A third phenomenon involves our use of “bins.” Please watch the Altura deep-dive video on our YouTube channel for a detailed explanation. In short, to improve stability the software tries to create a zone, or bin, around your hand once it has decided what note you are trying to play. Nudging your hand to the next adjacent note then takes a delicate “touch” and some practice. You may percieve what seems like latency, but actually the software conditions for sending a new note simply haven’t been met yet. Once the conditions are met, the note sounds instantly.
Last, the “articulation”
Well my impression RN is that this machine may not be able to be played by moving your hands in and out of its field rapidly. I’m still playing around with it. One of my next things is to put a bike wheel in front of the right sensor and put some cards in the spokes and see what kind of responsiveness I can get. But I’m still just trying to find all the sweet spots for this gadget.
I really appreciate your detailed answer. I plan on modding this device a good bit and I’m hoping you guys will be there for me. This thing is the bomb.