Quote Originally Posted by koda View Post
what a stupid future, fuked if im going to have a stupid little square in my studio to control everything, perhaps it could be good for something like max/msp or supercollider or something but i couldnt disagree more in saynig its the beginning of the future.
that device has little merit in terms of versatility, a video based application that controls midi is a mess within itself, imagine mapping this thing to your favourite synth, have fun....
i think the point was, if your using the knobs on your synth, whats better about doing it with a square?
i definately have a feel for my gear, and more often that not, in a live situation i can reach for a knob on my SU700 and know exactly what it is..something this square cannot do.
im not disputing a clever advance in technology, im disputing its place in the general music market....2c
With respect, it sounds like you have a very closed mind when it comes to innovative technology. You like things to be a certain way and that's that, which is fair enough.

Have you seen the JazzMutant Lemur?



One of my mates sold his grandmother to get one of these, and let me tell you the experience of using it is genuinely taking things to the next level.

It takes some time to create useful interfaces with it, but once you do it opens scary possibilities for realtime control.

These kind of tangible interfaces are just pushing the concept even further, where you can have different shaped blocks which you can actually feel, which change the sound based on their own orientation and positioning relative to other blocks.

There's this, on a similar vible.

... and to think, I could have done a pHD on this kind of stuff!

Kind of regret not doing that now.