The Continuum Fingerboard is something I ran across a week or so ago an have been meaning to post about. It looks exactly like a keyboard except it has no white keys, no black keys, and no buttons... Ok, so it doesn't look like a keyboard but it kinda plays like one...well sorta...a little but not really. You will just have to check this thing out because its hard to explain. Here is a video of Jordan Rudess playing one. I'm sure it is a LOT harder to play than he makes it look since this is him completely killing this Korg Triton.
The Board was designed by Dr. Lippold Haken and manufactured by Haken Audio. It is a Midi / Firewire performance controller with one of the most original interfaces I have ever seen.
The Continuum offers real time continuous control in three directions for every finger that is placed on the playing surface. You can slide your finger up and down or side to side kinda like a laptop touch pad to get different sounds and effects. Shake you finger a little on a held note and wallah, instant vibrato. I'm sure once you got familiar with the Continuum Fingerboard you could express yourself with this instrument like no other. It is compatible with any Midi synthesizer, sound module, or sequencer.
Check out Haken Audio's website to get all the info and listen to some audio samples of this amazing instrument.
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