Combo Video · 2020
Does transferring skill from one instrument to another work? This video explores whether techniques learned playing fighting games translate to mastering a MIDI Fighter—a 16-button arcade-style controller used for triggering samples and playing notes. The creator demonstrates the device in action, keeping button sounds audible to highlight the controller itself rather than the music produced. Rather than a traditional music track, this is a hands-on showcase of the MIDI Fighter's capabilities. From the desk channel, this experiment blends gaming reflexes with music production in an unconventional way. If you're curious about crossover skills between competitive gaming and music hardware, this offers a practical look at how one might inform the other.
Can you use the skills/techniques you develop playing fighting games to get good at playing a midi fighter? A Midi Fighter in a midi instrument with 16 arcade stick buttons. It can be used to activate samples or you can just use it to play notes like a piano. I thought it was important to make it clear that everything you hear if a result of me hitting the buttons on the…
Show more →Can you use the skills/techniques you develop playing fighting games to get good at playing a midi fighter? A Midi Fighter in a midi instrument with 16 arcade stick buttons. It can be used to activate samples or you can just use it to play notes like a piano. I thought it was important to make it clear that everything you hear if a result of me hitting the buttons on the midi fighter so I didn't mute the sound of the buttons over the music. It's great if anyone enjoys the track but this is really a showcase of the Midi Fighter itself, not the music. Trying something a little different with
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