From an article on Create Digital Music:
The Continuum Fingerboard consists of a large, soft playing surface. Press in with your fingers, and three-dimensional sensing responds in pitch and timbre. The range is even greater than an 88-key keyboard in the full-sized model; an optional stand holds it steady (and would look at home on the deck of a Klingon warbird).
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The video is worth watching, pretty cool.
Haken Continuum updated,
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BKK-OZ
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Haken Continuum updated,
Cheers,
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku
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Shooshie
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Re: Haken Continuum updated,
Geez, I really like that. I'd LOVE to have one of those, but at this point in my life I have to ask "what's the point?" If I were 21 years old, that's what I'd start out with. I'd learn to program it with hundreds of sounds and samples, utilizing crossfades and parallel mixing, with expression pedals and foot switches to get the most out of it.
I wish I'd had it in about 1985. I just don't see myself playing live anymore on that kind of thing. If I do any more live performance, it will be acoustic.
The things I do with MIDI don't really require such an instrument, as I can make them happen in DP. But if I had one, I'd sure use it. It's just the cost factor. At $5000, I think I can get a lot more out of what I have and save my money for other little things I might need, like new string libraries.
Shooshie
I wish I'd had it in about 1985. I just don't see myself playing live anymore on that kind of thing. If I do any more live performance, it will be acoustic.
The things I do with MIDI don't really require such an instrument, as I can make them happen in DP. But if I had one, I'd sure use it. It's just the cost factor. At $5000, I think I can get a lot more out of what I have and save my money for other little things I might need, like new string libraries.
Shooshie
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BKK-OZ
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Re: Haken Continuum updated,
I reckon it would take awhile to master that instrument. They don't identify the player in the video, but methinks he has spent a great deal of time getting his chops together on that thing.
While it is definitely a very cool thing and he makes it sound pretty good, I must admit to thinking that I wasn't 100% convinced with those string sounds. (Very good, but not the real thing.) Why strive so hard to replicate the sound of a different class of instrument?
While it is definitely a very cool thing and he makes it sound pretty good, I must admit to thinking that I wasn't 100% convinced with those string sounds. (Very good, but not the real thing.) Why strive so hard to replicate the sound of a different class of instrument?
Cheers,
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku
Re: Haken Continuum updated,
Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater has been using one for quite a while now. Check out some DT Vids on youtube. Octavarium is one song in which he uses the Haken.
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BKK-OZ
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Re: Haken Continuum updated,
Thanx for that reference, DT not really my thing I am afraid, still not sure of the continuum beyond being a novelty item.
Cheers,
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku
BK
…string theory says that all subatomic particles of the universe are nothing but musical notes. A, B-flat, C-sharp, correspond to electrons, neutrinos, quarks, and what have you. Therefore, physics is nothing but the laws of harmony of these strings. Chemistry is nothing but the melodies we can play on these strings. The universe is a symphony of strings and the mind of God… it is cosmic music resonating through 11 dimensional hyperspace.
- M Kaku