Ever wonder why people pay a premium price for the Monome, a controller that doesn’t really do much out of the box?

The promo video explains it. It’s for mlrV a new version of an open source app called mlr. Trent Gill took Brian Crabtree’s work on mlr and did a bit of software remixing, building on Crabtree’s work. 

People buying the Monome aren’t just getting a new controller – they are buying into an open music software culture.

Here’s a demo video for mlrv:

Download mlrV here.

via Stretta