Jazzmutant lemur and derivative touchdesigner 077 on vimeo. The ring area object, a coloured circle that contains a smaller circle at its centre, responds to contact within the circles boundaries. The lemur has 8 output targets, which can each send osc and midi messages to a different program, or sets of programs depending on how your software is set up. Jazzmutant has announced that its lemur, the multitouch hardware. Whether youre connecting over a hardware midi adaptor ios only or over wifi, lemur gets the message across flawlessly. From my early experiments with controlling live from a touch screen in 2009, initially for my. Even if jazzmutants touchcontrolled lemur controller had slid into obscurity, like. Nov 15, 2010 stantum technologies has announced that the jazzmutant lemur the gorgeous multitouch music controller is dead heres the text of their announcement since 2002, jazzmutant has been a acknowledged pioneer in the field of creative computing and multitouch technology, being the firstever company to develop and bring to the market a product featuring a multitouch screen as early. Stantum has been the pioneering company in multitouch technology since 2002. A host of new object features allows users to really interact with sound and manipulate it in real time like never before.
The lemur offers an unrivalled package of intuitive features beneath a futuristic multitouchsensitive surface, and as result has won fans across the globe including the groundbreaking musicians. A template for windows that enables the use of the ableton live api on lemur. May 01, 2006 the jazzmutant lemur brings the dream a step closer to reality. The lemur owners manual revision of 31 october 2005. Mainstream multitouch is coming, and itll rock for music. Jazzmutant lemur touch screen control surface lemur alto. When the original jazzmutant lemur was introduced in 2004.
I modified the bumbalizer template and i am using a custom mixer with clip manipulator. Control dj software, live electronic music performance software, studio production software daws, vj software, visual synthesis software, stage lighting and more. The lemurs pioneering concept relies on jazzmutants unique patented multitouch technology. Jazzmutant lemur a knob is a knob is a knob its one of the first things we learn when we are little babys you can press it, squeeze it, turn it round and sometimes it makes sound autch a fader is different i think on this flat surface lemur faders will be better than the simulation of knobs. Theres no question that multitouch touchscreens represent the future of computer interfaces, and the lemur is the biggest leap yet toward that science. Bands, businesses, restaurants, brands and celebrities can create pages in order to connect with their fans and customers on facebook.
Sep 30, 2008 today jazzmutant has announced the upcoming release of a new firmware for their lemur multitouchscreen controller. For software updates, examples, and other supporting software, visit the jazzmutant web site at. There is a reason why im using lemur right now to build up the concept my ableton live controller app. The new software includes all of the things we loved. Jazzmutant lemur touch screen control surface lemur alto music.
The jazzmutant lemur is one of those futuristic pieces of gear that everybodys interested in. San diegobased strategic branding agency, audacity, inc. Jazzmutant has announced that its lemur, the oemur hardware controller, is officially at the end of its life. As an audio tool, the lemurs role is equivalent to that of a midi controller in a midi studio setup, except that the lemur uses the open. Jazzmutant provides multitouch controllers for daw, live music and visual media performance.
Products include the maxmspjitter graphical programming. The lemur shows just how potent that specialization is, in a way that literally gets rooms full of people dancing and gaping at projections. After a brief scuttlebutt, theyve taken the original lemur software, with its nearly ten years of development, and released it for ios. The original hardware version was introduced to the public in 2004 and lemur software now benefits from nearly 10 years of development. The lemur input device is a highly customizable multitouch device from french company jazzmutant, which serves as a controller for musical devices. Liine lemur is a multitouch gui programming software for musician originally made by jazzmutant it has finally been ported to the ipad by liine in 2012.
Jazzmutant s lemur not selected it would seem that competing platforms have evolved and pushed this once groundbreaking multitouch controller out of its niche. I own it and its fng amazing, but you have to know that its development has stopped. Search engine and data mining applications and clueweb datasets. Its a customisable touchscreen interface that can be made to do just about anything. The lemur offers an unrivalled package of intuitive features beneath a futuristic multitouchsensitive surface, and as result has won fans across the globe including the groundbreaking musicians richie hawtin, bjork and ryuichi sakamoto. The lemur input device is a highly customizable multitouch device from french company jazzmutant, which serves as a controller for musical devices such as synthesizers and mixing consoles, as well as for other media applications such as video performances. I was brought on to jazzmutant as a freelancer to create the mu controller for lemur and ableton live. Jazzmutant lemur a knob is a knob is a knob its one of the first things we learn when we are little babys you can press it, squeeze it, turn it round and sometimes it makes sound autch a fader is different i think on this flat surface lemur.
