SampleWiz and the Continuum

[MrDeylen07]

RIP Richard Lainhart :(

[cpuser37]

I just heard that this man has passed away...

This is so sad, i am so sorry or your loss Jordan, and if I am not mistaken, your mother has also just recently passed. This must be a terrible time for you Jordan.... my deepest condolences. My grandmother is in the hospital for heart failure and I'm not sure she is going to make it...

I am so, so sorry for your losses, Mr. Rudess.

let us all skip to 0:34 in this video, and mourn the passing of Richard.

You will be in my prayers tonight Jordan.

[danyangelobatio]

after playing i thought rudess was obligating him to play if not he would kill him

[BassMeister17]

RIP Richard. May your music move all of those in the great beyond, in the same way your music will continue to move us.

[ChrisOfMetal]

Rest in Peace dude x

[MitchellBeazley]

R.I.P Richard :(

[MatheusDinizsr]

Jordan Rudess eate one too many tacos.

[MegaDrumRoll]

yay now i can use my 5000$ Continuum with my 10$ app!!!

[Subject134127]

@MegaDrumRoll on your 500$ iPad

[Raffael900me]

there fuckin wizards alright

[MrIndieguitar]

You can do anything if you have enough cables.

[jordonswannguitar]

Jordan, I am just wondering, what is the price range for continuums like yours? I'm looking to buy, and I wanted a better picture of how much I would be spending. I thought to myself: "who better to ask?"

thanks :)

[LippoldHaken]

@jordonswannguitar Hi - Jordan let me know about your price question. He has got a half size, it is US$3390. You can see the prices, and lots of other info, on the hakenaudio web site. Also there is an email address on the contact page for me, in case you have questions - like "why the heck does it cost so much!?" :)

thanks for your interest! (and Jordan, thanks for your playing!)

[yrgmaailm]

How is the continuous pitch transferred via midi polyphonically?

[kevinchartier]

@yrgmaailm The Continuum sends each new note on a different MIDI channel, and standard MIDI pitch bend messages are used. We set the pitch bend width that the Continuum is sending to be the same pitch bend width the SampleWiz interprets (either 24 or 48 semitones in this case, I think), and SampleWiz listens, by default, on all 16 MIDI channels. Both the Continuum and SampleWiz can be configured to use fewer channels, but this limits the number of simultaneous notes that can be played.

[yrgmaailm]

@kevinchartier

Thanks, that's what I suspected. Way cooler than my monophonic ribbon controller.

I wonder if samplewiz/morphwiz can also send midi out this way?

[rodrigomacias]

Just like the intro of damage inc.

Everyone who is in the Rudess's sect must have a nice beard

[OscarThrashMetal]

he looks like satan



[tbtk]

CAPTAIN HOOK

[mrgober0ne]

damn Tim Curry?

[NightmareGuitarist]

About to smack some people at the end!

[atylerplai]

sounds blissful

[RebelliousToast]

Ahhhh I see the MalletKat! Good choice Jordan!

[iconnectivity]

The interface used on this video is iConnectMIDI by @iConnectivity.

[SirJonny97]

I play SampleWiz to pretend i'm playing a Continuum, not the other way round!!

[RaidonSama]

Tell Richard to shave his head and moustache so you guys can be look-alike buddies!!

Oh, and all this stuff you're making for these applications is making me totally want a big fancy phone like a droid or an iPhone.... It's too awesome for my budget!

[geiroffenberg]

just a tip to you: you dont need a goatee to play music. beards of any kind doesnt normal affect musical ability at all.

[eddyafritz]

@geiroffenberg except if you are zztop.

[DustinShaneYounce]

wait, who is that guy, I swear I've seen him before.

[lupine73]

... and Richard needs a nail clipper.

[lupine73]

You need more cables.

[undee01]

YOUR NEW RECORD JUST LEAKED AND ITS AWESOME!! It may be the best thing since Metropolis pt.2! I think i have tears of awesomeness in my eyes. And of course i'll buy it in a week. Thank you so much for everything!

Ps: Is that Myung on Bass? I can hear him without using filters. :-)

[Drakodan]

How the hell did you get Tim Curry for this video?

