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Guitar Hero Eat Your Heart Out – Misa Digital Guitar
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Tom Cheredar   |  

2010-01-18-misaguitarI never really got into the whole Guitar Hero / Rock Band craze that has transcended the atypical gamer profile and allowed everyone to jump on board.

Perhaps this is because music was acting as a gateway to video games that could otherwise not be achieved on its own. Non-musicians can pick up an instrument and gain enjoyment despite their lack of talent. But really, regardless of music, there’s something appealing about picking up a guitar with buttons.

When I see the video for the Misa Digital Guitar, which is an instrument that is neither guitar or controller, it makes me want. Just want.

Electronic music cannot be played effectively with such constraints. In electronic music, the timbre (or colour) of the sound can be morphed in an infinite number of ways. For a guitar to accommodate this, the right hand needs more control than just plucking strings. You need to be able to control elements of the sound, such as sustain, pitch, filter cutoffs, contour or any other synthesizer parameter, in a way that has no physical constraints. This was my thought process when designing the Misa digital guitar. There are no strings on this instrument. The right hand doesn’t pluck strings, it controls sound.

Here… watch, now…

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5 Comments »

  1. HULK WANT MISADIGITALGUITAR

    Comment by scrotumbagmonkeyflicker — January 19, 2010 @ 8:17 am

  2. @scrotumbagmonkeyflicker +1

    Comment by Tom Cheredar — January 19, 2010 @ 8:45 am

  3. WoW

    Comment by J — January 19, 2010 @ 12:44 pm

  4. Why do I get the feeling that it’s harder to learn how to play that thing than an actual guitar?

    Comment by The Movie God — January 19, 2010 @ 6:13 pm

  5. I am glad kids are perfecting their toy guitar technique. While they are doing that, I will be working on my sweeps. See ya.

    Comment by Joseph — January 19, 2010 @ 6:27 pm

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