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    Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:16
So when I saw DT last night, Jordan Rudess had a laptop based device which appeared to me to be the same thing the guy from Muse has implanted on his guitar. It's not-tonal but still a cool device. Rudess was also playing a device with all red keys that I assumed was chromatic but seemed to be non-chromatic, i.e. direct tonal.
 
The guy from Bigelf played something that appeared like a Theremin with a harmonizer. Any observations or thou;ghts?
 
Just looking for others who've observed with a skeptikal eye.
 
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Points: 4900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:25
Would these groups be the 'actual musicians' you mentioned speaking to in the APC thread? Wink
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Points: 5208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:32

I have more respect for Rudess now, seeing him play both tonal and non-tonal instruments. 
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Points: 4900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:42
I wasn't cutting them down, I was genuinely curious as to who you specifically spoke to. You were pretty vague, after all.
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Points: 5208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:50

I actually don't know what the hardware is called, but I've seen Youtube of the guy from Muse using a square piece of input hardware that is a continuous pitch input interface, implanted on his guitar. Last night, Rudess used the exact same piece of equiptment on top his Korg synth, and I was just curious what others knew about what that device was. Rudess also had a keyboard device with all keys straight with now black vs white key demarcation, which also seemed to have some non, chromatic options......

 
 
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Points: 4900 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 24 2009 at 01:01
Okay. I'll just leave the thread to it's initial topic, then.

Edited by p0mt3 - August 28 2009 at 19:59
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The implant in Matt Bellamy's guitar is a Kaoss Pad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoss_Pad)
 
... looking down the artist list on that Wiki page shows Jordon Rudess uses one too Big smile


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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 28 2009 at 18:29
i think the thing with 'red keys' the OP was talking about was the continuum, which IS a tonal instrument, in fact you can use it to hit notes between the notes (microtones???) not that ive played one. i dont have over 3000 bucks to spare...

i noticed Rudess when i went to ProgNation in Long Island, was he was using an iPhone for the keyboard solo during A Rite Of Passage. pretty nifty!
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