Inspired by a trip to McGill University in Montreal (see previous post), SSL’s white-coated boffins have been beavering away adapting some of their secret technology projects into new and far-fetched ways to create music. Combining the “Automix” function to be included in the new C-10 digital broadcast console with sensitive Alpha-Wave detectors and the multi-layer control of the SSL Matrix, those clever chaps have developed an astounding new interactive way to make music that makes Guitar Hero look like a cheap toy for children.
Installing this incredible new system in their controlled environment test field, the cranium-enhanced MENSA members at SSL Towers have retro-fitted a pocket-sized and portable brain wave detector to the Matrix’s automation controls to allow the producer or engineer to mix without touching the console. While many high level mix engineers in SSL’s beta test group have commented “I dont make an album by gesitulating wildy, looking like I’m falling off my Wii fit platform thank you” the R&D team in Begbroke seem undeterred and are convinced that they should be able to turn the prototype into a real-world solution sometime in the next 18 months.
Wide spread applications can be forseen for this unobtrusive technology, and the technicians see no reason why this could not be developed further. Lead developer Dr J Hieatt-Smith told us “This technology brings unparalled control to musicians and non-musicians alike to make some of the most immersive music creation experiences imaginable. Just as long as you don’t think about what you want for dinner or what plans you have for your girlfriend this Friday night as this tends to throw the parameters out a bit… Simply training your mind to think of nothing else but the music you mix should be emminently simple for anyone with an IQ above 150 and the patience of a Bhuddist monk”.
When asked how DJs might be able to use this system, Dr Hieatt-Smith commented “You’ve got me there. Hmmmm, maybe we haven’t thought this all the way through.”
Watch out for further updates on how this development progresses here on the XLogic blog.
Perhaps not for bass players or DJs
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