Music for the New Decade in XXI Century Instruments

The New Decade began bringing technological advances that have revolutionized the way modern life, from communications to entertainment, but what has the technology contributions in the field of musical instruments?

The list of contributions that new technologies are giving the music industry is actually very wide, from advanced lighting systems, recording and production to powerful play and storage Gadgets increasingly smaller and cheaper.

In the manufacture of musical instruments, new technologies can make possible the construction of more accurate and reliable instruments, effects processors that are stronger, more durable cables ... etc.

In the years 80'tas the advent of MIDI technology allowed the development of digital instruments based on "emulation" of traditional instruments. Flutes, drums and guitars made ​​of plastic were equipped with sensors to capture various human interactions and turn them into ones and zeros.

Although the MIDI language remains in force until the present day, despite the advent of powerful OSC (Open Sound Control), many of these instruments were gradually abandoned.

However, for the artist, seeking to express it always leads to revolutionize the way we do things and to propose alternatives to the times, expanding the boundaries of art and technology, exploring boundaries that others do not dare to break. The artist does not stop, and as a living river seeking its cause, the music is also seeking to advance its progress and evolution.

Well as technological development is a train without brakes, and for several years, several manufacturers in the electronics industry and digital entertainment devices have been developed seeking to interact to a more organic and transparent to the user. Such is the case with Nintendo and Wiremote or Apple and its iPod Touch.

These technologies were not lost on the visionary minds of the creators of the Lapnayh. Discovering the potential of converting the physical movement in binary language and a fast, transparent and safe injecting that information into a computer, immediately decided to apply this technology in music performance and video processing and real-time lighting.

Undoubtedly the New Decade will introduce new technologies, perhaps the new pop music will remain within the standards imposed by the mass of the Record Industry Multinationals, or maybe not, maybe the democratization of technology and diffusion capacity average Internet user cause the downfall of those standards by giving more power to the identity emerging media and thus more creative freedom. Anyway, to Lapnayh Pop Evolution is the adoption of new technologies as the New Musical Instruments XXI century, digital technology becoming a tool of sublime and high artistic expression.