This Sexy Music Computer Will Make You Drool

Sexy Music Computer

Designers Young-Shin Lee & Hae-Jin Jung came up with this design for a sexy music computer, the One Person Band:

Music aficionados rejoice. The idea of having only 1 device that combines multiple instruments, track recording, equalizer, sound editing, internet connectivity, and a touchscreen interface all into one compact package is drool worthy. The Vivace makes it all possible. Information is scarce on how the interface works but I have no doubt up-and-coming artists like FrankMusik and Bjork could do a lot with such a device.

Here’s another shot:

vivace-music-computer

While the concept looks sort of sexy, I have yet to see a multi-touch music surface to anything that can’t be done cheaper and in a more musically expressive way with hardware.

Let me know what you think of this design. Do you think sexy multitouch functionality will eventually be better than hardware control surfaces?

5 thoughts on “This Sexy Music Computer Will Make You Drool

  1. if you can put your ableton on it, why not! -and when you may have full ability to control scences and effects it would be practical too. but it will never replace a "real" hardware knob that you can feel between your fingers!

  2. I don’t see the point of having touchscreens and I don’t think it’s a good idea For one, it’s far too expensive both in the short-term and in the long term!
    My second reason is that I am quite skeptical about it’s MIDI processing capability. What if you want accentuate some of the notes; play a note really loud? Sure one’s alright, but what if you do that, say, over a period of twenty-four bars? You’re gonna be breaking the screen and to fix touchscreens costs a LOT of money. Besides, I got a hardware that I can cue in EQ effects without even having to lift my hands from the keys.

    “Will multitouch functionality be better than hardware control surfaces? In my opinion, no!

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