Hello Logesh, listen to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne1l6VNkuLM and also 'rehna tu' from delhi6. He has done magic...
Niven --- In [email protected], logesh kum-arr <arrmusik4...@...> wrote: > > Hi, as u shuld be knowing Rahman has bought this new instrument soon we > might get some unique sounds :) > Courtesy : Wikipedia.org > > > Continuum (instrument) > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continuum-Side-view.jpg><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continuum-Side-view.jpg> > The full-size Continuum Fingerboard > > The *Continuum Fingerboard* is a music performance controller > developed by Lippold > Haken<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lippold_Haken&action=edit&redlink=1>, > a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of > Illinois <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Illinois>, and > sold by Haken > Audio<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haken_Audio&action=edit&redlink=1>, > located in Champaign, Illinois<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champaign,_Illinois> > .[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-LippoldHaken-0> > > The Continuum does not itself generate sounds. Rather, it must be connected > to a sound-producing source that will receive > MIDI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface> > input, > such as a synthesizer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthesizer_(musical_instrument)> > module. > Contents [hide <javascript:toggleToc()>] > > - 1 Specifications<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#Specifications> > - 2 Continuum > players<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#Continuum_players> > - 3 Artists using the Continuum > Fingerboard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#Artists_using_the_Continuum_Fingerboard> > - 4 References<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#References> > - 5 External > links<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#External_links> > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_(instrument)&action=edit§ion=1> > ]Specifications > > Technically a MIDI<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_Instrument_Digital_Interface> > controller, > the Continuum features a touch-sensitive > neoprene<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprene> playing > surface measuring approximately 19 cm high by either 137 cm long (full-size > instrument) or 72 cm long (half-size instrument), with a > pitch<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(music)> range > of 9350 cents <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent_(music)> (about 7.79 > octaves <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave>) for the full-size instrument, > and 4610 cents (about 3.84 octaves) for the half-size instrument. The > instrument has a response time of 1.33 > ms<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millisecond> > .[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-HakenAudio-1> > Sensors > under the playing surface respond to finger position and pressure in three > dimensions and provide pitch resolution of one cent (one one-hundredth of a > semitone) along the length of the scale (the X dimension), allowing > essentially continuous pitch control for > portamento<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portamento> effects > and notes that aren't on the chromatic > scale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_scale>, > and allowing for the application of > vibratos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato> or > pitch bends to a note. While pitch bend and vibrato are standard features on > most MIDI keyboards, sliding between half steps, as permitted by the > Continuum, is not. A software "rounding" feature enables pitch to be > quantized to the notes of a traditional equal-tempered > scale<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_temperament> > , just scale <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_intonation> or other scale > to facilitate in-tune performance, with the amount and duration of the > "rounding" controllable in real time. > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ContinuumAxes2.jpg><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ContinuumAxes2.jpg> > An illustration of the Continuum Fingerboard's axes. > > The Continuum also provides two additional parameters for the sound: it is > able to transmit the finger pressure on the board as a MIDI value, as well > as the finger's vertical position on the key. These parameters can be used > to enrich the sound even more, and are independently programmable. For > example, a standard configuration is where position on the X-Axis > (lengthwise) on the instrument corresponds to pitch, position on the Y-Axis > (widthwise) corresponds to atimbre <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbre> shift, > and position on the Z-Axis (vertically) corresponds to a change in > amplitude<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness>. > The Continuum is capable of polyphonic performance, with up to 16 > simultaneous voices. > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_(instrument)&action=edit§ion=2> > ]Continuum players > > Perhaps the most famous player of the Continuum in contemporary music is Dream > Theater <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater>'s keyboardist Jordan > Rudess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rudess>. It can be heard in the > songs "Octavarium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavarium_(song)>" > and "Sacrificed > Sons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrificed_Sons>" from the album * > Octavarium <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavarium_(album)>*, and in the > end of the song "The Dark Eternal > Night<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Eternal_Night>" > from 2007's *Systematic Chaos<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_Chaos> > *. He is also seen playing the Continuum on Dream Theater's 2006 live DVD * > Score <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Score_(album)>*, such as in the > previously unreleased song "Raise The Knife". It is also used by him in a > solo during Dream Theater's *Chaos in Motion > Tour<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_in_Motion_2007%E2%80%932008> > *. > > Rudess also plays the Continuum on songs he has guested on by John-Luke > Addison (on the song "Unimaginable Charismatics", from the *Multiple > Valences<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiple_Valences&action=edit&redlink=1> > * album) and Behold... The > Arctopus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behold..._The_Arctopus> (on > "Transient Exuberance", from *Skullgrid<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullgrid> > *). He also uses it on his cover of > Tarkus<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarkus>, > from the album *The Road > Home<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road_Home_(Jordan_Rudess_album)> > *, between 11:31 and 11:55. > > The Continuum was used by John > Williams<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams> for > his score to *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal > Skull<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Kingdom_of_the_Crystal_Skull> > *.[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-2> > > [edit<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Continuum_(instrument)&action=edit§ion=3> > ]Artists using the Continuum Fingerboard > > - Chris Lehman<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Lehman&action=edit&redlink=1> > (Street Level > Doppler<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Street_Level_Doppler&action=edit&redlink=1> > ) > - Jordan Rudess <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Rudess> (Dream > Theater <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Theater>) > - A. R. Rahman > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman>[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-ECEProf-3> > - John Paul Jones<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Paul_Jones_(musician)> > (Former Led Zeppelin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin>) > - Terry Lawless <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Lawless> > - Randy Kerber > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Kerber>[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum_(instrument)#cite_note-DailyIllini-4> > - John Williams <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Williams> > > > -- > best regrards > Logesh A >
