[LAU] Controllers and stuff for live performance

[nescivi]

On Sunday 11 October 2009 13:36:55 Carlos Sanchiavedraz wrote:
> Hi dear folks.
> 
> I would like to do some kind of a survey to know about configs, setups,
> controllers, etc that you have come to over the years and based on your own
> experience. (Well, I already know some of yours for your mails on the list)
> 
> It's usual to see piano keyboards and controller boards, i.e. Behringer
> BCF/BCR2000 or FCB1010.
> 
> But more than this kind of consumer products, which I know many of them,
>  I'm rather interested in something like (inexpensive and) strange MIDI
>  controllers, pedal boards, Arduinos, DIY HW... that allow controlling and
>  have interaction with applications, whether it's Ardour, Rosegarden,
>  Freewheeling, Sooperlooper, Pd, Supercolider, Mixxx ...
> 
> Why this? I've been willing for a long time now to buy an audio interface
> with MIDI and maybe some controller, but at the moment I'm still stuck with
> just my keyboard and mouse; it's ok with DAWs but an inconvenient when
>  using live loopers (most of all when playing guitar, and without a MIDI
> interface).

Check out http://www.sensorwiki.org
it has a good list of interfaces and sensors to use for them,
and a link to a taxonomy of digital instruments (by far incomplete, but 
still).
Also http://www.nime.org may point you to some of the stuff that's out there.

sincerely,
Marije