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New Developments in Music Technology
jonerik writes "The Christian Science Monitor has this article on acoustic and electronic music technology, including a visit to MIT's Hyperinstruments lab, which has developed a series of Music Shapers; ball-shaped musical toys which are covered with 'a patented thread containing sensors that react to the way the child handles them. The child manipulates a preprogrammed "little seed" of music and helps it "grow" by the way he or she shapes it.' Also worth a read is this article (free reg required) on the Line 6 series of bass and guitar amp emulators, which do a pretty decent job of mimicking various amp or amp/stack combos; from a '53 Fender Deluxe to a mid-'60s Vox AC-30 to the sludgy murk of a '70s Orange stack. 'Line 6 uses a technology called modeling to measure the characteristics of a particular vintage amp, from the distortion of its original tubes to the resonance of its speaker cabinet. The company has developed a way to reproduce those measurements in a powerful D.S.P., or digital signal processing, chip that contains models of dozens of classic amps.'"
Well I guess we know how Michael Jackson wrote his last few albums, now, don't we?
Probably Michael Sims too.
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> Line 6 uses a technology called modeling to measure the characteristics of a particular vintage amp, from the distortion of its original tubes to the resonance of its speaker cabinet. The company has developed a way to reproduce those measurements in a powerful D.S.P., or digital signal processing, chip that contains models of dozens of classic amps.
Great! Now I can miss a note and make it sound like I missed the note on a classic amp! I want a technology that makes ordinary people sound like classic musicians.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
'Line 6 uses a technology called modeling'
Modeling, eh? I imagine that might have applications throughout science.
Anything with blinking lights is cool. Heck, selling just the blinking lights themselves makes for the christmas light industry!
Come to think of it, I bet putting blinking lights on a remote-controlled bomb and wheeling it into Afganistan would have been more effective at taking out Osama Bin Laden than sending in the army..."Hey, Osama! Look what we found! Isn't it cool?!"
Music Shapers will enable children to more efficiently find frequencies and harmonics with the maximum annoyance factor.
;-)
Honestly, they are just embroidered round pillows, with 70's style designs on them. I'm sure they were originally developed for stoners.
The Line 6 amp is neat though; any word on when this amazing technology called "modeling" and "DSPs" can be used for other purposes?
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At least it would cut down on 'Stairway to Heaven' in every Music Shop.
To go with my banjo...GOD! how could I have been SO shortsighted...
...You slashdotted line6's site!
Tomorrow you will find a new tone in their database available for download, called "Slashdot," when you pluck a string, nothing happens.
The neutrality of this sig is disputed.
The real question....
Does the Line6 amp go to 10 or 11? Because 11 is one louder than 10!