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MOTU DP Gets Native iPhone, iPod, iPad DAW Control Free
Mixing, transport, and other shortcuts now appear on Apple mobiles with the newest version of MOTU’s Digital Performer (DP) DAW on Mac. Photos courtesy MOTU. First-party touch control is finally...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Electric Zoo, Fans, and What Touch Means in Performance
Summer has ended, but that leaves time to look back. Among the many parties around the world, Electric Zoo was New York’s biggest electronic festival, with headliners from Moby to Flying Lotus,...
View ArticleiPad Sequencer Meets Vintage Oberheim, and MIDI Endures
StepPolyArp for iPad controlling an Oberheim FVS from Logan Mannstrane on Vimeo. Logan Mannstrane sends in this lovely video combining an iPad MIDI step sequencer — with an Oberheim FVS. It’s a...
View ArticlePreview: Indamixx 2 Tablet to Offer Mobile Music, Multi-touch, MeeGo Linux
Photo courtesy Indamixx. Touch form factors make sense for music creation on the go: a mobile tablet with finger-based interface seems ideal for performance and travel. In the fast-evolving hardware,...
View ArticlePerforming with Touch, Visualization: Futuristic iOS Interface Teaser
say Hello to KONKREET PERFORMER from Konkreet Labs on Vimeo. Berlin-based artist Shai Levy of Konkreet Labs shares their upcoming Konkreet Performer, an OSC controller application running on iOS that...
View ArticleJazzMutant Lemur Controller is Dead; Long Live Multitouch
The Lemur, seen here onstage with The Glitch Mob, rides off into the sunset. It’s not so often that I write obituaries for hardware, but this time, it seems appropriate. JazzMutant has announced that...
View ArticleAlternative Musical Expression: A DIY, Pressure-Sensitive, Multi-Ribbon...
Keyboards have worked for centuries, but they restrict continuous expression and pitch. Touch is more flexible, but most readily-available touch controllers (like the iPad) lack pressure sensitivity....
View ArticleVelocity-Sensitive Touch: Manta Meets Ableton Live, 7up
Seven Mantas from bar|none on Vimeo. You’ve got fingers. Those fingers are incredibly sensitive and expressive with pressure, which can translate to music. Happily, touch panels and velocity...
View ArticleFingertip Music: Reactable Mobile in a Tutorial Video
Weekend fun, part 1: as Reactable makes the leap from custom, tangible interface to go-anywhere iPhone/iPad app, here’s a look at what the fingertip-controlled music creation experience is like. The...
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