this came from an italian guy from venice. didn't knew this machine at all. it seems useful to cut/glitch/chop on the fly. don't know if supports midi indeed...
thanx for sharing

If it has midi ,line in and out, it is indeed crazy.

Looks like it's just a controller,
notice in all the videos it's always got that USB cable in it...

Not a bad idea.. although I think the monome has already covered alot of this ground... and the interface seems a bit strange - all the buttons seem to be on the back side of the device?

I ran across it while reading CreateDigitalMusic.com

Here is the original post. One pic they show all the guts:
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/06/2 ... n-circles/

I think something like this, smaller, built-into an existing beat machine would be way cool.

Yeah, it's a controller from what I understand.

It looks sweet, but it might be a pain to work with. Using it looks like preparing some kind of magic spell. :p

Prepping spells would be cool

This thing.. It looks more like preparing a stir-fry!

That guy is really on to something with it though. A similar box that didn't rely on a computer would really be the shiznit. Isn't the KP3 capable of this sort of loop manipulation?

that's a good question.
maybe it does.

it kind of is.. its not so immediate to access all parts of the sound - youre still kind of stuck on a timeline..

The monome however.. . is capable of everything this thing does, and so much more.. It's not standalone either, but given the choice - id go the monome.

I think manufacturers are really missing out with the standalone units...

EG, the NI Maschine... if that had been standalone, it could've been a monster - they could've taken a significant chunk of MPC sales even.

ok, maybe this is true.
but both maschine and monome doesn't support midi i think.
how to supplyto this? maybe with soundcards?

both the beat chopper and the monome work off of MAX MSP so youd have to program that in order to get a midi out to a box with just midi ins and outs

the only reason the monome exists is because of a MAX/MSP so they arent missing out on midi, they just havent tried.

and honestly you wouldnt be able to do the same things the monome can with MAX/MSP in hardware, there would be too many wires, and you would need a sequencer midi out per line of led/buttons, not to mention all the individual effects and random programs involved.

...or you have to use sp-303+sp-404+sp-505+sp-555+sp-606+mpc1000/2000xl+kp3 in a mega midi session with 4/6 hands ....but i know that unfortunately more than 5 midi instruments it's too much for the correctly reading of midi messages...

That OTTO is too cool!
I'd love to have one of those. But what about the Tenori-On, isn't that capable of similar stuff?

Tenori-On, Monome, OTTO ... they look cool and complicated, but I really think they're a btch to work with.