Re: Touch Screen

[michael noble <looplog@gmail.com>]

There are some interesting uses of touch screens here: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/06/23/ableton-live-multitouch-with-free-usine-why-multitouch-works-for-music/

Not all of them are multi-touch, by the way.

I'm sure even a lower resolution screen such as these Mimo screens could be used as a simple dedicated controller rather than as a direct interface to control the application. That being said, $230 does seem a little steep - I suspect one might be better off spending a little more for an ipod touch and taking advantage of the many control surface applications available for it.

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:16 AM, Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> wrote:

Before you spend your money, do take note of the screen resolution:
it's roughly 800x400, which is pretty much unusable on anything
smaller than a 9" screen...that means Logic, Live, Garage Band are NOT
going to display anywhere near "properly" if you want to use it in a
"live" setting ... FRO's experience may indicate a better solution:
look for a used unit on Ebay that will give you the screen real estate
you need.

The folks who created the hack for the Dell Mini 9 to run Mac OS X
have a script that will readjust your screen resolution to make
software like Garage Band usable, but only barely ... it's a trade-off
of portability, price, and real estate.

Sorry to be harshing your mellow, but there are a TON of compromises
to be made doing this; I'm still trying to sort out a working solution
for using a pair of netbooks for live looping even now ...

Good luck!

Dennis

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:26 AM, richard sales<richard@glasswing.com> wrote:
> really cool! let me know if anyone gets on and uses it on a Mac
> richard sales
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> On Aug 19, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Kevin Cheli-Colando wrote:
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> This might be a nice way to add a touch screen to your computer set up
> ($230 doesn't seem too bad or is it?)
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> http://www.mimomonitors.com/products/mimo-720-S
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