Creative use of Guitar mounted Wireless Keyboards

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http://hackaday.com/2011/10/07/playing-dubstep-on-real-instruments/

Playing dubstep on real instruments

October 7, 2011 By Brian Benchoff 50 Comments


When we first saw the live cover of Skrillex Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites by the band Pinn Panelle, we had to know how a band is able to play live dubstep on real instruments. We emailed the band and they spilled the beans on how to process the hell out of an instrument in a live environment.

First up is the bassist, [Nathan Navarro]. He wears a Source Audio Hot Hand
http://www.sourceaudio.net/products/hothand/

on his right thumb. This little box is a two-axis accelerometer that communicates with his pedal board using RF frequencies. With the Hot Hand, he has control over two parameters on Hot Hand Pedals. The envelope effect is awesome, but it's worth noting that [Nathan] is sponsored by Source Audio. We're thinking it would be relatively easy to cram a Wii MotionPlus and microcontroller into a wristband. Tied to a computer and MIDI interface, the homebrew solution would do the same thing.

[Derek Song] is the guitarist and he's used multieffects for most of his musical life

He has a small Bluetooth  2.4GHz wireless USB  keyboard and touchpad

(Actually its a 2.4GHz wireless USB
http://www.ipazzport.com/02A.html
KP-810-02 A version
iPazzPort 2.4G mini wireless keyboard
http://www.ipazzport.com/manual/KP-810-02.pdf


http://www.amazon.com/2-4GHz-Wireless-Mini-Keyboard-Touchpad/dp/B003I1GVRY/ref=pd_sim_pc_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0SFJ9H58J5RENN3EGKMS


mounted to the front of his guitar that controls just about everything on his pedal board. The Bluetooth controller sends commands to [Derek]'s computer that outputs MIDI CC messages to his pedal board.
http://www.midi.org/techspecs/midimessages.php#3

In a studio, Pinn Panelle's cover would be impressive. The fact that it's being played live opens up a number of doors as to what a band can do in real-time. If you've got a pedal board or electronic music build, send it into the tip line. Also, check out the videos after the break for a better demo of [Derek]'s Bluetooth setup.







JehuJava

I saw this before for the hot hands bit with the bass player. and wondered what was on the guitar. Thanks for clearing it up. I kinda want one now.

imerkat

Very Creative and inspiring! Though I believe he's sporting the FTP now