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Hi -- I'm on the exec board of the MIDI association and part of the committee organizing the Innovation Awards. Thanks for putting this together, really enjoyed hearing your thoughts. I'm really looking forward to seeing who the judges select as the winner of each category when the show happens later this year.

2025 - we are still using MIDI 1.0 spec and your friend is asking you for a midi cable

I want a Demon Box right now.

Some of my goals were to make the player move and the performance more visible and impactful to the audience. So, my initial concepts for Kara had two wheels player could roll. You can see those on the Kara Design Archives vid. The speed of the rotation would define the velocity. The direction would define MIDI channel. Two wheels, two directions -> 4 MIDI channels. Rolling stops, the note stops. However, it was hard to make the wheels roll in a consistent manner. And sooner or later, they would start to squek. 😆 Hence, I opted for calculating the velocity based on how long it takes for a player's finger to move from a touch sensor in the middle to the sensor on the edge. That's a bit like strumming a guitar. I wanted the "strummed" notes stay on infinetely until they are stopped. With real wheels that would have been impossible. After adding a gyroscope sensor to measure movement and designing features that can be felt with your fingers, I was satisfied with the physicality of the playing experience. How satisfied? You can see - halfway through - on the Taming Kara Controller vid. 😎 [Not going to make the mistake of adding links to this comment again.]

Drumbeam or the negative latency zen drum, though the demon bix is pretty cool...

The midi theremin is COOL AF. I can see Jean Michel Jarre going nuts watching the video!! 😂😂😂

The guitar thing homeboy needs a MIDI hair brush.

I just tinker, I'm not a live player, so there is not a lot there for me. However, that Demon Box does look promising. If they make it affordable I'd pick one up. I checked their website. Unfortunately, it's not available until Autumn. So, I signed up to their email list.

Amazing video, keep the amazing work, Gustavo!

i agree with the accesibility issue alot , i develop instruments and my three rules are , - there needs to be a bodily necesity (resistance between the body and the instrument) there needs to be a learning curve , and there needs to be boundaries or limits in which you can be creative in a well defined space. but also im very happy that more poeple get to taste the magic of making music with accesible tools

I would like to see @lookmumnocomputer recognised for his work midifying old instruments and also the makers of Arduino for making many creative projects possible

negative latency is such a cool idea..damn!! imagine using really low cpu stuff that need large buffers like 512-1024 or more..and just having negative latency on your midi drum pads also very insterested in the halleffect keyboard. My wish is its also just a regular pc keyboard

Would love to hear more about Midihex and if even Diy-able.

Bem interessantes os instrumentos, a Demon Box é massa. E ali atrás pendurado é um charango?

Hall Effect sensors measure magnetic field proximity.

oh man midi goblin would make a lot of sense

All of Steve Archers projects are great. Stoneburner is always a good time when they come through.

Thanks Nerd! I'm helluva proud of the Kara MIDI Controller. The next version will be even more futuristic. 👍🏻 - Tomi

I'm still waiting for the suppository MIDI controller. Sigh, maybe 2025.

Imagine if actors used a voice synthesizer to deliver their lines instead of their voices. That’s what a lot of these “no performance talent required” instruments remind me of.

The video about sensitive buttons and hall effects made me mad ^^ It would be possible to create a midi controlleur for finger drumming without using a piezzo ?? Need to learn more

voting for ShowMIDI! it's the midi ox reel succesor

Are you wearing a Robert Crumb drawing?

Velocity with single contact buttons is not that special. For example Alesis did this in the HR16 by placing piezoe disks near to the buttons. Adding magnets and hall sensors is another old time favorite.

Hey, nice review. I’m participating too in the Hardware prototype category. I made an ultra programmable MIDI router to enhance any controller or synth that are MIDI compatible. I would love to have your thoughts. (full video of the project on my channel)

Achei o primeiro mt doido❤

Equal Temperament has significantly eroded Musical Creativity for at least a Century. the copycats are responsible

MIDI INNOVATION??????? MIDI??? A technology from the early 80s that hasn't changed almost at all giving innovation awards???? Lmao.

it’s 2024 and midi is still a …

None of these will see the light of day hardly. Every item looks like a toy. This is not how you should use midi. my personal opinion.