In his latest loopop video, host Ziv Eliraz takes a look at 6 options for gestural music making.
Gestural music making has been around for more than 100 years, since the introduction of the theremin in 1920. In that time, dozens of gestural music making options have been introduced.
While none of them have achieved the recognition of the theremin, there are a wide range of options, offering both new capabilities for expression, and compatibility with a wide range of electronic music hardware and software.
Topics covered include:
0:00 Intro
1:40 HANDMATE
3:10 Expression maps
4:15 Thin air notes
4:40 Muting notes
5:10 Scale qtz.
5:35 Timing correct
5:55 Chords in space!
6:40 LEAP MOTION
8:10 GECO V2
9:25 CC Notes (JazzMe)
10:45 CC Air drums
11:25 BeatFader MIDI
12:25 Uwe’s set
14:35 MI.MU Glover
16:10 Posture qualifier
17:40 MODULAR
18:00 Theremin
18:30 Pitch qtz.
19:10 Timing correction
19:40 Flame TAKT
21:20 Flame TON
22:20 STANDALONE
22:10 Theremini
22:40 Flux
24:40 MIDI in AR?
25:10 Misc tools
25:45 More?
Glad to see the spirit of Roland’s D-Beam lives on & has been improved.
I loved how stupidly D-Beam was implemented by Roland. Had it on the SP-606 where it was only good for filtering samples. The basic theremin & sample trigger modes were hilariously dumb.
couldn’t have picked a more obvious choice of hand waving.
hey wasnt that girl.. whats her name.. Imogen Heap – wasnt she doing this like 10 years ago??
did we miss the revolution?
btw – i had a Roland V-Synth and arguably the dual D-beam was the best part of it… but thats probably more about how it affected the synth engine itself, as well as how you could do it
More like 15 years ago
i still find the single serving size finger as the most expressive option.
huh, i guess orchestral conductor doesn’t count.
Love the video. I still have Leap Motion MK1 stashed somewhere in the cupboard for the past 8 years which I just might resurrect now since it is – after 6 years hiatus, finally compatible with Apple Silicon based Macs
same here