AudioCubes by Percussa A brief presentation at Brussels Girl Geek Dinner Nov 12th, 2008 Copyright 2008 Percussa BVBA
May 27, 2015
AudioCubes by Percussa
A brief presentation atBrussels Girl Geek Dinner
Nov 12th, 2008
Copyright 2008 Percussa BVBA
Percussa and its mission
To innovate in the user interface and user
experience of professional music technology
Founded in October 2004 by Bert Schiettecatte
Supported by IWT Vlaanderen Copyright 2008 Percussa BVBA
Traditional pro-audio tools
Engineer ...or Musician?
Manage technologyor make music?
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Just you, your music, and your inspiration
Intimacy of musical instruments
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Photo of Rolf Lislevand
Courtesy of http://soundandsilence.wordpress.com/2006/12/05/a-worthy-worship-4-intimacy/
How do we make music technology more intimate?
Intimacy of musical instruments
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AudioCubes = collection of intelligent objects
Represent digital information as physical objects
Detect relationships between objects
Display information through colours
AudioCubes Vision
Capture hand gestures and movements with high precision
Translate object and hand information into musical events on the computer
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How it works
Works with professional audio software on your computer, MIDI compatible, high precision and data rate over USB
First tangible interface available in the world!
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What's in the box
X 2 or 4 AudioCubes
X 1 Data DVD
X 1 InstallationInstructions
X 1 USB Cable
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Who is using it
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Berklee College of MusicRichard DevinePraga Khan (Frame by Frame)Carmen RizzoJeff RonaThe PinkertonesSimon MillsCanplaywillplayJames BernardAndre TouheyMorley RobertsonSteve Baltes (Ashra Tempel)...
Photo by Jan Wuytack
Experience the cubes
More information at http://www.percussa.com/
AudioCubes available from the Percussa shop at http://shop.percussa.com/ and local dealers (see website for list) Copyright 2008 Percussa BVBA