It is a Kickstarter thing but it has already reached its goal so that is good.
Hard to say how much something like this would be used in the end and feel that it could be a great thing or just something that is disappointing or collecting dust. Guess that live anything that make electronic music performance more visual is a plus!
Here is some info from the Kickstarter page:
To read some more:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gripbeats/gripbeats-the-multi-functional-wearable-musical-instrument
Hard to say how much something like this would be used in the end and feel that it could be a great thing or just something that is disappointing or collecting dust. Guess that live anything that make electronic music performance more visual is a plus!
Here is some info from the Kickstarter page:
- Create music in any style, sound or instrument with a device that connects to your smart device or computer wirelessly over Bluetooth.
- Use GripBeats® in multiple ways; as an extended controller for each hand, the wrist, or even on a flat surface.
- Our patent-pending adaptable multi-instrument design makes use of 3-dimensional space, acceleration, and direction for making music.
- Make use of your hands' motion and touch controls with over 100s of apps like Garageband or Ableton using BLE MIDI (100% wireless).
- The GripBeats® App (iOS/Android) allows growing gestures-to-music configurations and lessons on how to play music virtually, through movement.
- Design new instruments and configurations for making music in your own way as well as with over a dozen preconfigured modes in the GripBeats® App.
- A collaboration of designers and engineers by musicians from the Royal Academy of Music in London and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
To read some more:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gripbeats/gripbeats-the-multi-functional-wearable-musical-instrument
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