#wireless midi controller

Great, that prima donna lead guitarist you found at the bonfire last Thursday decided all of a sudden that pay for play gig you need him for is beneath him. And, as if there ain’t enough drama in your life, your drummer got drunk last night and did a header into the pool off of the 3rd floor balcony. Suddenly a solo career sounds better than you thought it did. Maybe there is a way to do it all yourself. ACPAD Midi Controller just might be able to help you out. Play hundreds of instruments, samples, effects and loops on your acoustic guitar. ACPAD puts an electronic orchestra in your hands!

ACPAD is a stick-on wireless MIDI controller that’s powered by a rechargeable battery.

When the QuNeo first came out, I, like many others, looked at it as the culmination of input from various DJs across the world.  What DJs wanted was a controller solution that wasn’t “one size fits all” – they wanted a controller of your own.  The idea of modularity and being able to build your own controller was been discussed and even implemented in different ways, but to have it done at a physical level was more novel than anything else. Those who have owned wireless touch screen devices, even back with the second iPod touch was out, were capable of doing a few things the QuNeo couldn’t do (it wasn’t even on the drawing board at this point).   TouchOSC was designed for the iPad and iPod to be used as a wireless modular controller, where one could configure their own touch commands and buttons to activate commands on their favorite DVS or workstation.  For those looking for a cheap way to send midi commands, TouchOSC is really the only way to go.  Now, if you are willing to invest some real money and time into a project, Lemur might be an even better bet.  Lemur, takes its cues from TouchOSC – but expands upon them with more interactive features. http://www.djtechtools.com/2012/12/19/building-great-touchosc-dj-mappings-for-ios-and-android/

One thing that is sad about any type of gear convention for DJs and production artists is that much of the gear that we get to test and play with won’t be around on shelves for a good amount of time.  Unless you are a well known artist who is already used to getting free stuff shipped to your door, you can’t expect to get your hands on a new objected before the rest of us do.  Numark’s Orbit pops up again in another review, and even though it has been glossed over before, some important points should be reiterated. First of all, it looks like a toy.  It was designed to look like a toy above all else – let’s get that out of the way.  Once you clear your head of the controller “checklist” that is clouding your thoughts, you may begin to realize what this means for DJs and controllerists.  Utility is important, but fun is also important within your setup.  Having a small wireless controller may be that extra edge you need to add something new (instead of trying to make huge changes in your routine).  We should expect to see more playful items being produced at an economical price. http://www.ohdratdigital.com/gear-news/numark-orbit/#more-5424  

There have been plenty attempts at exploring gesture control with MIDI controllers.  So far, we are still at a primitive state, where there are more experiments than products being produced with this in mind.  The QuNeo creator has naturally been looking for new ways to input gesture and have it decoded by MIDI software.  Other successive MIDI controller featured an expressive gesture control where the fingers could actually add movement to the sound of a note.  On the other side of the spectrum, hackers have been building detection software with three axes in order to track the motion of the hand or hands sin the air.  The trouble with this method is the amount of gear needed to pull it off – one company has put in all the hard work to create a device just like this. The Hot Hand USB controller has a silly name, and it seems like it is hard to take seriously – but it actually works.   This small device can be velcro’d to any part of the body, like hands and feet where the motion will be picked up as a MIDI signal.  The device comes with its own detection software which looks very similar to Ableton’s digital potentiometer design. http://www.djtechtools.com/2013/03/27/review-hot-hand-usb-wireless-midi-controller/  

Is this not the coolest thing EVER????

World's First Wireless MIDI Guitar Controller for Acoustic Guitar - ACPAD I need this