[sdiy] Pacific NW SDIY Meeting & analog touch panel controller

[Toby Paddock]

Craig Critchley wrote:

>I took my MOTM system to Saturday's synth DIY meeting,
>along with my DIY touch panel controller project.
>...
>I built a device with a microcontroller and a couple of
>sample-and-holds which generates a gate when you touch the screen
>along with analog voltages proportional to the X and Y position
>...
>Anyway, people seemed to like playing around with it at the meeting.
>I've set up a (rudimentary) page about it at
>http://www.fuzzer.com/Synthesizers.html.

I certainly did like playing with it. One thing that struck me was how
natural and smooth a vibrato you could get by wiggling your finger
like a violin player. Very nice. I bet I played with it a dozen times.

It was great seeing the Mikado sequencer. All those blocks of logic.
Mmmm... logic. Powerful stuff. Thanks for making the trip, Jim.

And I really like what John's doing with neons as CV/gate sources.
I've been thinking that blinky neons are a lost art. And even when it's
not making noise, it's going to look cool in the dark.

And actually meeting people in person and mighty interesting
real-time discussions.

Later,
Toby Paddock