Modern Gadgeteering

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 29 Sep 2011 4:01 pm

I must confess, I'm impressed by the modern instruments these kids are using, and how well they play them:

http://youtu.be/ZuunY8BTqNs

What is the bass player doing when he waves his right hand? What's that keypad gadget on the guitar? Cool stuff all around.

Jon Moen · Post by **Jon Moen** » 29 Sep 2011 5:15 pm

Bass Player is using :
http://www.sourceaudio.net/products/hothand/

The keypad on the guitar looks to be a patch changer of some sort.

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 29 Sep 2011 5:20 pm

It looks like the guitarist maybe has a KAOSS pad, and the bassist might be using the controller from a Soundblox device - that glowing ring.

http://www.sourceaudio.net/
http://www.sourceaudio.net/products/hothand/index.php

They have a whole range of pedals under the "Hothand" name.

But once you break into it, there are ways to use Wii controllers and other wireless game controllers to trigger other things - ask a 14-year-old geek!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoss_Pad

Clete Ritta · Post by **Clete Ritta** » 29 Sep 2011 7:22 pm

The bass player is using a Hot Hand effect by Source Audio. It uses a bluetooth ring to modulate an effect, a wah in his case. I dont think the glove does anything, but I may be wrong.

The guitarist has what looks like a Kindle attached to the body, that he custom programmed to control his MIDI effects via bluetooth as well.

It sure is high tech, but the music they are covering was created entirely on a computer using some pretty sophisticated software, so I guess they have to try something different to emulate those new sounds.

Clete

Richard Sinkler · Post by **Richard Sinkler** » 29 Sep 2011 8:41 pm

That was too effin' cool. Loved it. I want one.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 29 Sep 2011 10:14 pm

Yeah, me too. I'm looking around for something to sell, to pay for a hand-waving wah pedal.

Dave Hopping · Post by **Dave Hopping** » 30 Sep 2011 9:04 am

I'm still trying to get my mind around the keyboard-triggered auto-tuned vocals.D'ya think these guys will be on the Opry anytime soon?

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 30 Sep 2011 10:09 am

I think he just has a sample assigned to each key. Since the lyrics are only one line, he can get away with that.

Autotune probably won't hit the Opry for another year or two. $:\$

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 30 Sep 2011 10:34 am

That's a vocoder Dave.
Then it was sampled.
Jay

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 30 Sep 2011 10:34 am

That's a vocoder Dave.
Then it was sampled.
Jay

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 30 Sep 2011 10:34 am

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