It would seem that competing platforms have evolved and pushed this once groundbreaking multitouch controller out of its niche. Jan 10, 2009 playing a ableton live set with my current live control surface on the jazzmutant lemur. Cycling 74 features software update for jazzmutant lemur at aes. Posted on 12 june, 2017 by gearjunkies newsfeed posted in news tagged app, discontinued, ipad, propellerhead, rebirth, studio software, synd bias, makers of. Lemur software benefits from nearly 10 years of development, and has been. Stay informed about the latest news at liine, including product news, tips and tricks, artist stories, events and more. Stantum technologies has announced that the jazzmutant lemur the. This video shows some applications from lemur breakpoint object working like a midi sequencer, nodes triggering notes and fix them to a selected scale, minor, major, penthatonic, etc. Stantum technologies has announced that the jazzmutant lemur the gorgeous multitouch music controller is dead. Lemur is the worlds best midiosc controller for ios. Companies such as maudio avid, behringer, or native instruments may look like giants compared to jazzmutant, but they are nanoparticles compared to large consumer electronic brands such as hp or nokia. Jazzmutant lemur reborn as an ipad app first look synthtopia. Lemur s multitouch technology makes it possible to use all ten fingertips to accurately control multiple userinterface objects simultaneously.
The lemur might just be the most exciting new product to be released for years. The editor allows users to build custom interfaces and upload the layout to the lemur. Access templates from top artists and the lemur community. The volume and the gross margins are too small to amortize ambitious research and development plans. Using open sound control, you can interact with symbolic sounds awardwinning kyma sound design system using a variety of software and realtime controllers, including the apple ipad and the jazzmutant lemur, that offer higher resolution and faster update rates than can be. How to use your lemur to send midi messages to compatible software. You can control the pitch, octave, velocity, duration, loop, steps, sequences, direction, interval. Touchosc2, a similar application, lets users construct interfaces for apples iphone and ipad. With so many accommodating and costeffective ways of piloting your daw, its a curious thing that a pricey device like jazzmutant s lemur might seriously tug at ones attention.
Developing the first commercial product that uses multitouch technology the first commercial product to use multitouch technology jazzmutants lemur music controller came to life in 2004. Apr 14, 2010 the idea that apples ipad would drive jazzmutant out of business, therefore, is the opposite of correct. Jazzmutants groundbreaking products lemur and dexter have been in short. Any software or hardware that receives midi or osc can be controlled by lemur. For example, the indri search engine provides accurate search for large text collections out of the box, and data is stored in an accessible manner to support development of new retrieval strategies. Logic pro users also have to install a bit of gobetween software called. Lemur software bespoke software developers, hampshire, uk. These days the likes of ipad can deliver much of both the hardware and software functionality although i admit, not yet to the same extent. The lemur comes with its own proprietary software called the jazzeditor to create interfaces. Note that jazzmutant company does not longer exist and development of the os is now passed to the software house liine, from which you can download all the necessary patches, drivers and software for connection with the computer. Symbolic sound corporation has added support for open sound control osc to its pacarana sound engine. Contact wikipedia developers statistics cookie statement mobile view. Technology has evolved very quickly and the lemur hardware development was stopped.
Benefiting from nearly 10 years of development, lemur is synonymous with multitouch music control. As an audio tool, the lemurs role is equivalent to that of a midi controller in a midi studio setup, except that the lemur uses the open sound control protocol, a highspeed networking replacement for midi. As you can see here, the jazzeditor software mimics the lemurs screen, making it easy and intuitive to drag and drop objects and quickly modify your interface. Today jazzmutant has announced the upcoming release of a new firmware for their lemur multitouchscreen controller. Its hard not to dwell on the irony of this, particular when you consider that jazzmutant initially dismissed apples tablet as a serious rival. For a start, its expensive, and it can be complex, too. For years ableton users pined for dexter support for live, but jazzmutant clearly had bigger plans. Multitouch technology, being the firstever company to develop and. Jazzmutant lemur, multitouch modular controller for sequencers, synthesizers, virtual instruments, vj and light. Jun 06, 2010 emulator is a software where you have all what you need on same screen and combine the power of multitouch, the useful standard mouse and the native interface of software to be controlled all in one nice and useful gui. Lemur, the professional midi and osc controller app that doesnt cut any corners. Jazzmutant lemur dead did the ipad kill it, or was it suicide. Unfortunately, the mobile applications that followed the lemur did not imitate the feature that made. Lemur software provides bespoke software solutions to clients in hampshire, across the uk and internationally within europe.
