Non-tonal Equiptment
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Topic: Non-tonal Equiptment
Posted By: Negoba
Subject: Non-tonal Equiptment
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:16
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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.
Jay
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:25
Would these groups be the 'actual musicians' you mentioned speaking to in the APC thread? 
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:32
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I have more respect for Rudess now, seeing him play both tonal and non-tonal instruments. ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date 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. |
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 00:50
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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...... ------------- You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 01:01
| Okay. I'll just leave the thread to it's initial topic, then. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 24 2009 at 18:00
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The implant in Matt Bellamy's guitar is a Kaoss Pad ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoss_Pad - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoss_Pad )
... looking down the artist list on that Wiki page shows Jordon Rudess uses one too
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 28 2009 at 18:29
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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! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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