Our friend James Bernard over at Propellerheads just released a very thorough video on controllerism and its impact on electronic music. James does a really thorough job of covering a wide range of controllers and uses, starting with the Ohm64. Even if you don’t use Reason, the short history lesson is worth the watch. If you do use Reason he shows you the basics on using the Ohm64 with Reason using a remote script. He also covers various hardware controllers, wi-mote, keyboard controllers, and DIY options. Controllerism evangelist Ean Golden from DJ Tech Tools also makes an appearance giving his thoughts on the movement.

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Recently we created a wood enclosure for superstar controllerist musician Molder. I first met Moldover in 2007 or so in NYC at a Handmade Music event. At the time he was hacking apart other controllers to perform his music and I have been following him ever since. Last year at NAMM I had the opportunity to see an early prototype of the Mojo controller, and offered to help out any way that we could. At a local event here in NJ Matt asked if we could make the bodies for his controllers and we were happy to oblige.

Moldover’s performances are about instrumentation, physical interaction, and performance. Having a controller that performs and looks like an instrument is the why we started making controllers ourselves, and the reason I started Livid in the first place. Having a controller made out of wood really adds the growing concept and perception of controllers as instruments. Some would argue that guitars are made out of wood for sound not just ascetic, but I disagree. It wouldn’t be very sexy to see B.B. King playing a headless Steinberger (though they are still made out of wood) so guitarists have a plethora of amazing designs to choose from, so why shouldn’t we? I had the opportunity to speak on a panel with Dick Boak from Martin Guitars a few years ago at CMJ who designs the signature series guitar and admire not only the aesthetic of his designs, but the ergonomic thought that goes into creating a beautiful instruments that are designed with the artists playing style in mind.

The body is made from mahogany and milled using our CNC machine and finished with a VOC free water based clear coat. This is the same style finish that is on our controller line, and  is created made with the same techniques that go into guitar building.  Last week at NAMM we performed at an after-party where Moldover was performing and managed to shoot some video. *Note the audio isn’t great but you get the idea.

For more info visit on Moldover and to order his Mojo controller visit moldover.com

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I’ll be demoing tomorrow night in Brooklyn at Moldover’s CD release party in Williamsburg Brooklyn tomorrow night. There will be a lot of good people there and if you haven’t seen Moldover’s stuff it is really worth a look at http://moldover.com/

I’ll be showing off the Ohm64 and our new controller that hasn’t even been announced, this is the first place to see it.

Here are the details

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