[sdiy] Control Interfaces

[Ian Fritz]

At 02:07 AM 7/10/2003, Oakley Sound wrote:

>Which brings me a to another point. Its all very well designing the
>ultimate controller. But you'll then have to learn how to use it. The
>more expressive you make it, the harder it will be to play. I'm not
>saying that is a bad thing of course, but it worth remembering that a
>real musical instrument takes years [and skill] to learn.
>
>I can imagine the scenario when I have designed the most ingenious
>musical controller ever, only to throw it away because it sounded like
>shite when I played. :-)

That's always been the dilemma in developing experimental controllers.  You 
can't know if one is any good until you practice it for a fair amount of 
time.  That's one reason it makes sense to stay fairly close to what has 
already been developed for traditional instruments. (The other being 
transfer of existing technique.)  Not  to discourage anyone's efforts, of 
course.

   Ian




>Regards,
>
>Tony Allgood                       Penrith, Cumbria, England
>
>Oakley Sound Systems                   www.oakleysound.co.uk
>Modular Synthesisers      www.oakleysound.co.uk/projects.htm