Re: [microsound] MIDI exoskeleton

[bruce tovsky <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 31, 2006, at 9:08 PM, Graham Miller wrote:

> why is everybody bashing this idea?

i think we're bashing the presentation - at least i am.

> i can't believe the resistance, especially here, among so-called 
> progressive musicians... sure the site may be cheesy (haven't bothered 
> to download the videos - couldn't get past the blatant ableton design 
> infringement), but the concept is solid - it's been tossed around for 
> ages - and once it's refined a decade down the line (mostly likely 
> less), they'll be selling them at radioshack. maybe not this company. 
> probably not this company. but it'll happen. remember the nintendo 
> game glove?  great idea, ahead of it's time.

go to pamelaz.com. pamela has made this concept work quite nicely for 
her pieces
for several years now.

> motion capture is, without a doubt, the next big 'consumer' thing. and 
> in the hands (body?) of the enlightened, it'll also be the next big 
> 'art' thing as well.  it starts with the military (doesn't it 
> always?)... then it'll trickle down from WETA and ILM into the gaming 
> industry and eventually into interactive media, which means music and 
> performance.  motion capture is the precursor to direct neural 
> interfaces - the most immediate way of turning thought into media.

there's a reason not everyone can learn to play a theremin. ;-)

cheers
bruce

bruce tovsky
www.skeletonhome.com

"Reality is whatever refuses to go away when I stop believing in it.."
Philip K. Dick


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