April 24, 2017, Asheville, NC – Preparations for ContinuuCon, the Second International Haken Continuum Fingerboard Conference, are well underway. Anyone who purchases a ticket before May 1 is entitled to a substantial discount, with tickets priced at $175 during the month of April and $250 thereafter. Tickets and more information are available on the Web at
continuucon.com.
ContinuuCon will take place at the University of North Carolina in Asheville on June 8–10, 2017, to celebrate the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, a groundbreaking electronic musical instrument. The event will include two days of talks, workshops, and demonstrations, with an opening reception, a catered dinner, and an evening concert open to the public.
Among the presenters and performers are Dr. Lippold Haken, the Continuum’s designer; Ed Eagan, developer of the Continuum’s synthesis engine EaganMatrix; world-renowned multi-instrumentalist Rob Schwimmer; French software developer Christophe Duquesne; Finnish software developer Benedict Slotte; and Dr. Wayne Kirby, music professor at UNCA. Topics will include playing and programming techniques, new version 8 capabilities, EaganMatrix effects design, Eurorack CV interfacing, physical modeling, and much more.
About the Haken Continuum
Designed by Dr. Lippold Haken and manufactured by Haken Audio, the Continuum Fingerboard is a musical instrument that allows unprecedented real-time performance control. With a greater pitch range than a traditional 88-note MIDI keyboard, the Continuum offers continuous multidimensional performance control for every finger. Inside the instrument is a custom-designed, user-programmable, digital modular synthesizer designed to take advantage of the Continuum’s subtle and dramatic expressive musical possibilities.
