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I think this has a lot of potential to be a revolutionary product segment for musicians, for example. So much great music software is out there, literally impe

by mmjaa 8y ago

I think this has a lot of potential to be a revolutionary product segment for musicians, for example. So much great music software is out there, literally impeded by not having such a great input mechanism - with something like a reconfigurable keyboard area, it means many different kinds of (musical) user interaction may be defined in the near future .. an interface for mixing, a drum-pad, complex synthesis models rendered in a way for user interaction across multiple domains - I can think of as many uses for this device, as there are iPad apps for musicians. So I hope some care is given as to latencies and multi-value inputs. It would be great to have a mixer interface overlay running on this thing ..

Timpy 8y ago
A MIDI keyboard interface would be great for music notation software, latency would be a non-factor
darkerside 8y ago
This would make a ton of sense as a peripheral device. An e-ink input that can change buttons for any variety of modes you can imagine. I can't see what good there would be in replacing a physical keyboard rather than supplementing it.
dmos62 8y ago
It's funny that you mention musicians in context of e-ink. This thread lead me to find a review of Onyx Boox Max2, which is an ereader creammed with features. One of them is writing music sheets, as seen in this review [0]. [0] https://youtu.be/fdRFMWff5CI?t=8m3s https://youtu.be/fdRFMWff5CI?t=8m3s
CmdrKrool 8y ago
"The display can’t show any arbitrary app, unfortunately. You can read and mark up PDFs with it, but that’s pretty much the extent of what you can put on the display." Sounds like one loses the ergonomics of a keyboard but doesn't gain the full potential of a display. It's hard to see who this product is aimed at.
wilsonnb3 8y ago
I don't really see the use case for a reconfigurable keyboard area for musicians in a world where a quality midi controller can be bought for $99. Knobs, drum pads, faders, and keys will always be better a reconfigurable touch pad for music.

by mmjaa 8y ago

Timpy 8y ago

A MIDI keyboard interface would be great for music notation software, latency would be a non-factor

darkerside 8y ago

This would make a ton of sense as a peripheral device. An e-ink input that can change buttons for any variety of modes you can imagine. I can't see what good there would be in replacing a physical keyboard rather than supplementing it.

dmos62 8y ago

It's funny that you mention musicians in context of e-ink. This thread lead me to find a review of Onyx Boox Max2, which is an ereader creammed with features. One of them is writing music sheets, as seen in this review [0]. [0] https://youtu.be/fdRFMWff5CI?t=8m3s https://youtu.be/fdRFMWff5CI?t=8m3s

CmdrKrool 8y ago

"The display can’t show any arbitrary app, unfortunately. You can read and mark up PDFs with it, but that’s pretty much the extent of what you can put on the display." Sounds like one loses the ergonomics of a keyboard but doesn't gain the full potential of a display. It's hard to see who this product is aimed at.

wilsonnb3 8y ago

I don't really see the use case for a reconfigurable keyboard area for musicians in a world where a quality midi controller can be bought for $99. Knobs, drum pads, faders, and keys will always be better a reconfigurable touch pad for music.