On the famous website kickstarter.com I discovered a rather interesting project that aims to transform the iPad tablet into an electronic guitar. We are of course talking about a fingerboard that has a dock mounted inside which we place the iPad tablet and thanks to the technology developed by the initiators of the project we can use the system instead of an electronic guitar. Of course, the tablet must run a special application from the App Store that imitates the functionality of a guitar, but the idea itself is interesting.
Our project is designed for musicians, guitar heroes, electronic artists, iPad junkies and hackers looking for a fun and easy way to take their show on the road. At it's heart the device is a button-based guitar fretboard (Starr Labs patented fingerboard) integrated with a dock for the iPad which will transform the tablet into a 21st century musical instrument we call the iTar ™.
Our fingerboard has been battle-tested and proven for years to be a professional-quality electronic music instrument. Our fingerboard has been used on instruments we've built for the likes of Vernon Reid (of the endlessly awesome Living Color), the Chemical Brothers, Pendulum, Linkin Park, Lou Reed, and many TV/film studios. Check out the gallery at www.starrlabs.com to see the high quality instruments we've been building around this impressive technology for years. Our line of Ztars and Z-boards are each custom built by hand, from scratch.
The idea itself is interesting, but I don't know how useful it is considering that the iPad tablet was not designed for such a thing from the very beginning. You can learn more about the project and make a donation by accessing this page.
