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G&L_player · Post by **G&L_player** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 4:22 am

So, in actuality, it's not really a keyboard, per se. Rather, it's a MIDI controller that works with a linear topology. Hmmmnnn...perhaps, it can be modified to include lateral (i.e. guitar) to make things even more interesting? Jeff Healy would sound cool on the synth/piano/organ/and some!

Mr. Tunes · Post by **Mr. Tunes** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:26 am

G&L_player wrote:Hmmmnnn...perhaps, it can be modified to include lateral (i.e. guitar) to make things even more interesting? Jeff Healy would sound cool on the synth/piano/organ/and some!

How about Robert Randolph on a Continuum Fingerboard? That would be sick

PaulSC · Post by **PaulSC** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:37 am

[Delayed reaction]

Ow!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

spuddle · Post by **spuddle** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:00 am

Ah yay, another Contiuum Fingerboard thread, theres another one if you search for it which is about 17 pages long.

Anyhow, this is my dream 'electronic' instrument. If you all bother to check out the demos, videos and music samples on the website you will realise that this controller is the route to the most expressive way of playing with synthesised sounds.

The fact that you can control parameters in 3 dimensions (left and right is pitch, pressure is velocity and back and forth towards/away from you is any thing from timbre, attack, sound morphing) makes this one of the ultimate performance instruments.

The surface actually is able to register each individual finger as a seperate trigger and so you can slide chords, or individual notes within the chords seperately as well as potentially have a different timbre for each finger dependant on how far away or towards you place them.

Lastly (certainly not leastly) is the cincher of being able to play vibrato with the same finger that is executing a note. I for one have a pet hate of having to lift off a whole hand and waste 5 perfectly good fingers and thumb just to get some vibrato going on with what you are playing with the other hand. This defeats the purpose and expressiveness of playing vibrato as seen in just about any acoustic instrument.

Hmm sorry for the rambling post there, it is late and i'm tired. Shame on you people who have just shunned it off in a quick glance without really opening your mind to the true potential of this controller.

I am saving up my pennies because even at this price it is worth it.

spuddle · Post by **spuddle** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:38 am

Please make sure to check out the Sonic State video of the controller in action. Ed Eigen gives what i've seen so far to be the best showcase of the fingerboards expressive capabilities.

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=2001

It only takes a little imagination to see the potential for expressive performance that can be achieved after further years of practising with this unique instrument.

PaulSC · Post by **PaulSC** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:34 am

spuddle wrote:I for one have a pet hate of having to lift off a whole hand and waste 5 perfectly good fingers and thumb just to get some vibrato going on with what you are playing with the other hand.

*Ducks, anticipating another blow to the head from Meffy's tail*

runagate · Post by **runagate** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:38 am

Looks like Bob Moog practicing tiger style

tuz · Post by **tuz** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:43 am

Ildon wrote:Oh shit, I thought it was 320USD. Oops.

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:03 pm

Truly, a skunk tail is a sovereign weapon. Looks massive, less mass than a feather pillow. =^_^=

I wonder if all twelve of that guy's fingers work normally. Usually extra digits get lopped off not long after birth; tend to get in the way of the proper ones.

spuddle · Post by **spuddle** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:59 pm

Grr, stop being off topic and recognise brilliance will ya all?

runagate · Post by **runagate** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:10 pm

I wish I had:

* 12 working digits on my hands, the better to play music with

* a continuum controller - it makes what I do with my X25 seem very primitive indeed

ross g · Post by **ross g** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:16 pm

BONES wrote:So its basically a fretless bass for keyboard players. I think I'll pass.

c'mon bones, that's only one months pay for you...

djsubject · Post by **djsubject** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:25 pm

so whos going to get me one of thease then?

Lawnmower Of The Damned · Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:28 pm

Mr. Tunes wrote:Maybe if it was in a normal price range i'd say it's cool, but for now I'm going to leave it for the rockstars of synthesis to buy

Even that's not very likely. "Rockstars" tend not to have gear that's more expensive then what most of us have. Just because they have money doesn't mean they're going to start buying $6,000 keyboards.

It's very common to see big-name musicians playing on stock PRS guitars and Marshall amps (Two brands I don't respect much). And not the stupid $25,000 PRS guitars that are identical to the $2,000 guitars except they have an big ugly inlay, either.

It's happened to me many times where I've discovered that a "rockstar" I greatly respect has a piece of gear that I own. For instance, if I find out that Trent Reznor has one more piece of gear that I already own I'm going to have to start looking for hidden video cameras in my home studio.

When it comes to really expensive stuff I think you're more likely to find collectors to be the buyers. Most stage musicians would refuse to take something so unusual on the road with them as it could be a real pain in the as to repair. I'm guessing their technicians would be mighty confused by it, anyway.

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:37 am

I tried it out at NAMM. VERY fun. Time flies by when you play it.

OMG! watch this instrument in action