Joyst hits right notes as gamer joysticks create new music

UCD startup Joyst's Kickstarter campaign strikes a chord with musicians and crowd-funding investors

The Joyst JV-1 MIDI controller, which allows the musician to play notes by striking the joysticks; if one is then rotated, this pitchbends that note up or down.

Musicians and crowd-funding investors have been quick to support the Kickstarter campaign of innovative UCD startup Joyst, whose gamer-style thumb joysticks offer new expressive possibilities for electronic melody-makers.

It's not often that something shakes up the music world. The JV-1 MIDI controller looks like an old word processor heavily modified by a musical pinball wizard. It invites a new innovative type of playing that is very exciting for creative musicians.