[LAD] Mind control hardware/software for Audio

Patrick Shirkey pshirkey at boosthardware.com
Thu Aug 28 08:11:57 UTC 2008


Bengt Gördén wrote:
> Den Thursday 28 August 2008 09.27.07 skrev Patrick Shirkey:
>   
>> Jens M Andreasen wrote:
>>     
>>> But without having the actual device available for investigation, it's
>>> quite impossible to form any opinion on its usefulness.
>>>       
>> Not surprising really.
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out how a drummer would trigger events.
>>
>> It would be fairly impractical and stupid looking to be jumping around
>> and waving your arms about just to get a kick drum or a snare to trigger.
>>
>> Maybe it could be run by emotion. As in you think a happy thought and
>> the bass kicks in. The happier the thought the louder the bass... Sad
>> thought and the tinkly chimes are triggered?
>>     
>
> Just a suggestion. You need tempo also. I can't see (I'm not saying it can't 
> be done) how you could think so many happy thoughts that you could play, let 
> say prestissimo (extremely fast). I think even adagio (about one happy 
> thought a second) would be problematic.
>   

Maybe that's where waving your arms round would come in. ie the faster 
you pump the faster the beat...

So that would give us one sample with tempo per person atm. Not sure how 
to get a full kit running though.



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Patrick Shirkey
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