Archive for February 10th, 2008

Touchscreens or Special Effects?

Posted in Music Tech on February 10th, 2008 by Ryan

One of the better performances on Sunday night’s Grammy awards (minus the cameo by The Time - c’mon, they deserved a bit more than one excerpt from “Jungle Love”) was the Daft Punk/Kanye West collaboration.  Geek that I am, I was intrigued by the touchpads seemingly being used to create the music.  Not that I should be surprised, I suppose, but it looks like they were miming along to the track and using some (pretty cool) props to stand in for their normal gear.  Here’s a look at their typical stage rig - more synth rack than Enterprise-style transporter, but cool nonetheless.