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MIT Technology Review of Hot Hand Guitar Effects
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MIT Technology Review of Hot Hand Guitar Effects
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Posted in: Gear Reviews
Check out what Technology Review has to say about our Hot Hand effects: http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/19063/
Here's a quote of their excellent and very in depth review:
"There are two effects boxes available for HotHand: a wah filter and a phaser/flanger. Musicians can set the accelerometer to varying degrees of sensitivity, selecting "pick" to make the device sensitive to the subtle hand movements of picking a guitar, "strum" for medium sensitivity, or "flail" to filter out everything except wild arm movements. The device can be used with any electric instrument, including keyboard, bass, or electric violin."
Not only did they review the unit and research our own Jesse's past research and development work, but it sounds like they plugged the units into an amp and took them for a nice midnight spin.
I also like how they pursued the connection between making music, and body motion, which is what hits you as soon as you start to use the Hot Hand effects, and which is possibly the only effect (with the Theremin) ever to unite these two ideas - even the theremin is generally in a fixed position, and the Hot Hand controller allows the user to roam free. Bravo!