Lemur (input device)

<h2 id="creating-an-interface">Creating an interface</h2>
<p>The Lemur came with its own proprietary software called the JazzEditor to create interfaces. Users could build interfaces using a selection of 15 different objects (including fader, knobs, pads, sliders...), group them as modules and arrange them using as many pages as needed. Each object could then receive any <a href="/facts/MIDI/tblhmeFV">MIDI</a> or <a href="/facts/Open_Sound_Control/DaXNnBk7">OSC</a> attribute. A particularity of the Lemur was the ability to modify the physical behavior of each object (for instance adding or removing friction on faders).
</p><p>The internal memory of the Lemur enabled the storage of many interfaces, each one controlling a specific software for instance.
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<h2 id="discontinuation">Discontinuation</h2>
<p>JazzMutant discontinued production of the Lemur in 2010, citing competition from more mainstream multi-touch capable computers and tablets.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The multi-touch interface was recreated as an <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a> and <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> <a href="/facts/Application_software/YQuj7Kog">app</a> by the software company Liine<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> (founded by <a href="/facts/Richie_Hawtin/9JdcpQjo">Richie Hawtin</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>).
</p><p>In September 2022, Liine announced the discontinuation of the Lemur app.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h2 id="users">Users</h2>
<p>The Lemur had been used by several famous artists.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Hacke/lhYv2JFr">Alexander Hacke</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Richie_Hawtin/9JdcpQjo">Richie Hawtin</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Matthew_Herbert/zhKvKnl0">Matthew Herbert</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Kraftwerk/rCfmar40">Kraftwerk</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Modeselektor/02FVBhcb">Modeselektor</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Emilie_Simon/w6QF4uxB">Emilie Simon</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Daft_Punk/cC1aTQjY">Daft Punk</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Joe_Hahn/L96PBMuy">Joe Hahn</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Deadmau5/maz1fdMs">Deadmau5</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Haptic_technology/0TuxNUcs">Haptic technology</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Behind the Lemur". <a href="http://www.jazzmutant.com/behindthelemur/" target="_blank">http://www.jazzmutant.com/behindthelemur/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Rogerson, Ben (16 November 2010). "JazzMutant Lemur to be discontinued". MusicRadar. <a href="https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/jazzmutant-lemur-to-be-discontinued-301774" target="_blank">https://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/jazzmutant-lemur-to-be-discontinued-301774</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Liine Lemur 5 review". MusicRadar. 22 May 2014. <a href="https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/liine-lemur-5-600258" target="_blank">https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/guitars/liine-lemur-5-600258</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Richie Hawtin". Plus8Equity. Retrieved 2 December 2022. <a href="https://plus8equity.com/team/advisory-board/richie-hawtin/" target="_blank">https://plus8equity.com/team/advisory-board/richie-hawtin/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Lemur – Liine". Liine.net. Retrieved 2022-12-02. <a href="http://liine.net" target="_blank">http://liine.net</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Artists". JazzMutant. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2013-05-09. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061205092628/http://www.jazzmutant.com/artists_lemurized.php" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20061205092628/http://www.jazzmutant.com/artists_lemurized.php</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>MusicRadar Tech (2010-07-22). Future Music Live Set Up With Deadmau5. Retrieved 2024-08-03 – via YouTube. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTCqeWu094I" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTCqeWu094I</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Lemur (input device)