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Percussa initially released the AudioCube over a year ago. The unique interfaces provide a creative means to playback samples, manipulate effects, and even generate audio based on proximity to other cubes, rotation, and a myriad of other features. Beyond everything else though, they just look cool.

Call it gimmicky if you want, but there are a lot of tools out there that can make your live performance stand out as an artist. Are people more likely to remember a performance where you harnessed an interface that they’d never seen before, or a performance in which you were hunched over your laptop moving a mouse around?

We’re seeing a lot of new interfaces come out as of late; many of which seem to be object-based, where the objects interact with eachother as well as the user. Remember the Siftables?

New ways of creating sound will completely work over your creative process, and thus the product that comes out. When I write behind a keyboard, the songs that come out are strikingly different compared to when I write with a guitar in my hands. How might your final compositions change if you write with a more creative interface, rather than a keyboard and mouse?

You can find more info about the Percussa AudioCubes, including tons of video, on their site.

You might also like:

1. The Vivace Touchscreen Music Computer
2. Siftables Bring Sequencing To New Interfaces