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by tasooey 5549 days ago
Hey, Tim Soo here.

Yeah it's not meant to be a replacement for an acoustic instrument by any means. I played in symphonies growing up and taught violin for a couple years. It's made to be a mixture of RockBand and an acoustic instrument.

B/c you're working with two accelerometers and a tuning fork gyroscope, you actually have much more control than you might think. Bow tilt, vibrato, velocity. It's actually (for me anyways) a pretty useful tool for entering MIDI when I want it to sound more like a violin, than say if I just entered the notes via a MIDI keyboard.

For even for classical musicians

Again, it's not made to be a replacement for a real instrument by any means. But the idea isn't lost on classical musicians. Part of the reason I decided to kickstart this project is because I was approached by a few classical musicians who wanted to play a song while say controlling additive synthesis via their vibrato or control really any parameter via bow tilt.

I chose a Wiimote and iPhone because I think a good portion of people already have both.

Expensive? When I bought my Wiimote plus, it was actually only $28. For a gesture control / experimental device, I would say this cost is on the lower side.