Playtron is a misleading gimmick
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2021
- Playtron by Playtronica turns fruit (and other conductive objects) into a MIDI controller. I thought this was a really cool idea, but ultimately found that Playtronica left out a key detail of the experience in their marketing...
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Alsways been a favorite channel but now knowing Russ’s stance on cat boys, I may have to rethink the time I spend here. Such a shame!
Hahaha. When Russ is like “maybe you could teach kids about sharps and flats” and you’re just like “or just use a piano”. - steve
do you realize you just invented vegan music? 🤣
This is for a middle school science class. Seems like a fun way to explain electricity to kids by completing circuits with your body. I wouldn't expect it to have much value beyond UA-cam videos like "Playing Strawberry Fields on REAL Strawberries!!" Although if I understand how it works, you could actually just connect any of those notes to something conductive. Fruit isn't a necessity.
This is truly heartbreaking to watch electronic fruits and veggies disappoint you in such a manner :'(
I don’t see what’s so gimmicky and impractical about having to buy fresh fruit every time you want to play music…lol
I dunno man, I could see a radish based pedalboard in my future.
nonsense! the playtron is sick
I think this is more about the concept of electrical continuity than actually learning music. It's probably just simple fun for young children. When i think about the ridiculous (and simple) circuits i built when i was 12, this gadget probably compares! The benefit for me with starting simple was that the circuits i made allowed me to be curious without being overwhelmed. I changed component values, changed components and generally just stuffed around until i learned something. I suppose it taught me to teach myself.
I think the cool thing is that, technically you don't need fruit, If you wanted to make your own instrument you could just solder wires directly to the board and then make any type of instrument you want as long as it's conductive. I can see this as a maker item to get a easy midi interface into your custom instrument more then just an item you buy to play music with fruit.
This is great for performance art.
It may be silly, but that was the best rendition of 'Eggplant In C Major" I think I've ever heard.
That is kind of interesting! You need to try 'beets' for rhythm
While the veggie gimmick is definitely not particularly helpful - I can see using it to make an environmental space into a musical/performance one. Attaching the MIDI to samples or sequencers can mean you aren't limited by the standard keyboard as a musical interface. Not sure I would care about it, but I could see how it is helpful.
I think it is inspirational. Anything that makes you want to create and play is good.
"You have to hold the turnip while touching the strawberries"
Just catching up here. There was a device called an OTOTO, which was this, but you didn't need ground at all. Really nice, and used much for interactive art, since you could just poke a thing and it would react or activate a projection. And you could wire it all up with copper tape, so you could have patterns on the floor or triggers throughout a wall or clothes
practical usage idea: using it with, like, scrap metal and conductive strikers to have metallic percussion that also triggers notes or samples
Ouch, tough but very honest review - if it was doing anything interesting like moderating any kind of signal based on attaching it to different kinds of objects it might at least increase the novelty of it for a little bit of time.... but overall... yeah, just seems like a wasteful gimmick.
If your harp strings are metal, you could hook 16 of them to the board and tuck a ground wire in your sock so you can trigger midi notes (or any MIDI controller effect) when you touch the wired strings. (Hook the clip at the very bottom of each string so it doesn't dampen the natural vibration of the string).