Craig Hanson and Mike Gao built the Lumi consoles for mixing and remixing music on the fly. In their demonstration, Gao recorded a piano riff and was able to chop it up into a 16-step sequence, reconfigure it and match it to a beatboxing sample he also recorded live.
These multiapplication consoles can be networked, so one player can light up buttons on the other’s board. The teams says this helps keep both players on time and in the same key, and it can facilitate teaching. With some refinement, the Lumi could come soon to a DJ table near you.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/mods/multimedia/2009/03/gallery_instruments?slide=10&slideView=4
kashklash : exchanging the future ↪
We are envisioning a new world where today’s aging, less useful and even dangerous financial systems
are replaced by or mixed with more disruptive innovations and exchanges. Imagine yourself deprived of all of today’s financial resources. Maybe you’re a refugee or stateless. Yet you still have your handset and laptop and Internet and a broadband cellphone connection….
Let’s start from the basic consideration that people have always shared and exchanged things. Sure, it comes to us naturally. But today’s digital communication systems are changing and expanding this age-old behaviour: not only are there new things to share — pictures, music, ratings, writings, videos, data and information — but there are now also many more platforms and opportunities for sharing and exchanging to take place.
Bloomypetal, mpc, microkorg, radio : cool jam !
Album à écouter : http://www.bloomypetal.com