Beamz - Laser Beam Music Performance System
- - photo via geekalerts.com
The beamz system has a “W” shape, with six laser beams spanning the two sections; connect via USB to your PC or laptop, and hook up some speakers. The simple, intuitive computer interface makes it easy to choose any of 30 included songs in 19 musical genres for laying down a complementary rhythm track. The beamz library includes original works in jazz, bluegrass, classical, hip-hop, reggae, heavy metal and more.
Breaking the laser beams with your hands automatically generates pre-authored pulses, streams, riffs or loops of musical notes or sounds from an incredible variety of instruments from around the world — guitars, steel guitar, strings of all types, percussion, keyboards, winds.even cowbell. Sophisticated high-fidelity sounds seem to pour from your fingertips like magic!
Updated article, with a video of the system in action:
First article here, from geekalerts.com
Ad great an idea that looks, wow do you look stupid doing it. Especialy if your wearing “shades”
A lot of the people on the video did look like douches doing it, but damn does it look fun. :D
I agree, it does look like fun.
looks like it takes all the talent out of being a musician,guitar hero style. Not that any of that midi crap was any good.
reminded me of jean michel jarre’s laser harp [which i thought was so cool when i was a kid]:
http://br.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jean+Michel+Jarre+laser+harp&search_type=