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Watches for music making? Have I lost my mind?

This occurred to me when I saw an ad for a smartwatch. You know, one of those new Android powered devices that's about the same size as a watch, and I started to wonder about the possibilities for music making on a watch. You may be thinking that I've lost it now, but I can remember when the idea of making music on a PDA seemed like nonsense and look where we are today.

So, any thoughts on how you'd do it? I could certainly see an RJDJ app running on a smartwatch. What do you think?

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10 comments:

Dj Agent M said...

As long as the midi clock works.......bad joke :P

Garloo said...

+1

Well you would not have to worry about being able to keep time........bad joke ;P

Anonymous said...

wtf, i think im going blind from looking @ the tiny iphonescreen ...

Garloo said...

Will my Chocolate Watch band be a touch countroler?

Anonymous said...

Flüd makes a watch that looks like a mini-MPC. Doesn't actually function as one, just a calculator but shows what it could look like, good or bad.
http://www.turntablelab.com/clothing/351/1960/91064.html

Aldroid said...

You would need some innovative UIs. Accelerometer air drumming would work, potentially theremin-oids too. If you had a camera on it you could start doing gesture-based composing, or use paper-based UIs and update the melody as you write.

Changing the constraints of musical interfaces is one of the things that keeps me awake at night wondering.

Tom TM said...

...and then there comes the day when it makes both more sense, as well as feels far better, to buy a tube made from brass, then to blow, honk and squark down it like no being has honked before.....!

You've lost your mind, especially if the idea keeps one awake at night!! lol!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfLpnXQpjvw

Anonymous said...

loopseque would be perfect for it!

Anonymous said...

Thanks Tom. That was particularly pleasant.

Anonymous said...

was waiting for the nano watch to do some wist or midi start stop