Monday, January 24, 2011

Monome Arc OSC controller is simple, elegant, and expensive

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If you're not familiar with Monome, the company designs and builds
unique, minimalist controllers in limited editions for the
discriminating music maker with deep pockets. The company's latest,
Arc, features two anodized milled aluminum knobs, an enclosure made of
black walnut (sustainably harvested in central Pennsylvania, of
course), lead free printed circuit boards and circuitry, a felt slip
mat made from wool purchased from small farms in the US, and -- well,
that's pretty much it. Hand assembled on a farm in upstate New York,
this device sends OSC data to a computer via USB. Each knob is circled
by a ring of 64 LEDs, and each knob can be configured for whatever
your musician's heart desires. On the video (after the break) it is
paired with a Series Sixty Four controller to make a sample looper.
Looks like fun! Too bad it costs more than our rent for the month.
Available on February 18 in two knob ($500) and four knob ($800)
configurations.

[Thanks, Zack]

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