Following on from the Weird Session Instruments discussion, is it only a matter of time before we see Neural Impulse Actuators at sessions? http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?/input_devices/ocz_prepares_neural_impulse_actuator_for_shipping_next_week/1
These will be marketted initially as games controllers and here's someone playing a game with one on: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BKd_AJUUT7Q
"he's firing now with his mind"
"faster than any finger"
If so, how long will it be before a session comprises of people hooked up to NIA's hooked to PCs which have some keyboard program thing, blasting out jigs and reels?
Fierce mighty craic altogether.
Session hacks will of course be eliminated, because we'll all become virtuosos in minutes......
I think ITM might go that way in the future,,Tech - Gaggets etc
But what happens if theirs a massave solar storm and all
computers CRASH ,, Or a Power cut,, Paddy will still be sitting
in a pub With a bow and fiddle ,, And all others will be Lost..
lol..
jim,,,,
Jim's got it right. Here's something from the liner notes on Tripswitch, the tune by At First Light:
"One night while recording... we set about trying to write a piece of music. For inspration, John decided to spark up, but with no lighters in sight, the toaster was called upon. Blowing all the fuses and tripping the switch we had to draw on the darkness for inspiration. This is what we came up with!"
A techno-punk-metal-hip-hop band would have just given up and gone home, and the tune never would have been written.
While I was working at the BBC I heard a great story about a famous choral group that shall be nameless to protect the innocent. They were being recorded by a state-of-the-art digital mobile studio somewhere in London, and the group had a strict agreement about exactly when the recordings were being made. Unfortunately there was some sort of technical glitch which rendered a few sections of the performance absolutely useless, and they recorded some of a subsequent concert (without permission). In order not to be detected they did this without any lighting in the vehicle, creeping around quietly and working by the light of one candle. Nice story and seems appropriate as the work in question dated from the baroque (ie before electricity!)
>>It'll be a short step to actual Looks That Could Kill.
Yes, indeed. How will it go down in some of the choicer suburbs of Glasgow, like Easterhouse or Possilpark. Brings a whole new meaning to "Stick the heid oan him Jimmy!"
I'm a major geek. I make my living doing high end geek thingys, but games (no matter how they're controlled) bore me to death. "You control it with your mind... like telekinesis..." YAWN! What a colossal waste of time--for the players as well as the creators.
Imagine these at a session...
Imagine these at a session...
Following on from the Weird Session Instruments discussion, is it only a matter of time before we see Neural Impulse Actuators at sessions?
http://www.overclock3d.net/news.php?/input_devices/ocz_prepares_neural_impulse_actuator_for_shipping_next_week/1
These will be marketted initially as games controllers and here's someone playing a game with one on:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BKd_AJUUT7Q
"he's firing now with his mind"
"faster than any finger"
If so, how long will it be before a session comprises of people hooked up to NIA's hooked to PCs which have some keyboard program thing, blasting out jigs and reels?
Fierce mighty craic altogether.
Session hacks will of course be eliminated, because we'll all become virtuosos in minutes......
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Imagine these at a session...
Yeah, but what'll happen to the rhythm when the blonde in tight jeans walks past on the way to the bar?
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by bc_box_player
Re: Imagine these at a session...
sameaswhathappensnow
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Imagine these at a session...
Yea, it goes rigid!
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by strayaway
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I think we should bring those things in now. Then we girls would know exactly who to pour our pints over
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by bowburner
Re: Imagine these at a session...
They are being brought in. Just not in sessions - yet.
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Imagine these at a session...
I think ITM might go that way in the future,,Tech - Gaggets etc
But what happens if theirs a massave solar storm and all
computers CRASH ,, Or a Power cut,, Paddy will still be sitting
in a pub With a bow and fiddle ,, And all others will be Lost..
lol..
jim,,,,
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by FIDDLE4
Re: Imagine these at a session...
Jim's got it right. Here's something from the liner notes on Tripswitch, the tune by At First Light:
"One night while recording... we set about trying to write a piece of music. For inspration, John decided to spark up, but with no lighters in sight, the toaster was called upon. Blowing all the fuses and tripping the switch we had to draw on the darkness for inspiration. This is what we came up with!"
A techno-punk-metal-hip-hop band would have just given up and gone home, and the tune never would have been written.
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by mickray
Re: Imagine these at a session...
It'll be a short step to actual Looks That Could Kill.
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by oldstrings
Re: Imagine these at a session...
While I was working at the BBC I heard a great story about a famous choral group that shall be nameless to protect the innocent. They were being recorded by a state-of-the-art digital mobile studio somewhere in London, and the group had a strict agreement about exactly when the recordings were being made. Unfortunately there was some sort of technical glitch which rendered a few sections of the performance absolutely useless, and they recorded some of a subsequent concert (without permission). In order not to be detected they did this without any lighting in the vehicle, creeping around quietly and working by the light of one candle. Nice story and seems appropriate as the work in question dated from the baroque (ie before electricity!)
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by Mark Harmer
Re: Imagine these at a session...
Mark, that's an object lesson in why it's so important to record rehearsals!
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by lazyhound
Re: Imagine these at a session...
In case you think I'm doing an early April Fool, here's another youtube clip:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wNr3yGcI_V8&feature=related
>>It'll be a short step to actual Looks That Could Kill.
Yes, indeed. How will it go down in some of the choicer suburbs of Glasgow, like Easterhouse or Possilpark. Brings a whole new meaning to "Stick the heid oan him Jimmy!"
# Posted on March 26th 2008 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Imagine these at a session...
I'm a major geek. I make my living doing high end geek thingys, but games (no matter how they're controlled) bore me to death. "You control it with your mind... like telekinesis..." YAWN! What a colossal waste of time--for the players as well as the creators.
Time to crawl back into my cave...
# Posted on March 27th 2008 by gw
Re: Imagine these at a session...
Oh Boy, Danny
# Posted on March 27th 2008 by showaddydadito