[FinnFlame]

Hey Jordan!

have you ever thought to make samplewiz for android too? I use android phone and tablet and my brother doesn't like when I steal his ipad to play with samplewiz... It would be supercool if samplewiz would be in android market! I would buy it right away :D:D

[bluff2501]

Jordan Rudess is The Camera Eye 

[bluff2501]

All those cables reminds me of the home stereo systems of the 80 with the seprate components. Anyway...way cool sounding and the camera guy was flawless :)

[MrIndieguitar]

I can't wait for the new album next week!

[Dra5t3k]

Hi! With samplewiz, can I assign seperate samples to individual keys?

[djrmusicdude]

at last: someone else for the cable twisting gnome to visit

[EduardoAlvaradoVa]

Beardbrothers

[fingerboy18]

Cables create inductance which also introduces noise. BUT, it looks wicked sweet!

[Jagstaldincola]

that's amazing! gj jordan! :D

[ImBradMusic]

Nice fingernails! Wow!

[knumorvid]

damn! I thought you were going to play Watcher of the skies :-D

[EvilSkeltos]

Hey Jordan when you use the midi feature on a Continuum or Synth, does that allow you to play more octaves than the one SampleWiz is currently set to?

[kevinchartier]

@EvilSkeltos SampleWiz has a 9-octave range, regardless of whether you use MIDI or the built-in playing surface. Each keyboard is resizable up to 2 octaves, and we have 2 keyboards. Also, there are octave switches on each keyboard and a range selector that lets you tap anywhere on the 9-octave range to jump to it instantly.

[MrPoisonsting]

But now can the app withstand the speed of Jordan?

[pinedo]

amazin!! :DD

[XAlphaZEROX]

... that's a lot of wires.

[idel9x]

@XAlphaZEROX I'm not sure he could put it back if I unplug all cables.

[9VoltProductions]

First he directed Citizen Kane, then he went on to do better things like work for Jordan Rudess...

[archfeds]

the continuum transfunctioner!

[OkoPeeKee]

Richard, Jordan should be packing!!

[pankesin1]

nice i loved

[JimNayseum]

Petrucci+Rudess=Lainhart......­..he is the ultra god!!!

[hat3brE3der]

Wow, So much Connected Stuff in there O_o!!!!!!

[italiandreamer76]

Richard Lainhart is a crossbred between Petrucci and Rudess :P

[Aristowi]

Nice Jordan, I thought you had forgotten the continuum with too much ipad.

[cpuser37]

unless that guy also plays guitar, he is in need of a nail-clipping. other than that, he can really play some beautiful continuum!

[djrmusicdude]

@cpuser37 exactly what I thought:)

[TheJamal723]

Whoa! Richard stole Jordans goatie!

[Sphereal]

Richard Lainhart looks like Jordan Rudess but with hairs.

[fargoleaf95]

Rudess wannabe win!!

[TdvanDuijn]

Is that the continuum you used on Bridges in The Sky?

[Jaikumar257]

Hi, cud u explain the connectivity??? Between iConnectMIDI , Continuum n smaplewiz pls ???

[DreVersion1]

Sounds so beautiful :')

[powerfistify]

where can i get one of those touch pianos?

[synastikki]

@powerfistify you mean the continuum? google haken continuum... you should be able to order from their website :) the price is pretty high though...

[powerfistify]

@synastikki thanks! wow. thats a little bit of money lol

[VexylMusic]

I never knew Tim Curry was so talented...

[Wilhiemthe2nd]

-0:30 sweet JR uploaded a new vid ! :0:01 SO MANY CORDS... its not complicated at all :)

[skeez86]

Richard is totally trying to rip off your awesome goatee. This sounds absolutely beautiful. Not to mention a great application of the continuum. What was the z axis mapped to?

[RazorEd11]

Who stole the beard idea off who? ;)

[AngryLlamaz]

Can we see more acid trip SampleWiz vids  ?:^D

[RebelliousToast]

I see a malletkat!

[MrWayneEarl]

I LOVE this...however, I suspect the long term gain is routing the signal the other way - the ipad functions as a very customizable controller, driving external synths. This way, each piece of hardware is "optimized" for what it can do best. The UI for samplewiz/morphwiz, controller apps like Musix, Hexachrom, ThumbJam, what I'm guessing that Pythagoras is morphing towards...all fast, very low latency UI controller surfaces. They could then drive external sound generators....

[romodrummerjz]

HOLY SHAT LOOK AT ALL THOSE COLORFUL CABLES!

