Re: New controllers

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Not much. I did a quick check using iphone4 with TouchOSC to control
some music performance software. But I never used the shake-the-phone
function, which is what I guess would meat your inquiry regarding
"interpreting hand and body movements".

Generally I am very sceptic when it comes to my own use for these kind
of controllers. The reason is that I play physical instrument that are
extremely picky about precision in fine motor skills. If I should try
to shake-a-leg or squeeze-my-legs, or whatever control gesture, it
would hurt the musical playing. Touch screens isn't an option either
for two reasons; musicians have no free hands to touch and they force
you to look at them to use them, visual control is hard for a
musician. The most musician friendly controller context I've seen so
far is the pedal floorboard. But I think it can be expanded; instead
of traditional expression pedals I would appreciate a 40x40 cm touch
pads. Like the SoftStep, but bigger and a lot fewer. Then I'd like a
kick-switch pane to call up which two variables I want to *skate*
(yes, I think a nice product name for this could be "the SKATE PAD").
Well, I would like to still use two traditional expression pedals;
I've found out that you can work both with one foot and then have
patches in the software that cross fade them when needed.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com
www.looproom.com internet music hub



On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Antony Hequet <antonyhequet@yahoo.com> 
wrote:
> Curious to learn what some Of you may have comme across in terms Of new 
>controllers in the wireless carry on your body interpret you hand or body 
>movement variety such as Konkreet Performer on iPad or the cubes or 
>aegenharp.