Bett Show Demos – Xbox Guitar Part 1
Using the ubiquitous Xbox Wireless Controller as an input device for Ensemble is something that appealed to a lot of people at the show. It’s low cost, has lots of …
News: Yorkshire firm aims to up its game
If you enjoy playing video games you’ll already be familiar with the satisfaction to be had from a slick move which defeats your enemy, wins you a race or scores …
Learning Norwegian – Lost in Translation
Thanks to our work with SKUG in Norway I’m finding myself slowly learning odd words of Norwegian. We’ve had changes to the Ensemble software to cope with additonal characters used …
Apollo Ensemble at the Big Bang Fair
Tomorrow we’ll be going over to the Elvington Air Museum for the Big Bang Fair Yorkshire. We’ll be giving visitors (both pupils and teachers!) the chance to design their own …
Using an Xbox controller to play the guitar
One of my favourite examples of the power of Ensemble is to use an Xbox controller to play an electric guitar solo. An Xbox controller is a great sensor to …
Ensemble at the University of York (Andrew Cleaton)
The room is dark. A group of shadowy figures huddle around the glow of a computer monitor. Two of their number raise Xbox controllers and silence falls. At a predetermined …