds they hear, >which > is a problem for loopers. Various midi controllers out there can probably > serve this purpose in interesting ways. I challenge you all to look into > it.... It might be an interesting project to get two wand-type controllers, hand each to a fencer, Japanese kendoka, or Filipino escrimador, and have them mock fight. Paolo Valladolid ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Moderator of Digital Guitar Digest, an Internet mailing list |\ |for Music Technology and Stringed Instruments | \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- | \ finger pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu for more info \ | \ http://waynesworld.ucsd.edu/DigitalGuitar/home.html \| -----------------------------------------------------------------