I’ve been aware of the Continuum Keyboard by Haken Audio for some time now. I have never had my “hands” on one yet, but I intend to buy one for the next school year and utilize it in a number of classes and ensembles.
If you haven’t seen the continuum you are in for a shock… It is a fully functioning MIDI keyboard that works in 3 dimensions, unlike a piano or standard keyboard midi controller. It’s Z direction typically works like a piano and gives you velocity sensitive amplitude changes. It’s X position is usually matched to pitch (think going up and down keys on the piano)….However, it’s Y Direction (Imagine sliding your finger all the way up and down the ivory of the keyboard, top to bottom) is where the big midi controller change comes into play. Using the Y direction you can literally change timbre parameters… imagine making a trumpet flutter tongue or a saxophone growl while you are playing from a keyboard controller… You can do this with the continuum and much more! Here are some of the highlights from the Haken site about this “Y Direction” function. (more…)
It’s the second episode of season two and Darren and Joseph are redefining the acronym SOB and bringing you the latest and greatest information about the NAXOS Online Music Library.
Special guest and music industry expert, Randall Foster, is LIVE and on the scene talking about how NAXOS is affecting the music education scene and providing an inexpensive way to access literally, hundreds of thousands of tracks of music. Don’t miss this episode as Darren and Joseph explore this exciting service and provide full blown bantering humor as they interview Randall…or is it Randy…you decide!
Just a quick not to let you all know that I was interviewed, LIVE, for over an hour on one of the most successful audio shows on the Internet about Teachers, EdTechTalk and the recording of the show has been posted. The program is called Teachers Teaching Teachers.
This was a great interview and we talked about everything from, music in the classroom to SEO and the ME Blogger Campaign (Speaking of, I will have a post of about 5 new bloggers up later today!).
Darren and I have started our 2nd season of podcasts! This season we plan on increasing the number of guests on our show from both here in the United States and outside the country! I’ve also added a flash player in the left sidebar of mustech.net so that you can quickly listen to any episode of our show. In addition, I will continue to refine ways to get the “word out” about our show and make access to it easier.
Darren and I do not keep a “release” schedule like our good friend Keith Mason who puts out his great podcasts on the 1st and 15th of each month. We usually do two per month and they are posted as soon as we have the time to get them up… at some point we might actually get it on a real schedule. No promises!
You can find our first podcast of the new season here: Blogging, Blu-Ray, HD-Radio and RSS! You can also find the entirety of our podcasts by visiting our podcast category on mustech.net.
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