Comments are coming in as usual in this Beat Thang post. I know some of you will roll your eyes when you read the title of this put, but think about it for a sec.When I first saw the virtual instrument version of Beat Thang, I wondered how ergonomic it might be with a mouse. It reminded me of why I prefer hardware. I then remembered Windows 7 with multi-touch support is just around the corner and there's rumor Apple will be coming out with a tablet by end of this year.
Think about it. With a tablet slate device we will be one step closer to software synths being actual dedicated harware synths. Except... they will be more customizable, you will be able to have multiple synths per hardware, and... battery power.This isn't a new concept and tablets are available now, but they are not yet ubiquitous and multi-touch technology really is just beginning. It will be interesting to see what sort of impact tablets have on the hardware manufacturers. When I look at the Beat Kangz Beat Thang, and think of it on that screen, I think of a cool piece of dedicated hardware that I can play anywhere. Think of that in your backpack.
BTW, any photoshop artist out there, feel free to mock up the Beat Thang with a tablet.
This is EXACTLY what i've been thinking! So many possibilities :)
ReplyDeleteYeah man, I definitely been thinking the same thing. I thought about how it would be to use it on one of those Neko units from openlabs, with the touch screen, but your tablet idea is even cooler. Portable software that feels and acts like hardware! I know it would be ill, the virtual has a "hardware feel" already...something about the workflow reminds me of my hardware units.
ReplyDeleteI created a whol site dedicated to it http://beatkangzbeatthang.com just because I love the concept.
The hardware being portable/rechargeable is already crazy, but like you said, with windows 7 coming...it can get a lot more interesting in the software world.