[Meteorotaki]

This is a huge step for ipad music apps, to be able to connect to midi devices, this will open things to so much more

[MrIndieguitar]

Beards are the answer to musicality.

[satriani123xx]

Its me or that guy is very similiar to you? looks like your brother!

[felipemp93]

Really nice music.

[ChaosResurrected]

That guy looks like Tim Curry

[huguetpower7]

@ChaosResurrected i was thinking the same...

[JeffIrok]

Looks good - It's not likely I'll be able to get a Continuum to control SampleWiz this way, but maybe I'll be able to to do something like that with MorphWiz as demoed in your other video. The preset (Tuscany-Horn (vertical amp)) sounded great being controlled this way!

[caressxofxsteel]

jeeez

[drofferni]

O.o.

Nasa Hardware

[JCRUDESS]

I was the camera man!

[zakdagger]

@JCRUDESS NO, I'M SPARTACUS!

[kk6downing]

@JCRUDESS Give it up for THE CAMERA MAN!!!!!

[BLooDCoMPleX]

That beard is now officially "The Beard of Wizardry".

[engraveddrummer]

Anyone find it strange how they kinda look the same..?

[Crossaxel412]

As shown by this man, when you hang out with Rudess for too long, you start to adapt his beard.

[AlfredoBoGu]

That dude should clip his nails..

[swimmerforlife789]

He was right there the whole time!?

[guitarDouchebaggery]

Richard is awesome

[fingerboy18]

That is quite impressive! I'd like to see the iPad have MIDI output to a synthesizer/audio workstation.

[JahMusicTube]

@fingerboy18 that'd be wonderful man! More in Morphwiz, tough!

[doktorfuture]

What do you use to connect physical midi to the ipad? The camera kit thingie or something else? I want to try this with my continuum and SampleWiz but have yet to hook up external midi to the iPad.

Any tips appreciated.

[rlainhart]

@doktorfuture in this case, MIDI Out from the Continuum to MIDI In on the iConnectMIDI interface (you see it briefly in the video at 1:07) and from there with a cable (USB-to-iConnector, I think, provided with the iConnectMIDI) to the iPad. The Continuum has standard MIDI out, so you need a 5-pin MIDI interface to use it with the iPad or iPhone. I believe the Line6 MIDI Mobilizer will also work.

[rlainhart]

@doktorfuture Also you understand this version of SampleWiz is pre-release - the current version doesn't do MIDI. This one will be out soon, though.

[pollaris18]

JR Brother?

[ludwigvb1216]

is ruddes? is fat????? please a anwer!

[thecookiedude]

@ludwigvb1216 No, he is not Jordan Rudess.

[xorganizationxvx]

So I wasn't the only one who thought he looked like Tim Curry. Nice playing btw.

[xDreamTheater92]

i was expecting JR not some Tim Curry/Jordan Rudess hybrid

[jump4h]

I immediately thought Tim Curry

[GonzoDrummer27]

@Sage80 Rocky Horror Wizard Show

[jpaulom]

JR look alike...i think they are from another planet, a lookalike civilization

[Sage80]

You know Tim Curry??

[ErikJonssonMusic]

Jordan Rudess' father? IS THAT GOD?!

[kevinyo4]

hmm another wizard..

[zakdagger]

At first I thought you were gonna manipulate the space time continuum... I wouldn't of been surprised if you did. This is pretty cool though!

[matrixmonster110]

I had no idea you knew Orson Welles...and that he worked with your SampleWiz! Your music must have brought him back from the dead.

[Kutan]

@matrixmonster110 He looked more like Tim Curry to me actually. The resemblance is almost uncanny.

[matrixmonster110]

@Kutan Dear God...

Someone took the hilarity and wit of Tim Curry, the awesome might and brilliance of Orson Welles, and wrapped him into a new form full with two spoon fulls of extra musical talent!

...BRILLIANT!

[NewgroundsOwnSBB]

Sweet! Now I can use my $5000 controller for my $10 app!!

[JahMusicTube]

@NewgroundsOwnSBB Ehehe...but using the app with MIDI, makes the iPhone version much more useful... You can go around with just a 25 keys master keyboard and a really small "rack" with wonderful sounds inside... that way, you loose the possibility of using the vertical movement on the key for volume etc... but you save your $5000

[vega3410]

:D