Kristian Gohlke and Michael Haltky from the University of Applied Sciences Bremen presented a set of slick controllers for quick and easy multipoint interaction with any audio software at TEI Conference 2010 at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA. Seems like the good old mouse is not quite dead yet.

Here's the Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuUjf-c6L6U

Here's the abstract:

"Parameters in audio or video editing applications can mostly be controlled by a variety of hardware devices such as MIDI controllers. However, these controllers usually feature only a limited number of physical knobs arranged in a fixed layout. The hundreds of parameters offered by typical editing software across dozens of windows with distinct arrangements of on-screen controls are hard to map to such a fixed physical interface. To improve this, we have built a set of wireless mice enhanced with rotary knob controllers, trying to integrate the flexibility and transparency of mouse interaction with the benefits of physical controllers. Custom driver software enables the simultaneous use of multiple knobs with a large variety of unmodified standard software."

...check out the full conference paper here: http://tei-conf.org/10/Program/FlexiKnobsBridgingTheGapBetweenMouseInteractionAndHardwareControllers

What do you think, reddit?