Another Terpstra video

Hi all, this will probably be my last cross-post about Terpstra, but just
to close the door on it...

So I reviewed the Terpstra and shot the first video of it. They just
released another video of the other prototype up in Toronto that was much
better maintained. This might be a useful data point to help answer
people's questions about what the keyboard is like IRL. You can find it
here (skip to 3:41 for the playing):
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers

This was definitely a higher-quality video than mine. I still like the
videos Tyler and I shot too, but as far as a demonstration of actually
playing on it goes, this is definitely a way higher quality representation
of that. Seems like they filmed this in a studio running Kontakt - in
contrast, mine was shot on my iPhone, with the thing hooked up to a really
quick Max/MSP patch coming out of a tiny speaker attached to a computer
other side of the room... running Windows Me... lol.

He has it hooked up to a nice piano patch in Kontakt, so you can hear it's
very velocity sensitive. Actually, I'm really happy to hear how nice the
dynamics sound - I set mine up with an organ patch and didn't think much of
it, but there's definitely a lot of piano in my future once I get my hands
on this thing :)

The other thing has to do with key action, which you can hear is much
softer overall than in my video. Garnet's video basically comes off to me
like how it sounded in the room when I was playing it, which hopefully
helps everyone judge how the keyboard sounds IRL. It isn't like it's
completely inaudible or anything, and maybe that still bothers some people,
but truth be told, when we were playing it it didn't really sound different
from any other standard MIDI controller keybed action, maybe with a bit
less "lows" or something.

Anyway, I'm glad that they came out with the video, and I'm even more set
on it now :) You can find the campaign here (
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers
).

And again, I'm not affiliated with the campaign or anything, just my
personal opinion, but now Dylan's on diykeyboard, so you can ask him
questions directly too :)

Cheers,
Mike

No worries, Mike.  Your posts are always a pleasure.

Very interesting.  Generalized keyboards are the future. 

On Monday, November 4, 2013 5:03 AM, Mike Battaglia <battaglia01@...> wrote:

 
Hi all, this will probably be my last cross-post about Terpstra, but just to close the door on it...

So I reviewed the Terpstra and shot the first video of it. They just released another video of the other prototype up in Toronto that was much better maintained. This might be a useful data point to help answer people's questions about what the keyboard is like IRL. You can find it here (skip to 3:41 for the playing): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers

This was definitely a higher-quality video than mine. I still like the videos Tyler and I shot too, but as far as a demonstration of actually playing on it goes, this is definitely a way higher quality representation of that. Seems like they filmed this in a studio running Kontakt - in contrast, mine was shot on my iPhone, with the thing hooked up to a really quick Max/MSP patch coming out of a tiny speaker attached to a computer other side of the room... running Windows Me... lol. 

He has it hooked up to a nice piano patch in Kontakt, so you can hear it's very velocity sensitive. Actually, I'm really happy to hear how nice the dynamics sound - I set mine up with an organ patch and didn't think much of it, but there's definitely a lot of piano in my future once I get my hands on this thing :)

The other thing has to do with key action, which you can hear is much softer overall than in my video. Garnet's video basically comes off to me like how it sounded in the room when I was playing it, which hopefully helps everyone judge how the keyboard sounds IRL. It isn't like it's completely inaudible or anything, and maybe that still bothers some people, but truth be told, when we were playing it it didn't really sound different from any other standard MIDI controller keybed action, maybe with a bit less "lows" or something.

Anyway, I'm glad that they came out with the video, and I'm even more set on it now :) You can find the campaign here (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers).

And again, I'm not affiliated with the campaign or anything, just my personal opinion, but now Dylan's on diykeyboard, so you can ask him questions directly too :)

Cheers,

Mike

Caleb Morgan wrote: "Generalized keyboards are the future."

Yes, that's as true as it was in 1975, when I first played one, and it's as true as it was in 1875, when Bosanquet invented the whole idea. I'm hoping that it won't be something relegated to "the future" for another 100+ years.

--George

---In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, <calebmrgn@...> wrote:

No worries, Mike. Your posts are always a pleasure.

Very interesting. Generalized keyboards are the future.

On Monday, November 4, 2013 5:03 AM, Mike Battaglia <battaglia01@...> wrote:

Hi all, this will probably be my last cross-post about Terpstra, but just to close the door on it...
So I reviewed the Terpstra and shot the first video of it. They just released another video of the other prototype up in Toronto that was much better maintained. This might be a useful data point to help answer people's questions about what the keyboard is like IRL. You can find it here (skip to 3:41 for the playing): http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers

This was definitely a higher-quality video than mine. I still like the videos Tyler and I shot too, but as far as a demonstration of actually playing on it goes, this is definitely a way higher quality representation of that. Seems like they filmed this in a studio running Kontakt - in contrast, mine was shot on my iPhone, with the thing hooked up to a really quick Max/MSP patch coming out of a tiny speaker attached to a computer other side of the room... running Windows Me... lol.

He has it hooked up to a nice piano patch in Kontakt, so you can hear it's very velocity sensitive. Actually, I'm really happy to hear how nice the dynamics sound - I set mine up with an organ patch and didn't think much of it, but there's definitely a lot of piano in my future once I get my hands on this thing :)

The other thing has to do with key action, which you can hear is much softer overall than in my video. Garnet's video basically comes off to me like how it sounded in the room when I was playing it, which hopefully helps everyone judge how the keyboard sounds IRL. It isn't like it's completely inaudible or anything, and maybe that still bothers some people, but truth be told, when we were playing it it didn't really sound different from any other standard MIDI controller keybed action, maybe with a bit less "lows" or something.

Anyway, I'm glad that they came out with the video, and I'm even more set on it now :) You can find the campaign here (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/terpstra-keyboard-280-color-changing-continuous-controllers).

And again, I'm not affiliated with the campaign or anything, just my personal opinion, but now Dylan's on diykeyboard, so you can ask him questions directly too :)

Cheers,
Mike