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Comments on MetaFilter post Snyderphonics MantaThu, 18 Jun 2009 11:54:28 -0800Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:54:28 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Snyderphonics Manta
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<a href="http://snyderphonics.com/">The Snyderphonics Manta</a> . With a few exceptions like the rare <a href="http://www.buchla.com/historical/thunder/">Buchla Thunder</a> and the <a href="http://www.zendrum.com/">ZenDrum</a>, computer musicians were stuck with <a href="http://www.roland.com/products/en/PCR-300/index.html">controllers</a> <a href="http://www.roland.com/products/en/TD-6K/">disguised</a> <a href="http://www.buchla.com/mlumina/">as</a> <a href="http://www.joness.com/gr300/img2010.htm">traditional</a> <a href="http://www.akaipro.com/ewiusb">instruments</a>, <a href="http://www.midibox.org/">rolling their own</a>, or using <a href="http://monome.org">grids</a> of <a href="http://www.akaipro.com/apc40">generic rubber pads</a>. The Manta, in the spirit of the <a href="http://vimeo.com/4686224">Serge</a> <a href="http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2007/09/serge-tkb-videos.html">TKB</a>'s capacitance touchplate construction, attempts to do something new, and people are already doing <a href="http://www.2secondfuse.com/archives/honeycomb.html">interesting things with it</a>. Videos: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umzf7YO7V20&feature=channel_page">polyphonic keys</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcCuIQT4TMs&feature=channel_page">sequencer</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnGvLH0k6yE">technique</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/scatter2">lots more</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:46:31 -0800Señor PantalonesmidimantasnyderphonicsinstrumentinterfacecontrollertouchsensitiveoscmaxmspaudiomusicBy: Juliet Banana
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(discreetly tucks gear boner into waistband)comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567-2611936Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:54:28 -0800Juliet BananaBy: longsleeves
http://www.metafilter.com/82567/Snyderphonics-Manta#2611961
o please come up with another mataphorcomment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567-2611961Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:03:59 -0800longsleevesBy: longsleeves
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metacomment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567-2611963Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:04:44 -0800longsleevesBy: lekvar
http://www.metafilter.com/82567/Snyderphonics-Manta#2611964
My first thought was, "OK, so it's an oversized <a href="http://www.crackle.org/CrackleBox.htm">cracklebox</a> or <a href="http://www.originalstylophone.com/">stylophone</a>, <small>not that there's anything wrong with that</small>." But on reading the specs, it looks pretty full-featured. Too bad its parameters are only editable via a computer, but those <a href="http://snyderphonics.com/products">LED backlights sure are sexxxy</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567-2611964Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:04:44 -0800lekvarBy: Señor Pantalones
http://www.metafilter.com/82567/Snyderphonics-Manta#2612008
lekvar, it's not so much that the params are only editable via a computer, inasmuch as it's a human-computer tactile interface one can use to control any software. on its own, it does nothing. no sounds, no lights, nada. think keyboard or mouse.comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567-2612008Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:20:45 -0800Señor PantalonesBy: lekvar
http://www.metafilter.com/82567/Snyderphonics-Manta#2612031
Oh, I'm aware of that, I just prefer my interfaces to have built-in parameter-editing. For me it's much quicker and makes for better improvisation.comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567-2612031Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:32:24 -0800lekvarBy: DecemberBoy
http://www.metafilter.com/82567/Snyderphonics-Manta#2612211
This basically looks like a touch-sensitive Monome crossed with a Serge touchplate, which would be awesome. The problem with controllers like this, though, is that everybody wants one and they're made in ridiculously small amounts (initial production run of 50 here), so speculators buy them up and resell them at ultra-ridiculous prices or the quickest people buy them and never part with them, and they don't get into the hands of your average humble tinkerer who just reads about it somewhere like MeFi. The only way around it is 1. the backing of a huge corporation, like the Tenori-On, or 2. open source the schematics and firmware, then anyone can build one themselves if they want, like the Monome (I have a homebuilt Monome on my shelf right now, it cost me about $250 to make).comment:www.metafilter.com,2009:site.82567-2612211Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:57:36 -0800DecemberBoy
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