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While an eBow player I've never played a traditionally-bowed
instrument like the violin... but the item that sticks out for me is the
stroke-in-the-air that Janos Negyesy does, apparently a signal to the looper
he's using to close the loop. It would be so much easier to be able to
just tap a sensor on the guitar's fingerboard for that... Does anyone make a
wireless switch/pad like that yet?
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Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 7:57
PM
Subject: check out the KBow!
Wow, I just heard about the KBow.
"The K-Bow is a sensor bow
for stringed instruments. Combined with a standard violin, bass, cello, or
viola the K-Bow allows traditional instrumentalists to seamlessly access the
unlimited sound world that a computer provides, while utilizing the virtuosity
built from years of practice.
The K-Bow gathers information about a performance through several
sensors including an X Y and Z axis accelerometer, grip sensor, tilt sensor,
playing pressure, distance from the instrument and gesture recognition. A
suite of software lets a musician control the sound of the instrument, record
with herself, or send the information to other standard music
software."
Watch the 2nd video on this page, of Janos Negyesy using the KBow to
loop.
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