Facebook Comments Joe Said...
There is nothing I would like to do less than play a virtual keyboard on a touchscreen. I feel like society has gotten so caught up in this touch screen craze that we have forgotten about efficient ergonomics.
28-Oct-09 09:12 AM
James Lewin Said...
Joe - I think you're right that we're at the "gee whiz" stage with touchscreens.
Multitouch touchscreens are going to make sense for situations where dedicated control surfaces aren't needed - like mixing, music notation, sequencing, beat making, etc.
The benefit of the touchscreen over a dedicated controller is that touchscreens will be much less expensive and they'll adapt to any application.
29-Oct-09 12:13 AM
Marc JX8P Said...
I think the most important thing to keep in mind here is that you're no longer tied to inputting what you want by a combination of keyboard-controller, mouse and computer keyboard but instead you have this free-flowing interaction with your screen. Of course, for real playing you'll want your keyboard but the zooming, note editing and parameter changing seen here is much more intuitive than what is used now.
29-Oct-09 09:11 AM
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