for me, its a combination of time and certain limitations of the erae touch.
as I pointed out here , I do believe the 1.3 firmware was a step in the right direction.
a few weeks back I did try using the ET with the Osmose/Eagan Matrix, and it performed pretty well.
but still the inconsistencies I mentioned in the above post were ever present.
I love the ET hardware, I think it has huge potential.
but Im extremely disappointed that Embodme has not focused on solving these fundamental touch issues… its simply not enjoyable to play with an instrument, that occasionally breaks the flow/immersion due to fundamental issues… even if they only occur occasionally.
however, increasingly, Ive started to take it for ‘what it is’…
if you look at the marketing, and those that seem to be enjoying it…
then they don’t really use it as playing surface… many use it as an midi controller (sliders/buttons), or as something like a drum surface… things which do not need the precision.
and so , whilst I think that is a real waste of the potential/capabilities, and not really why I bought the ET.
I do see, that if I went that route, it would at least get some use.
Perhaps I will approach @embodme at Superbooth about this…
but frankly, I hold little / no hope of this changing…as I fear one of two realities…
the issue is a hardware issue, and so cannot be resolved… perhaps limited to early units, perhaps not.
the main focus of the product is not as a playing surface, thats not what most buy it for, so Embodme cannot focus development on it.
or most likely its a combination of both, the hardware is not as accurate as they hoped/expected.
to make it more reliable, would required significant development effort, and would bring marginal improvements… so they don’t see this as the ‘target market’ , and instead go for a market where accuracy is less important.
tl;dr;
due to accuracy limitations, Im trying to ‘re-imagine’ how I might use the ET, so I can work within its capabilities… but as its tinged with ‘disappointment’, Im not super motivated about doing this.
(I have to say @keymanpal is a master at this… at focusing what IS creatively possible, rather than dwelling on ‘what might be’ … its a super attitude, which does inspire me!)