Merging my near fanatical obsession of music and technology, Justin Frankel (he of WinAmp, Gnutella, Waste, and Shoutcast fame) has recently been toying with his new company (cockos.com) and created the Jesusonic in the process.
The Jesusonic is a guitar effects pad powered by a custom PC and application. It’s low latency, heavily extensible, and as Justin’s blog shows… being constantly improved.
This I like the idea of.
I’m no guitar player (having tried and realised that I really had no talent for instruments), but one thing that really got me was the cost of pedals and the quantity that you would need to have to produce the sounds you wanted.
Most bands already use computers onstage, could this software can be run from existing hardware with only mild modifications (home made pedals, cabling and interface)?
Too many of my musician friends are burdened by the cost of hardware, maintenance and the overheads of transportation when they do gigs. If this technology can be utilised to replace a lot of the existing pedals (reduce cost, lower maintenance and no more things to carry) whilst at the same time giving them more tools for their creative toolbox, then we might really start to see technology finding a way onto the stage and giving us a whole new sound.
Music for the moment: Sonic Youth - Pattern Recognition
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