Some informal tests with classmates and tutors made it obvious that an (awkward) custom controller can be more engaging that something with a more familiar structure.
A keyboard frames the user’s behavior because it is a familiar object. A Monome 40h is more intriguing, but for my purposes too much so; the user’s focus is concentrated on the device and its lights, which takes away focus on the environment itself – where visuals can occur at a different scale.
So it’s time to discard the Midi keyboard and Monome 40h is favor of something more lo-fi as I carry on.
