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Review - Lemur Polyphonic Touchscreen Control
  12-Mar-07

This looks amazing - but arent they incredibly expensive?

12-Mar-07 06:56 AM

At first look, one would think so - around 2000 Euros/Dollars. But when you consider what this can do - essentially replace your Mackie Control and other controller based devices, it's not too bad.

Now, I dont know about reliability or durability - that is something I hope to research a little more.

12-Mar-07 07:03 AM

Looks slick, but other than the multitouch function, which I can't imagine using frequently, how is this better than a $375 Xenarc touch screen which doesn't need any configuring and works out of the box with any app??

13-Mar-07 11:15 AM

Thats a fair point, I suspect they arent as durable as the lemur and are not as tactile - you need to be pretty accurate with your fingers for close grouped interface stuff - I imagine clip triggering or fader manipulation on a straight touchscreen would be quite hard.

Also, I'm not sure about using a touchscreen live. I would think a closer relative might be the Wacom LCD tablets - but they are pretty expensive too.

13-Mar-07 11:26 AM

Hi, Wacom tabets are not polyphonic and dont integrate well with DAWs etc. Ive got a Cintiq and its good for drawing but not for music....

13-Mar-07 03:36 PM

I think in one of your podcasts a participant said he was getting brilliant results using a 15" touch screen and no other displays. He said he could match anyone for speed. Wasn't that a Cintiq??

13-Mar-07 04:25 PM

Yep that was Richard Evans. But it is still monophonic - with multi-touch you have more control. And if you lose your pen....

14-Mar-07 04:25 AM

Thanks for the review. It was helpful to see it actually being used. Would you mind doing an interface with a video app. and changing effects on the fly on a short video clip?

15-Mar-08 01:06 PM

Thanks for the review. It was helpful to see it actually being used. Would you mind doing an interface with a video app. and changing effects on the fly on a short video clip?

15-Mar-08 01:06 PM

Thanks for the review. It was helpful to see it actually being used. Would you mind doing an interface with a video app. and changing effects on the fly on a short video clip?

15-Mar-08 01:06 PM

Thanks for the review. It was helpful to see it actually being used. Would you mind doing an interface with a video app. and changing effects on the fly on a short video clip?

15-Mar-08 01:06 PM

sorry about the multiple posts. I couldn't tell if it was actually posting.

15-Mar-08 01:08 PM

I am a proud owner of the 2.0 Lemur. It is so incredible that I feel gulity for leaving the house when I could be exploring the Lemur even further. I know they are incredibly expensive...but they are incredibly vauable for that reason.

25-Jan-09 02:41 AM