Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Alternate MIDI controller idea (patent fodder?)
From: monty (fowlkes_AT_lenin.dabney.caltech.edu)
Date: Wed May 03 2000 - 23:13:26 EEST
> > I'm sure many of you have seen a "ribbon controller" before.
> > As Joe Miklojcik pointed out in his post on Saturday, the good
> > ones tend to be be made out a linear force sensitive resistors
> > (LFSRs). They are usually used to control a particular CC or (N)RPN
>
> I've actually always wanted a 2-D version! Basically that would be a
> touchpad with a bigger surface, at least 5"x5". Making it 2D gives
> you one-finger control of 2 parameters, very nice.
have you played with a korg kaospad ?
http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?A_PROD_NO=KAOSSPAD
i saw one at a party this weekend and
talked briefly with the owner who claimed
it was great fun to play with. i don't
think it has a midi output but it certainly
capitalizes on tying X and Y coordinates
to two differnt parameters of an effect.
charless.
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