Talk:Beamz

This article was nominated for deletion on 6 August 2008. The result of the discussion was keep.

The intent of this page is to highlight a type of device that is similar in usage to the laser harp used in big concerts. This page is not promoting Beamz interactive other than a brief mention of the company name. It does not include any outbound links to the company's website, and it is just a factual article that talks about the device itself.

Further, it is not sufficient to include such a link on the laser harp page, since this is a fundamentally different device that is doing something different: causing randomly played music to be played harmoniously.

The company initially published a very advertising-centric page to Beamz, but it was rejected, and probably rightfully so. My intent on this page is just to take the factual content from that page and post it without the extraneous marketing information.

Please consider removing the speedy deletion tag from this page and instead modify any parts of the existing article that you feel violate Wikipedia guidelines.

Jwbeam (talk) 14:15, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Theremin?[edit]

How on earth does this device bear any similarity to a theremin? They operate on entirely different principles. Theremins use proximity of your hand and the resulting change in capacitance to change the pitch or volume of a tone. This device detects interruptions in a light signal to trigger control signals on programs. A theremin is analog, this device is digital. Saying this device is similar to a theremin is tantamount to saying a guitar is similar to a piano because they both involve a player's hands triggering notes on the instrument. No they are not. They are entirely different instruments (and I use that term very, very reluctantly here, in reference to this product) that function in different ways. 64.58.184.130 (talk) 18:17, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That may be so, but it's undeniable that they both work via hand motion without physically touching anything. And it's based on this source, so it's not utter bullshit. But I tweaked the phrasing a bit, and cleaned up the rest of the article some. Drmies (talk) 18:24, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Fair enough. That was just frustrating for me to read, firstly as a musician and secondly as a gadgets person. The revisions are much more fair and accurate, and reflect that it is a digital device with no degree of control over the signal sent besides "on or off", which is an important difference. 64.58.184.130 (talk) 18:35, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  - Sure thing. Thanks for pointing out the problem. Drmies (talk) 18:53, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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