Sep 14 2008
Motion to music with audiopad
James Patten and Ben Recht have developed the Audiopad, a multi touch screen that transforms motion into music. On the touch screen different parameters can be controlled be by dragging and resizing which directly influence the music you hear.
With traditional DJ sets and mixers the feedback is purely led lights that switch on or off while the audiopad also gives visual feedback on the touch screen. In our opinion this makes mixing / creating music is more intuitive as you don’t only have audible feedback but also visual feedback.
How does it work? (from the audiopad site)
Audiopad has a matrix of antenna elements which track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface. Software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop. Each object represents either a musical track or a microphone.
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September 15th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I’ve heard some good things about this blog. Remember to balance the pics with the text tho. cheers!
May 3rd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
[...] With traditional DJ sets and mixers the feedback is purely led lights that switch on or off while the audiopad also gives visual feedback on the touch screen. In our opinion this makes mixing / creating music a lot more intuitive as you don’t only have audible feedback but also visual feedback. [...]
September 8th, 2011 at 5:53 am
I was wondering what is up with that weird gravatar??? I do know 5am is early and I am not trying my greatest at that hour, but I hope I do not look like this! I would however make that face if I am asked to do a hundred pushups. lol Anyway, in my language, there arent much good source like this.