This is probably one of the coolest DJ desks I have ever seen in my life. A couple of MIT students (James Patten and Ben Recht aka localfields) created this as part of a school project and have since created a few more.
You really have to watch the videos of it all to understand how it works. After the jump is a technical overview from their site but these guys are MIT students so it’s all a bit technical…
Audiopad is a composition and performance instrument for electronic music which tracks the positions of objects on a tabletop surface and converts their motion into music. One can pull sounds from a giant set of samples, juxtapose archived recordings against warm synthetic melodies, cut between drum loops to create new beats, and apply digital processing all at the same time on the same table. Audiopad not only allows for spontaneous reinterpretation of musical compositions, but also creates a visual and tactile dialogue between itself, the performer, and the audience.
Audiopad has a matrix of antenna elements which track the positions of electronically tagged objects on a tabletop surface. Software translates the position information into music and graphical feedback on the tabletop. Each object represents either a musical track or a microphone.
also see the Reactable.
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June 22nd, 2006 at 4:23 am
[...] This interactive table is a bit like the Audio Pad we wrote about a few weeks ago but looks like it’s more for anyone rather than a dj. [...]
April 28th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
[...] This interactive table is a bit like the Audio Pad we wrote about a few weeks ago but looks like it’s more for anyone rather than a dj. [...]