Palette - A Freeform Interface That Controls Any Software

A project in Waterloo, Canada by Calvin Chu
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PALETTE is the first FREEFORM hardware interface that offers hands-on control of your favorite software.
Backers: 925
Average Pledge Per Backer: $171

Funded: $158,470 of $100,000
Dates: Nov 21st -> Jan 6th (46 days)
Project By: Calvin Chu
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Latest News

2 Days Left!

January 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! It's going down to the wire. We have less than 38 hours left, and we are $8,000 short of reaching our second stretch goal! We need your help now more than ever to finish strong. You can help by: - Upgrading your pledge  - Sending out... (Read More)

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December 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, Wishing you a very Happy New Year all the way from Canada. Here at Palette we have had a roller coaster of a year, finishing school, quitting our jobs, building an amazing product, and ofcourse, meeting all of you. We hope 2014 is as... (Read More)

Smartwatch, whiteboard and controller top crowdfunding list

December 25th - via: theglobeandmail.com
Kickstarter and Indiegogo, two of the most popular donation-based crowdfunding sites in the country, give creative people the opportunity to fund their projects via online donations or pre-purchasing of products or experiences. Each month, The Report on Small Business will provide a snapshot of the top 10 Canadian entrepreneurial crowdfunding campaigns of the moment. The figures are accurate as of Dec. 19. (Read More)

New Stretch Goal & Pledge Level!

December 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, We are a few hundred dollars away from reaching our first stretch goal! We are excited to bring multi-functioning dials and modifier buttons to every Palette. But we aren't going to stop there, it's time to announce the second stretch... (Read More)

Season's Greetings and more!

December 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, It's that time of year! It's time to get together with family and say thanks to another amazing year. Here at Palette we are very thankful for the amazing journey we have been on, and having the opportunity to connect with such amazing... (Read More)

Palette gets airtime!

December 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! Hope all of you are excited about the upcoming festive season. At Palette we are really thankful to all of you for helping us reach our funding goal last week, but we know our work is not yet done.  We are excited to announce that... (Read More)

Palette is FUNDED! Time for a stretch goal :D

December 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, We made it! On December 8th, 2013, Palette was FUNDED and we could not have done it without you. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Now more than ever, we are really excited to bring Palette into your hands! :D We still... (Read More)

Our first hands-on with Palette!

December 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone! Many of you have been asking us for a hands-on demo with Palette. Then we thought, who better to help us shoot it than Engadget! We are really excited to share our first hands-on demo with all of you, our greatest supporters :) You... (Read More)

Add some sick modular hardware controls to your Mac for $99 (Kickstarter project)

December 6th - via: 9to5mac.com
Trackpads and keyboards are great for many things, but there are some tasks where there’s no substitute for a physical dial, slider or button. In video editing, for example, there’s a reason that professional kit uses a rotary dial to move forward or backward through the video clip. Photo editing and audio work are also far easier with physical dials and sliders. (Read More)

Pair of Waterloo Students on Kickstarter Hardware Interface: "We're definitely going to make it"

December 5th - via: betakit.com
Having already raised $77,000 of a $100,000 Kickstarter target, and still with 31 days left to go, University of Waterloo students Ashish Bidadi and Calvin Chu are all but assuring they're going to be successful. It's fair to assume that the Palette freeform hardware interface product will go all the way. (Read More)

Palette's modular controller brings dials and sliders to your laptop (hands-on)

December 5th - via: engadget.com
Palette co-founder Calvin Chu has a problem with how people work. "Creative professionals spend so much of their time on the computer, and at the moment, they still use a very generic one-size-fits-all keyboard and mouse interface." It doesn't make sense, he says -- photographers, gamers, film editors, musicians and accountants all using the same interface? Surely there is a better way. (Read More)

From Shenzhen to San Francisco: HAXLR8R's Third Demo Day

December 3rd - via: core77.com
If you were to take apart the hardware on your computer, you'd see a microcosm of the world. A simple look at a laptop computer on SourceMap, the popular software for sourcing the materials and components of just about any object and where those pieces come form, reveals an incredibly complex trade route: Unlike software, which can be hacked together regardless of location, hardware requires a lot of moving parts, from raw materials to manufacturing to assembly. It's a process that criss-crosses the globe until the final product arrives in our hands, ready to use. (Read More)

Happy Thanksgiving and Campaign Page Updates

November 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends in the United States!  There’s been so much excitement about Palette in the media lately and now the project is over $60K funded. We’re making great progress! We’ve had so many responses to Palette and... (Read More)

Palette’s Modular Harware Controls Give You Sliders, Buttons And Knobs For Creative Software

November 28th - via: techcrunch.com
Waterloo-based startup Palette is building a moddable hardware controller for your computer that can turn into a complete mixing board, should you need one. It’s a hand accessory that fits the description of something I’ve actually been looking around for based on the fact that editing video without some sliders for fine-tune scrubbing is a pain, and it’s on Kickstarter now. (Read More)

Palette Freeform Interface Offers Custom Physical Shortcuts For Any Software (video)

November 26th - via: geeky-gadgets.com
If you use a number of software shortcuts or commands regularly you might be interested in a new free-form interface device which has been created called Palette, that allows you to build your own custom physical shortcuts and interface system. (Read More)

A Kit To Build Your Own Computer Controls

November 25th - via: fastcodesign.com
What if you could snap together a customized desktop of knobs sliders and buttons as easily as building with Legos? (Read More)

Awesome Start and New OS Compatibility

November 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone!  Wow, we've been overwhelmed by all the support in such a short amount of time. In just the first three days, over $40K was raised by all of you! We can't thank you enough and we're so excited to bring Palette into your hands.  We've... (Read More)

Palette Gives You Hands-On Control of Any Software

November 22nd - via: fstoppers.com
Engineers Calvin Chu and Ashish Bidadi have created Palette, and it’s something to be genuinely excited about. In fact, it may be the best Kickstarter project I’ve seen in quite a while. Palette is a “freeform hardware interface” that offers a fully customizable set of buttons, knobs and sliders for hands-on control of your software. Yes, please. (Read More)

Palette embraces the buttons, dials and sliders that touchscreens forgot

November 21st - via: engadget.com
Gone are the days of buttons, switches and dials. We're all touchscreen and trackpad now. If you're among those that miss the tactile sensation and precision that switches and toggles offer and have $100 or so burning a hole in your pocket, however, you're right in the pitching sweet spot for Palette's Kickstarter campaign. (Read More)

The 'Palette' Customizable Control Interface Takes Your Post Workflow to the Next Level

November 21st - via: petapixel.com
When engineers Calvin and Ashish got in touch with us to tell us about their upcoming Palette interface, we immediately got excited. That’s because a lot of people have thought up ways to speed up your post-processing workflow with everything from video game controllers to MIDI controllers, but none of them hold a candle to Palette’s potential. (Read More)

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