Anyone here ever messed with a Laser Harp?

[happyrat1]

http://www.kromalaser.com/

http://www.laser-harp.com/

http://www.harpelaser.com/

They're not cheap, but they look Oh So Kewl

MUCH kewler than a keytar

 

[Becky]

Now that would be an excellent party piece! Certainly looks better than it sounds though...

 

[The Y_man]

http://www.oo.com.au/Beamz-Player-I...C757.cfm?cm_sp=SubCatFilter-_-TestC-_-Product

The Y-man

 

[happyrat1]

I'm not impressed.

It's much more a game controller or a karaoke machine like guitar hero than a real instrument. It uses pre-canned tunes and specialized software to basically make harmonically palatable noises with your hand gestures while the canned music plays in the background.

Now if someone would sell a REAL laser harp for $299 I'd be a happy camper. Realistically speaking I think the price point is way too high on laser harps. Going by the basic hardware requirements of a dozen or two laser diodes and small basic microcontroller board and software, I'd believe if they ramped up production the Chinese could manufacture them for under $200.

And I think Kromalaser has the best implementation so far with different colored lasers for the black and white keys.