Re: [microsound] Lemur!

[graham miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

it's not as far fetched as one might think... before MIDI tracking on
guitar was any good, there was a really expensive option to hardwire the
frets of the guitar so that contact with the string would trigger a MIDI
event...  you can imagine the routing and wiring maze in the neck of the
guitar, plus the huge possibility for malfunction... not very practical
at all...

the only reason why i say guitar for the interface is simply because the
lemur would face the audience, as opposed to a table top interface...  a
'keytar' (think chick corea elektric band) configuration would probably
make more sense... provided it's not used to play bad eighties fusion:)

it would be so totally futuristic, it's ridiculous...

g.

Quintus Frimschlowder wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 00:58:29 +0100, Everyone wrote:
> > A bunch of noise about arbitrary definitions to a bunch of words.
>
> Though I like Graham's idea about the MIDI guitar dealie. Subtleties
> in the way one plays could tweak effects. Bending a note could add
> more distortion, a hammer-on could automatically turn delay on for the
> duration of that note, etc. Lots of possibilities. Configuration
> interface would be absolutely key. Would be very expensive to produce.
> Kudos to any craftsman / hobbyist who would take the time to build
> one, though.
>
> Reminds me of the MIDI accordian than was recently put on the market.
>
> -QF8
> http://scatterbrain.raygunarmy.com/
>
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