Retarded sound cubes

Spendthrift and frugal ninjabots,

Here at R0b0tninja I try to bring new synthesis and audio production techniques to the forefront of human liminal understanding, ignoring the bullshit and bringing only the juiciest gems for your consumption.

But I must make an exception in this one case: the Percussa audio cubes, midi controllers for such popular programs as Ableton Live and Reason, seem to your humble r0b0tninja the embodiment of an electronics retail industry run amok.  I mean, what the fuck.  Here’s the absolute greatest thing a site selling it has to say:

They look way-cool in a dark room. Physical interaction between the cubes. A very portable system.

Really? That’s why I’m going to spend 1300 US dollars? These things are proximity based midi triggers, finally bridging the world of boardgames to the world of music production.  While I must admit a passing curiosity as to the inner workings of these wastes of space, I also can’t believe that anyone would find any real use for these chunks of stanky demon taint in the first place.  Maybe if I wanted to impress a dozen  japanese teenage girls, I would buy these and play some jungle beats or something, smoke machine going strong, lasers blasting off all over the place.

In fact, forget about the jungle and the lasers.  I’ll be the smoke machine, ladies.

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