I’m still waiting for these guys to invent some sort of whimsical, customizable holographic objects I can juggle (or dance with) to make loops loop and beats drop. Meantime, get ready for the Wiimix!
[thx, kidk]
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I’m still waiting for these guys to invent some sort of whimsical, customizable holographic objects I can juggle (or dance with) to make loops loop and beats drop. Meantime, get ready for the Wiimix!
[thx, kidk]
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Was he even doing anything other than transport and that stutter effect? I’d like to see someone beat-juggle using two wiimotes – THAT would be entertainment.
According to the video beat-juggling is another possibility (and they promise a future video demonstrating it). Regardless of what is demo’d here, I think the potential this shows for new ways of improvising one’s way through one’s music files is amazing. I’m not tied to the Wii necessarily, but there’s nothing like repurposing an already popular piece of equipment (a la turntables themselves).
I do agree with you that using the wii as a glorified MIDI controller does have potential, but what I would be more interested in is how musicians/djs/people would make novel use of it, rather that use it as ‘just another way cool way to transmit MIDI signals’. You’ll see tons kids doing this on YouTube – joysticks, ps2 controllers, even coins and candysticks.
No doubt. I think we just need to wait a lil while and see.
This is what I’m talking about. Someone needs to try this with two wiimotes:
http://www.bobsomers.com/2006/12/06/wii-drum-machine/
Nice! Thanks for sharing. I expect we’ll be seeing a lot of innovation along these lines. Eventually, I suppose, Nintendo will repackage/re-engineer it all, but I’m hopeful that the sort of DIY hacking/scripting we’re seeing here will stay way in front of the manufacturers —
Daito Manabe from Japan is upto some interesting live audio/video stuffs with wii/turntable/laptop combos.
http://www.daito.ws