Wiijing, The Art Of Wii DJing
WiiJing is the use of Nintentdo’s Wiimote to control DJ software. This is a demonstration of Wiijing, presented by DJ ! for the website www.djwiij.com.
Category: Controllerism
Wii Balance Board + Audiosurf + Motion Controls = Awesome
Need an excuse to blow a bunch of money on WII stuff? Here you go: BodySurf is a script for GlovePIE that rigs up the Wii Balance Board to play Audiosurf, the music game that lets you ride the boogie. It is full-featured, with a strong focus on player immersion and ease of user interface.… Read More Wii Balance Board + Audiosurf + Motion Controls = Awesome
Edison Rocks The Monome
Boxes of on-off switches don’t offer the most expressive musical interface – but check out what Edison does with his Monome. Here’s what he has to say about the track: simple track utilizing mlr’s preset function for change ups…. electric guitar, breaks, percussion and synth bass. kaoss mini set to loop. video version, the great… Read More Edison Rocks The Monome
Allen & Heath Launches Xone:4D DJ Controller
Allen & Heath has unveiled a sweet new DJ mixer/controller – the new Xone:4D performance DJ controller. Evolved from the revolutionary Xone:3D, the Xone:4D has an updated feature set, combining a professional analog DJ mixer with 105 MIDI controls, and a new 96 kHz/24bit 20-channel USB 2.0 soundcard. Features: The mixer section is based on… Read More Allen & Heath Launches Xone:4D DJ Controller
Tenori-On Review
EM’s Geary Yelton has an interesting review of the Tenori-On. Their take: You could easily argue that the Tenori-on is not suitable for professional music production. It has no filters, LFOs, envelope generators, nor any of the user-programmable parameters you’d expect in a real synthesizer. It has only one oscillator per voice, and it provides… Read More Tenori-On Review
Laser Harp Test Footage
Some interesting footage of Stephen Hobley testing out his DIY laser harp. Says Stephen: The visuals look great, but the sound is out of sync (we’re not film-makers!). In retrospect we should have had more people working on the different parts of the shoot. How tired was I when we shot this? We’d been setting… Read More Laser Harp Test Footage
The Future Of DJing: The Touch Screen Turntable
The ATTIGO TT is a futuristic DJ controller, created by Scott Hobbs, a student at Dundee University studying innovative product design. He’s created a touch screen turntable that’s pretty f****** awesome! It lets you loop, sample and scratch wave forms just as you would a record. The size of the touchtable is approximately the same… Read More The Future Of DJing: The Touch Screen Turntable
Percussa AudioCubes Basics
Livid has put together a couple of cool videos demoing AudioCube basics: Percussa Cubes Basics Impressions and demonstration of using the Percussa Audio cubes with the tutorial Ableton Live set. The center cube detects the faces of the other cubes to send MIDI notes to Live to change loops. Percussa Cubes with Resonant Synth Here’s… Read More Percussa AudioCubes Basics
Scratching With Percussa AudioCubes
This video, by Livid Instruments, shows scratching with Percussa AudioCubes: I set up four loops in an audio looper program I’ve been working on for future release by Livid Instruments. I’m using the speed of my hand gestures as detected by the four distance sensors on the audio cube to change the playback speed and… Read More Scratching With Percussa AudioCubes
Experimental Music Controllers For 5-Year Olds
Steppers are an interesting music controller designed for 5-year olds: As a group, we hoped to make a toy that not only encouraged physical activity, but that also acted a clear and direct musical interface. Steppers transform walking, dancing, running, and jumping into a unique and dynamic activity, allowing the user to express themselves audibly… Read More Experimental Music Controllers For 5-Year Olds
