So there has been so many advances in how we play electronic music in the last 20 years its incredible. It stuns me though, that there has yet to be a live controller that has captured the community's heart yet. Sure we've had a handful of controllers like the Keytar, and some breath controllers but nothing that you would feel awesomely cool playing while prancing about on stage. The Eigenharp seems to have all the features but it looks like a mutant bassoon. Probably the closest cool looking controller I've seen is this mashup between a Monome and a guitar. (check it out in my MIDI controller photo gallery) However, it still has strings and is a functional guitar which isn't really something I'm interested in.
Now there are several of great sedentary controllers that sit on your keyboard stand or desk. But, why should the lead singer and guitarists have all the fun? Us keyboardist wanna jump about like morons too!
;-)
Top 11 Things I Want in a Stage Controller
1. I want it to look bad ass. (Yes I know this seems superficial, but if you are going to prance about on stage with something strapped to your chest it better look fricken cool. That's what I say.)
2. I want to be able to play melodies & beats on it.
3. It should cost less than $1000.00 (I know this is probably the kicker as well, but almost more important than #1)
4. I want to be able to change patches.
5. I want to be able to trigger clips from Ableton live with it. (not always, but this would be helpful at times. )
6. I want to be able to tweak the sounds live (volume, env cutoff, etc._
7. I want said tweakables to be programmable
8. I want it to have a nice weight and balance to it, like a guitar.
9. I want it to be wireless
10. I want to be able to control sounds on my laptop or any other synth module
11. And did I mention it needs to look bad ass?
So did I miss anything? Is there something you would want to see in a stage controller?
- Over N Out
p.s. Check my MIDI controller photo gallery to see the different live controllers I mention in this post.
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