"This time our special guest is Magnus Lidström, the mind behind Propellerhead Reason 2's Malström synth and our beloved µTonic (or MicroTonic), released under its own Sonic Charge brand. Magnus is taking a little vacation in the deep forests of Småland (Sweden, of course!), where he's meditating on his next software...hardware device? And what do you think of new interfaces/technologies like multi-touch screen, etc.?
I'd love to go hardware some day. There is just something magic about turning a real knob as opposed to using a mouse. One thing that bothers me about software is the way it quickly decomposes if it isn’t kept up-to-date by the manufacturer. Give it a few years without updates and you risk not being able to load it up anymore on your latest computer with the latest OS. Software loses value quickly this way, as opposed to hardware, which if kept in good condition can hold for decades, and actually increase in value. About future interface technologies I am really intrigued by the multi-touch interfaces you mention. The physical qwerty keyboard is for keeps (and physical MIDI-keys and knobs for that matter), but I’ll happily throw out the mouse any day."
click here for the full interview on AudioNewsRoom. via brian c.
Thank you for linking this, also because we're Matrixsynth readers :-)
ReplyDeleteHopefully AudioNewsRoom will have a full english version soon, now the only bilingual articles are the interviews (Sonalksis, SonicCharge, and many more to come in the next weeks).