On Thursday, September 24, 2009, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: > implementing a bagpipe *controller* would be something I would be > interested in - detecting fingers over holes and detecting airflow is > easy enough, but maybe detecting fingers half over the hole to slide a > note would be tricky. > > Hmm, USB bagpipe controller, then hack on Frets on Fire for a bit - > could Bagpipe Hero be the next Big Thing? Are you kidding? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euQ7BEPjBj4 OTOH, talking about electronic bagpipes: Fagerstrom Technopipes. http://www.hotpipes.com/tpipe.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvpSZZOftfM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWk2z6sxK8M I play an old Akai EWI (wind controller) model. There is a new model, cheaper (around $300), and USB. Bundles Garritan software and instruments library for Mac and Win, without bagpipe sounds. http://www.akaipro.com/ewiusb http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ0J967TIBk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTDiXhG0T8I Regards, Pedro _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
