KTRL midi controller

Abstract

[EN] We come to an era, where technology is more than important in music industry. First, music was written by humans. Then performed by humans, performed by musicians. Music spreads. It spreads via physicals, via vinyles, via CDs. Technologies were meant for recording studios : the compressors, the mixing desks, the microphones, the amplifiers, etc... Then, they spread on stage. Lights, visuals, performances. We come to a step, now, where electronic music shows are as important as music concerts. Music concerts have musicians playing their instruments and electronic music shows have DJs/Live performer mixing, playing their tunes with technology. These technologies can either be mixing console, turntables, controllers. But where is the performance in the way that the music is played by technology ? People go to a concert to see the musician performance. But when can we categorize an electronic music show as a performance ? With KTRL, midi controller for Digital Audio Workstation, our goal is to provide entertainment to an electronic music show, to give to the audience some visuals, to give them stuff to watch, to show them what the performer is actually doing, also in an original way, a different way than normal. The research we made, comes from different statement, different point of view we, the team, had concerning electronic music shows. 3/4 of the team are into electronic music, and after going to severals concerts during our lifetime, we came to a point where it is necessary to the audience to know what the performer is doing. What is more boring than watching someone with his face down on his setup without even looking to the audience ? Another point for KTRL, as electronic music shows are very common, more and more people are into producing their own music and performing it. Also they are trying to reach a step where they can be more original than the others. One of our goal is to give access to the people, tutorials that we are putting in shape on our website so they can build, craft the controller. Our open vision, shares interest in the DIY (aka Do It Yourself) community. Making the controller yourself, gives you the impression of building an instrument that you care about, also the pride of owning something you did.

[ES] Estamos en una época en la que la tecnología es más que importante para la industria de la música. Antes dicha tecnología se utilizaba exclusivamente en los estudios de grabación, pero hoy en día podemos ver espectáculos en directo donde se produce música utilizando esta tecnología. ¿Realmente se puede ver cómo el músico moderno interactúa con la tecnología para producir su música? ¿Se puede considerar esto un verdadero espectáculo? Mediante este proyecto se pretende cambiar la forma en la que se interactúa con la tecnología para producir música. El objetivo es que el público pueda apreciar de una forma más visual lo que el músico moderno realiza en un escenario mediante la tecnología. Para ello hemos creado una controladora MIDI con sensores de proximidad manejados por una placa Arduino.