A new way to play the drums

[kara]

Have a look at him :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxdlYFCp5Ic&eurl=http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30035

[MarioD]

Clever

But Groove Monkey has nothing to worry about 

[Percy TKNX]

It's indeed another way of making music.

I found today another tool:
How to use the iPhone as an interactive music instrument.
Check this out: http://www.rjdj.me/what/ (the movie explains some of the possibilities).

Also very cool 
 

[folderol]

Hmmm
Could take a lot of practice to get to 'professional' standard

[kara]

It's indeed another way of making music.

I found today another tool:
How to use the iPhone as an interactive music instrument.
Check this out: http://www.rjdj.me/what/ (the movie explains some of the possibilities).

Also very cool 
 

Indeed a very interesting tool.
Music adapting his self to the noise of the outside world, what an idea !!!

k

[Laguna Rising]

  to me it seems harder to use than the common controllers...

[Percy TKNX]

Another way to play the flute, something for you Folderol?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/18/ocarina-surges-to-top-paid-iphone-app-position/

Ocarina, named after an ancient flute-like wind instrument, lets people play haunting, flute-like songs by blowing into the iPhone microphone and hitting the virtual buttons.

Or another one playing guitar on your iPhone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hIpTo410oU&feature=related
 

[folderol]

Another way to play the flute, something for you Folderol?
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/11/18/ocarina-surges-to-top-paid-iphone-app-position/

Ocarina, named after an ancient flute-like wind instrument, lets people play haunting, flute-like songs by blowing into the iPhone microphone and hitting the virtual buttons.

At last someone has found a practical use for an iphone

Expensive way to do it though

and yes, I do have an Ocarina voice in ZynAddSubFX

[Percy TKNX]

Another one is using the Wii for playing theremin, see here an example of playing Star-trek theme on the Wii :

Wiimote repurposed into theremin, Vincent Price's ghost perks up
via Engadget by Jacob Schulman on 12/1/08


Both practical and not-so-practical applications for the Wiimote have been around since Nintendo's console launched, but this latest hack is quite possibly the oddest thus far. Ken Moore, tinkerer extraordinaire, has inexplicably converted the controller into a new-fangled theremin. By coupling IR-infused gloves with a JV-1080 synth and the Wiimote's built-in Bluetooth, he's been able get his PC to recognize the left hand position as volume, and the right hand position as pitch. Once the IR camera in the Wiimote sends the positioning info back to the PC, MIDI sends it to the synthesizer to create sound. Now, you could just pick up a copy of Guitar Hero or Rock Band if you wanted to casually riff on some classics, but if you've got an intrinsic urge to perform a rendition of the original Star Trek theme, this might be your speed. Peep the setup in video action after the break.


See also the film at: http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/30/ken-moores-wiimote-theremin-hack-explores-the-final-frontier/

[Marc JX8P]

Yes, I read about that too (it was also in the Sonic State podcast). It's a VERY cool thing and the best part it is that you don't need the console for the remote to work.

I also remember a fantastic controller (I'll have to look the video up again) on a music show, probably the NAMM. It was a continuous controller (think it was this one: http://www.cerlsoundgroup.org/Continuum/html/operation/Mono.html) that allowed you to kind of play fretless keyboard!