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On Mon Apr 10 2006, Ed Edwards <edward.edwards@...> wrote:
> An open sided quark-a-hedron translucent thing that you play from the 
> inside; bumping, rubbing, plucking, strumming and whacking on the 
> surfaces that light up in unique colors as played.  About as big as a 
> bowling ball, and again like Jimmy says - suspended above the keyboard.
> 
> BTW - when I saw Rush in 04 their visual effects guy was controlling the 
> display with a Kaos pad.
> 
> spaceanimals wrote:
> > Knobs are so 70s. When are we going to get something cool? The Kaos pad 
> > comes close. Perhaps a pyramidal Kaos pad that floats above the 
> > keyboard. 
> > 
> > Jimmy
> > 
> 

Doesn't Roland have those beam controllers on some/most of their
keyboards/synths? Not quite a pyramidal Kaos pad, but at least something
spatial ;)

(Btw, isn't an open sided quark-a-hedron translucent thing with
fluerescent unique colors rather........ 70's/80's as well? I have a very big
Buck Rogers association with such a description)

Gerald