Hexagonizing Synth Controller Demo: c-thru-music Axis 64

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Taken at Analog Heaven Northeast, May, 2009. The Axis 64 controller running through a gigantic MOTM modular synth. Hexagonal interface offers a whole new way of creating music, possibly more intuitive than regular black and white keys!

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• c-thru-music
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• keyboard
• MOTM
• modular
• MIDI
• hexagon
• controller
• synthesizer
• electronic
• wowzers

[grymmtymm]

how much does one of those cost

[hamsterdunce]

Site says £850... doesn't mention a US price though, just "call for price."  :o)

[tekkentool]

it's interesting. but i think i'd rather a continuum, those things are sweet.

[BrentMB79]

Jordan Rudess does a killer demo of this unit, not that yours is sub-par!

[felipescalador]

@hamsterdunce which site please..

[FlametopFred]

@gr0mithtimon - - always open to new controllers, especially if they can be totally programmed. I can see a use for the Hexagon pad, just not for the music part - - but as an open-ended controller for soft-synths and so on. Cheers

[gr0mithtimon]

@FlametopFred

I agree, the standard keyboard is unlikely to be replaced, but i think that is because the acoustic instruments still set the standard (for good reason), and their limitations haven't changed.

[FlametopFred]

@gr0mithtimon - - I am partly kidding of course, hence the : ) but just like the QWERTY keyboard, the normal piano/organ keyboard has worked for hundreds of years. Don't get me wrong - I love technical exploration and would buy a hexagon keyboard controller in a second . .. I can see having and using both. About every 20 yrs somebody invents a new keyboard - I've seen dozens in my life and think one might work. So far none have replaced the standard keyboard. Cool though.

[gr0mithtimon]

@FlametopFred

The way the keys are organized on a piano is for purely technical reasons, so thats a pretty stupid comment.

[FlametopFred]

I can't help going with my gut reaction: that mathematicians and engineers always think they know better than 400 years of tried and true keyboardists. The organ/piano keyboard works best - - a compromise that fits most of the human population. I don't think my brain works that way, the way honey bees or ant colonies do. Still - - I want one of these : )

[Vipmaxp]

tune the synth

[Envergure]

I have one of these keyboards and it's AWESOME.

[GNeuman]

That's just plain weird........thanks for the demo.

The patch demoed sounds a lot like the synth bass sound on Gary Numan's album, "The Pleasure Principle". For example, check out the track "Metal" and I think you'll know what I mean :-))