Each target has 16 midi channels with all standard midi messages, so youre total number of bidirectional control messages just on the midi side is over 16,000. Lemur still is the best do it yourself oscmidi touch interface software on the marked, al the other wannabe apps are really just wannabes and pure waste of time. These are just two of the reasons lemur is the name cited when talking about multitouch control. The true innovation of the lemur lies in its unlimited touch points. Put that together with the ios development they have demonstrated with griid and kapture pad, and all that was left was the licensing of the lemur ip and a bit of work ok, probably more than a bit. Stantum technologies has announced that the jazzmutant lemur the gorgeous multitouch music controller is dead heres the text of their announcement since 2002, jazzmutant has been a acknowledged pioneer in the field of creative computing and multitouch technology, being the firstever company to develop and bring to the market a product featuring a multitouch screen as early.
Stantum is in the business of licensing its specialization to oems. The jazzmutant lemur brings the dream a step closer to reality. Lemur, the professional midi and osc controller app that doesnt cut any corners, has evolved. For the united states and canada cycling 74 distributor for jazzmutant 379a clementina san francisco, ca 94103 usa. From our offices in liphook, hampshire, our software development team focuses on delivering worldclass and bespoke solutions for customers, large and small, in a variety of sectors including automotive, retail, service and leisure activities, to name just a few. With touchosc available for a couple of quid off the app store, together with the projected price of the ipad well under half of a jazzmutant lemur or dexter even for the most expensive model ipad, could the ipad be potential jazzmutant killer.
In 2005 stantum became the first company to commercially market jazzmutants lemur, a first generation multitouch user interface. Lemur software limited free company information from companies house including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity. Lemur is a professional ios controller app that doesnt cut any corners. Since 2002, jazzmutant has been a acknowledged pioneer in the field of creative computing and multitouch technology, being the firstever company to develop and bring to the market a product featuring a. Jazzmutant lemur customizable multitouch controller. The lemur projects software development philosophy emphasizes stateoftheart accuracy, flexibility, and efficiency. With the new version 2 firmware update jazzmutant are taking the lemur to another level of control, flexibility and intuitive operation. But the lemur project continued to evolve in the shadow.
Relaunch of jazzmutant multitouch media controller done. Lemurs touchscreen interface can be reconfigured in software, can track the positions of many fingertips at once and can transmit either midi or highresolution osc open sound control messages. Jazzmutants lemur was the original multitouch controller, but was discontinued late last year in the face of much more affordable competition in the shape of apps for apples ipad. Lemur software now benefits from nearly 10 years of development. Minadite is a vitrual midi controller, like jazzmutants lemur or monotouchlive, which is controlled via a touchscreen or mouse and sends midi messages in order to. With so many accommodating and costeffective ways of piloting your daw, its a curious thing that a pricey device. A the lemur input device is a highly customizable multitouch device from french company jazzmutant, which serves as a controller for musical devices such as synthesizers and mixing consoles, as well as for other media applications such as video performances.
Mar 25, 2009 the jazzmutant lemur is one of those futuristic pieces of gear that everybodys interested in. Jazzmutants lemur combines both touchsensitivity and a completely customisable interface, to create an entirely new breed of midi controller. Congratulations on your choice of the jazzmutant lemur. Template for user library template cords creamware pro12 asb 8 years ago. Control dj software, live electronic music performance software, studio production software dawsvj software, visual synthesis software, stage lighting and more. Dec, 2011 after a brief scuttlebutt, theyve taken the original lemur software, with its nearly ten years of development, and released it for ios. The jazzmutant lemur1 is a commercially available multitouch device that integrates with its own proprietary gui building software, the jazzeditor. With the groundbreaking lemur controller jazzmutant have revolutionised the way in which performers can now interact with light, video and sound.
Now easier to use than ever, more customisable and with more outofthebox functionality. Live performers are no longer limited by a single mouse click that does one task. Just a thought having of course never used a jazzmutant. Over two years ago they released a bootable lemur firmware called dexter whose sole purpose was to provide an interface to traditional daws like logic, sonar, cubase and nuendo. The new software includes all of the things we loved about the original lemur, without the lemur. Lemur software benefits from nearly 10 years of development, and has been finetuned to provide maximum performance on ipad. That company is jazzmutant, manufacturer of the multitouch controller lemur, with their new app mu. The idea that apples ipad would drive jazzmutant out of business, therefore, is the opposite of correct.
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