A blog about the things I'm into: computers, music, books, general thoughts ...and stuff

Thursday, March 09, 2006

Native Instruments Guitar Rig 2


Everything you could want in a virtual guitar rig. You could get lost for days tweaking a rig like this...

Multi-touch user interface

This video has been doing the rounds everywhere recently but it is just so cool that I have to blog it.



This looks like the hugest leap in user interface technology since the mouse (and it makes the mouse look as antiquated as paper punch-cards). I just hope that it's not such a massive paradigm shift that it takes 10 years to become affordable and widespread.
The potential for music making alone is huge (especially if it has pressure sensitivity for each touch point).
It also looks to be a more natural method of input and I wonder if it could alleviate RSI from keyboard and mouse usage.

Friday, March 03, 2006

Why does iTunes not have an incremental update?

I am so sick of having to download a 35MB file every time they do a point release!