'beamz' laser music thingy

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By Collin Cunningham
Posted 2008/04/09 @ 4:37 am
Category Music, Robotics

Submitted for your viewing pleasure -
A demo video for the “beamz Music Performance System” laser-controlled preprogrammed MIDI gating device targeted @ non-musicians.

I don’t think it’s possible to list all of the memorable moments seen in the above video, at the very least they’re quirky, at most borderline-offensive. (The $599 pricetag alone could raise some eyebrows!) – Beamz featuring quiet reverie

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8 Responses to ‘beamz’ laser music thingy

Justin on April 9th, 2008 at 5:39 pm said:

The fact that it doesn’t require any actual skill only makes you look like more of a ridiculous. I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em.

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vivi on April 9th, 2008 at 7:03 pm said:

- Hey Bob, remember those toy pianos we had when we were kids that would always play the same melody no matter in what order we hit the keys ? Why don’t we do the same with LASERs and sell it at an outrageous price ?

- Wow sounds like a business model !

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Anonymous on April 9th, 2008 at 8:57 pm said:

Wow.

I guess someone decided that “jamming” with general midi wasn’t dorky enough already.

Still, I don’t care, great video.

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Steev on April 10th, 2008 at 12:05 am said:

If you have an Amiga sitting around, you can use my ‘Steevs MIDI Trigger’ software to replicate the same sort of thing. (The PC version is due out later this year, btw

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Collin Cunningham on April 10th, 2008 at 1:18 pm said:

Did anyone else notice that the one female who appears briefly in the above video is labelled with “Everyone Sounds Great”. It seemed rather directed toward her gender (or perhaps ethnicity?) I found that a bit creepy.

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Megan on June 4th, 2008 at 11:05 am said:

The beamz is now $499.95 and can be purchased through the companyâ€™s site: http://www.thebeamz.com. You can download and purchase additional songs there as well.

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Devastatin' Dave on June 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pm said:

Thanks for SPAMMING, Megan, but even at $499, this piece of junk is ten times too expensive. Need proof as to the utter lameness of this *&%? Just check out the promotional video!

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Collin Cunningham on June 27th, 2008 at 4:25 pm said:

@Devastatin’ Dave – I understand you be devastatin’ and all, but shift into cruise and kick back – ‘beamz’ can’t hurt us here, we’re safe.
(i think?)

PS – the swear-fairies made a little edit on your comment.

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