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On Mon Apr 10 2006, Ed Edwards <edward.edwards@...> wrote:
> An open sided quark-a-hedron translucent thing that you play from the
> inside; bumping, rubbing, plucking, strumming and whacking on the
> surfaces that light up in unique colors as played. About as big as a
> bowling ball, and again like Jimmy says - suspended above the keyboard.
>
> BTW - when I saw Rush in 04 their visual effects guy was controlling the
> display with a Kaos pad.
>
> spaceanimals wrote:
> > Knobs are so 70s. When are we going to get something cool? The Kaos pad
> > comes close. Perhaps a pyramidal Kaos pad that floats above the
> > keyboard.
> >
> > Jimmy
> >
>

Doesn't Roland have those beam controllers on some/most of their
keyboards/synths? Not quite a pyramidal Kaos pad, but at least something
spatial ;)

(Btw, isn't an open sided quark-a-hedron translucent thing with
fluerescent unique colors rather........ 70's/80's as well? I have a very big
Buck Rogers association with such a description)

Gerald