Once a week , composer / laptop computer performing artist Peter Kirn ofcreatedigitalmusicspotlights paraphernalia for musicians and disc jockey , from the all-important to oddball . For his inaugural shining , he ’s showing a picayune of both , starting with this week ’s Essential Pick — the Alesis Photon X25 .
ESSENTIAL : ALESIS PHOTON X25 — Live music performance software package has evolved at breakneck speed , but keyboard await essentially the same as they did twenty years ago . Alesis’Photon X25 , though , has an extra twist : an infrared - power Axys bean gives you three - dimensional controller over any software argument . Wave your hand in the air above the dome , theremin - style , for jot - free sound - shaping restraint of your favorite figurer tool . With 25 keys , 360 - degree knob and clitoris pre - configure for euphony appsReasonorLive , plus a built - in 24 - bit audio user interface pack — all in 4 lbs.—with a street price of about US$ 200 , the Photon make a great gift for your favorite medicine eccentric person .
geek : DISC - O - SLAM — Why use a keyboard at all when you could disk-jockey your next party via apunching bag and interactional dance floor ? The Disc - o - Slam is a Mac - powered melodic instrument activated by your lick ( a practical coach gives you feedback ) , and the footsteps of your dancing friends . It even plays Eye of the Tiger . You ca n’t buy technical school like this — yet — but for DIY resource for build your own music controllers out of whatever you require , train out thePhysical Computingpage at NYU .
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