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Sounds fun, but meaningless. As with the wide array of VR instruments (that also use highly accurate position tracking as inputs), what it really boils down to
by wokwokwok 2y ago
Sounds fun, but meaningless.
As with the wide array of VR instruments (that also use highly accurate position tracking as inputs), what it really boils down to is:
If you are procedurally generating audio (ie. using a synth) on device then what you have is categorically inferior to using any number of existing synths and virtual synths along with a midi input device (such as the genki wave).
Don’t embed the audio generator.
Just make it a midi input device.
It’s not a thermin. Same way a microphone that emulates a flute when you blow it is not a flute.
It’s a synth that can only take one kind of input.
Novel input devices are fun, and I like that; people like exploring different ways of expressing themselves in performances… but I’m a bit skeptical about this.
Seems like it’s lost what was special about the theremin.
- fouronnes3 2y agoWhen AGI happens will you be among those saying that it's okay to torture them because it's only simulating pain and not "actually" feeling the pain? If the hand inputs and the sound outputs are the same, is it not really the same?
- _Microft 2y agoI think they were rather saying that separating the functions of the device like input device, sound generation and output can have superior results because it becomes possible to combine different (and maybe better suited) parts. This makes a lot of sense. On the other hand I do not agree with them that a combined device is as useless or bad as they make it sound.
- bawolff 2y agoI mean, that kind of feels like saying a keyboard is useless because its not a piano.
- wokwokwok 2y agoI’m not saying it useless. I’m just saying it’s not a piano. Do you play music? Don’t you use your keyboard as a midi input? That’s what most musicians do. /shrug I’m not sure what point you’re trying make, but the point you did make is the same point as mine. Keyboards are excellent midi input devices. That’s why they’re so popular and successful. Performances are usually done on real pianos, or using keyboards as input devices. Is that not your experience? I’m very surprised.
- phkahler 2y agoI agree. Measurement plus synthesis has its advantages, but there is something very unique about direct physical manipulation of a sound source. Having said that, my latest rabbit hole is the old Hammond organs. Fascinating electromechanical beasts, unique among synths.