Eigenharp Alpha

just saw a video of this on BBC News Website

decided to have a look at the product page to see what it can do.

it's essentially just a softsynth package with an extortionately expensive midi controller. at first i thought that it could run standalone, similar to the Nord Modular G2 where you create the patches on the computer and upload to the synth, but this seems to require the computer to do sound generation.

after cheking out some youtube videos, i'm generally not impressed

now you can poorly recreate songs by moby from 2002!

i don't know i'm all for alternative controllers and instruments but they just look so dorky breathing into the 'guitar'

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Sampletekk 'Black Grand Steinway D, sampled at 20+ levels in a 6 Gigabyte set that includes three recordings from dry to highly ambient.

it all sounds the same when you sit on the keyboard

yeah I saw this on the BBC website today and concluded that it's nothing more than a fancy midi controller. what a load of shit. won't sell many I expect.

i'm more interested in calling piss on gigantic 20gig sample sets of one piano sound @ this juncture

that bond theme sounds like it's being played by les dawson

the only reason this thing is getting so much press is because its over $6,000 , if it was a $500 device i dont think we would be talking about it

  On 10/8/2009 at 9:36 PM, Awepittance said:

the only reason this thing is getting so much press is because its over $6,000 , if it was a $500 device i dont think we would be talking about it

the reason i posted it was because its developers, and everywhere else, seem to be touting it as an instrument.

and i personally class a device as an instrument when it can do tone generation "on-board". rather than requiring a softsynth on a computer.

that's not the definition of an instrument, to me

  On 10/8/2009 at 9:36 PM, Awepittance said:

the only reason this thing is getting so much press is because its over $6,000 , if it was a $500 device i dont think we would be talking about it

probably whats going to happen now is that people like bjork or radiohead or whoever will use this as their latest gimmick of the week in order to remain "artistic" "creative" and "cutting-edge"

can u make dubstep with it?

It looks as if it has an amazing amount of potential for expression. I'm sure it will take time for it to become a mature instrument - if it can maintain production - and someone will hopefully use it in a supple and nuanced manner that doesn't include using it to play crappy Moby covers. Someone needs to develop a single patch for it and focus only on that instrument. Pat Metheny has the same philosophy when it comes to playing his synthesizer-equipped guitar. He has two patches that he is dedicated to mastering just as much as any other acoustic instrument.

I'd be really curious to see someone implement some of the latest physical modeling techniques. To make a super-unnatural modeled instrument with acoustic properties that are in flux would be something. Also, it's just begging to be conjoined with Tim Exile's 'The Finger'.

It looks as if it has an amazing amount of potential for expression. I'm sure it will take time for it to become a mature instrument - if it can maintain production - and someone will hopefully use it in a supple and nuanced

It looks as if it has an amazing amount of potential for expression. I'm sure it will take time for it to become a mature instrument - if it can maintain production - and someone will hopefully use it in a supple and nuanced

It looks as if it has an amazing amount of potential for expression. I'm sure it will take time for it to become a mature instrument - if it can maintain production - and someone will hopefully use it in a supple and nuanced

You heard me.