Deadmau5 unveils new touch screen software in new video

It certainly has been pretty evident for quite some time that touch screen technology is essential in the growth and development of electronic music as a whole. We have seen plenty of artists nowadays make use of iPads or touch screen MPD’s, but Deadmau5 is a veteran and has been using custom software longer than even iPads have ever existed, so it’s only fitting that he’s throwing his head in the ring when it comes to this latest piece of equipment and is teaming up with Microsoft to help develop the software.

In a minute-long video uploaded today, the Canadian producer tests the software, which he describes as ‘still early in development’, on an enormous touch screen, setting up virtual knobs, faders and grids that will presumably control parameters in digital audio workstations like Ableton Live.

While Deadmau5 revealed that he is partnering with Microsoft on the initiative, he was coy with any further details, only hinting that the software would drive OSC and MIDI to ‘other stuff’ but considering Joel is a mad scientist when it comes to audio technology we could assume it will be revolutionary to say the least.

Techies shouldn’t sleep on this news. For all the headlines he makes for matters unrelated to music, there are very few artists out there who understand audio technology as well as Joel Zimmerman, and if his good friend, Steve Duda has any hand in it, then it’s likely to be revolutionary.