From Enhancia Music, the Neova MIDI ring.
Hey Tchu,
Interesting.
Hasn’t this already been done with the Genki Wave ? That has a Eurorack CV interface as well.
I don’t think this is the same company. It would be interesting to compare them feature by feature.
Thread for the Genki Wave:
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I wasn’t aware of that Genki Wave. Strange to have similar products!?
Did you fund the Genki Wave?
The whole hand gesture technologies are under used i think. I know MiMu just released a software product MiMu Glover a week back or so. That supports things like Leap, and also the MiMu Glove — but not the Genki Wave or this product.
ADDED CORRECTION: Glover will support the Genki Wave later this year.
A big part of these products are about how smart they are in supporting gestures, and what the hardware sensors are capable of detecting.
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No I didn’t, thought about just didn’t pull the trigger. But it’s out now, if anyone is ready for it.
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Remember when people hacked the Microsoft Kinect, and started using that with whole body gesture control ? OK i am off topic. Back to the Neova Ring.
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I just recently bought the Tec Breath/Bite controller and it does all of the stuff this does but you wear it on your head instead. It’s quite fun to use and works really well for performances where you want to write automation as you’re playing.
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Looking at cost and features i think the Genki Wave may have an edge. I’d have to dig deeper — this is just a five minute look. The GW has 6 basic gestures, if you count the button push, Neova has 4. They both can do DIN MIDI, have software interface software. The GW has the Eurorack CV interface, for someone who wants that. The Neova has the Hub, the GW goes directly to a computer Bluetooth, or to their DIN MIDI receiver, or to the Eurorack CV receiver.
The cost are similar, i guess you’d have to price out exactly what you’d want to compare.
The big driver on this would be to compare how they work.
ADDED: The software MiMu Glover will add support for the Genki Wave later this year, see my post in the GW thread.
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Yup. I kind of like them both, at least I like the idea, and the GW does look like the the better choice because more flexible. I really like the idea of alternate controllers that use parts of your body that are otherwise under-used during performance, but at this point I’m very skeptical of these things; they never seem to feel good enough in their operation, or they have glitches, or obtrusive quirks, etc… Then there’s battery paranoia: their battery limits cover performance, but in the studio I like to have everything on for random access over long time periods. Maybe if I had one of these in my hands for a while—and I do see they have 30-day money backs—but with other controllers in the pipe line, I don’t see going out of my way to try one of these rings.
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I think these two, either the Neova Ring or the Genki Wave, are better for performance (and the practice to develop that performance) than they would be for studio work, though that needn’t be exclusive.
I’d think of performers whose hands would otherwise be free, at least for a larger portion of the performance. Vocal performers in particular where the control with one of these two gains some aspect of dance, where the gestural movement is musically performative.
You could also move between separate sections of a performance, where either of these controller would be “front”, to other sections when another hand controlled instrument, like keyboard, guitar or wind controller would be “front”.
It also might be interesting combined with the mouth controller @Zacrous12 described, or perhaps something like the Pipe from SOMA Laboratory. They also could be used with foot control systems, perhaps with a looper or such like. What about combined with those dance mat MIDI things.
Using either of these two with software like Ableton Live in performance, or generative sorts of patches on a modular system using either MIDI or CV control comes to mind. I think of Imogen Heap as a great example of this sort of performance.
How about using these rings, to control the mix ? Or for lighting control ? Or using them as a way to move between sections of your video synthesizer show, that combines with your music. Sure those controls could be simple button presses or fader slides, but a sweeping movement of your arm, would be much more dramatic.
Any ideas ?
wow, i missed D-Beam on modern gear — here’s Neova!
guess what stops me from ordering it?
price.
€332.5 is almost €350 (Oxi One for those who reserved it) and close to €399 (Circuit Tracks).
but i really love the idea.
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So i think Enhancia went bankrupt, sold off their stock ( cheap ), and it seems like the technology was bought by Roland. Or maybe Roland bought them out and dumped them. Not sure if there is a future for this with Enhancia or with Roland, or if it’s just Genki now ?
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