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The Eigenharp, bitches!
#11281264 - 10/19/09 11:12 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8295813.stm
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What is claimed to be ''the most revolutionary new musical instrument of the last 60 years'' has been unveiled after eight years in development.
The Eigenharp is designed specifically for live performance, enabling a wide range of sounds to be played and improvised.
It is the brainchild of John Lambert, a musician and software entrepreneur.
David Sillito was given a demonstration of its range by three musicians.
EDIT: click the link for a live performance
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281302 - 10/19/09 11:21 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281388 - 10/19/09 11:41 PM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I couldn't get the vids at BBC to play so I found this
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281591 - 10/20/09 12:21 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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FUCKING AWESOME!!! It reminds me of the instrument in Futurama. Things are getting all futuristic and what not, I love it!
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281657 - 10/20/09 12:31 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Seems novel. Why can't I just do that with a computer and some keys? Or a keyboard and a loop station?
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: niteowl]
#11281669 - 10/20/09 12:32 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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That james bond video shows some awesome potential for jazz and improvisation in general
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: psilyguy]
#11281687 - 10/20/09 12:36 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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How? I mean I'm all for a new instrument, but I don't see how this thing provides anything unique. Not a new tone, not new features. Any duo who knows their way around a keyboard and a drum set could recreate that with ease.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: jewunit]
#11281716 - 10/20/09 12:41 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I don't feel like explaining how awesome this is if you can't see it yourself. Thats just fine, Debbie Downer!
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: psilyguy]
#11281734 - 10/20/09 12:44 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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I think it's retarded.
Just a keyboard that you hold like a guitar.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: psilyguy]
#11281742 - 10/20/09 12:47 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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It's a keyboard on a vertical neck with a "mouthpiece" (for whatever reason) and a drum pad? Correct? Not to mention there's not much that kills music to me more than poor sounding drums.
I mean it's cool and all, but really only for its novelty.
Do you not feel like explaining it, or do you lack the ability to?
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: jewunit]
#11281751 - 10/20/09 12:49 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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jewunit said: How? I mean I'm all for a new instrument, but I don't see how this thing provides anything unique. Not a new tone, not new features. Any duo who knows their way around a keyboard and a drum set could recreate that with ease.
But playing it live is another thing. This allows you to recreate any studio beats/rhythms/sounds on stage, live. And in doing so, it allows the user to even add his own originality in the process. Thus, concerts will no longer need prerecorded sounds. Rather, everything will be live.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281762 - 10/20/09 12:52 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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meatcakeman said:
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jewunit said: How? I mean I'm all for a new instrument, but I don't see how this thing provides anything unique. Not a new tone, not new features. Any duo who knows their way around a keyboard and a drum set could recreate that with ease.
But playing it live is another thing. This allows you to recreate any studio beats/rhythms/sounds on stage, live. And in doing so, it allows the user to even add his own originality in the process. Thus, concerts will no longer need prerecorded sounds. Rather, everything will be live.
What kind of lame ass concert uses a prerecorded sound
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: pfxtc]
#11281775 - 10/20/09 12:54 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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pfxtc said:
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meatcakeman said:
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jewunit said: How? I mean I'm all for a new instrument, but I don't see how this thing provides anything unique. Not a new tone, not new features. Any duo who knows their way around a keyboard and a drum set could recreate that with ease.
But playing it live is another thing. This allows you to recreate any studio beats/rhythms/sounds on stage, live. And in doing so, it allows the user to even add his own originality in the process. Thus, concerts will no longer need prerecorded sounds. Rather, everything will be live.
What kind of lame ass concert uses a prerecorded sound
Any Kanye West concert. Any hip-hop concert, for that matter....................
Linkin Park? (the Asian guy)
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281781 - 10/20/09 12:56 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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So does a drum set and a Moog.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: jewunit]
#11281791 - 10/20/09 12:59 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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In fact two guys could probably throw down tracks that are as least as interesting as those with something like this set up:
With a sequence setup and another guy on set. Give a third guy guitar or bass with a pedal and you probably have freer range with just as many people.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: jewunit]
#11281794 - 10/20/09 12:59 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah, but a drum set can't sound like a guitar, clarinet, and synthesized bass at the same time.
And Moogs are fucking gay.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281796 - 10/20/09 01:00 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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Go get a guitar, clarinet, and synthesized bass player then
they call me practical.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: jewunit]
#11281800 - 10/20/09 01:01 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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jewunit said: In fact two guys could probably throw down tracks that are as least as interesting as those with something like this set up:
With a sequence setup and another guy on set. Give a third guy guitar or bass with a pedal and you probably have freer range with just as many people.
Dude, go back to the 80's and 90's with that shit. That sounds like a terrible 90's rental car commercial.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: meatcakeman]
#11281803 - 10/20/09 01:01 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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No but a drum set sounds like a drum set and keys can sound like whatever the fuck you want them to.
I don't see how you can think a Moog is gay but like this thing.
Sorry my quick Youtube search didn't yield the highest quality of musicians.
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Re: The Eigenharp, bitches! [Re: pfxtc]
#11281806 - 10/20/09 01:02 AM (14 years, 5 months ago) |
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pfxtc said: Go get a guitar, clarinet, and synthesized bass player then
they call me practical.
And you expect me to play all three instruments at the same time whilst playing the drums...?
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