[LAU] Hardware synths

[thomas fisher]

On Saturday 01 December 2007 23:01:22 gnome at hawaii.rr.com wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: thomas fisher <studio1 at commspeed.net>
> Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007 6:55 pm
> Subject: Re: [LAU] Hardware synths
> To: linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
>
> > On Saturday 01 December 2007 01:35:30 david wrote:
> > > David Griffith wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, david wrote:
> > > >> Well, I think that Yamaha's sound patches in their hardware
> >
> > synthesizers> >> sound much better than any soundfont I've heard.
> > ---------------------------How much of Yamaha's sound is influenced
> > by the
> > 400+ patents developed by Stanford's digital musical department
> > over about 15
> > years. I believe the project was known as "Sondius."
> > http://otl.stanford.edu/tech/sondius.html
>
> Interesting. Looks like some of the patents have expired - some were
> filed in 1986, that's over 20 years, yes?
>
> > Beyond this I cannot elaborate. Probably someone from CCRMA can
> > illuminate
> > the way.
> >
> > -------------clipped----------<
> >
> > > I do want to try my Wacom tablet as a control surface sometime.
> >
> > Even a
> >
> > > Smartboard would be an interesting way to do music.
> >
> > Digital gloves.
>
> A little more costly than I'm ready to spend. I already have two Wacom
> tablets.
>
> David

FYI: 
Glove-based input interfaces
http://createdigitalmusic.com/?p=423

http://www.gizmag.com/go/1148/

ebay $59
http://cgi.ebay.com/Essential-Reality-P5-3D-Game-Controller-Virtual-Glove_W0QQitemZ330176465437QQcmdZViewItem

Tom