MOTM

Larry,

Force Sensing Resistors (FSRs) have been used pretty heavily in the electronic
percussion realm.  Take a look at the DrumKat and TrapKat controllers from Alternate
Mode (no relation to me or my moniker).  Their web site is:
http://www.alternatemode.com/

The DrumKat and TrapKat work very well for drumming and some patches allow you to
push and hold the pad and vary a parameter with pressure.  Certainly something that
could be exploited for controllers.

   Eric


--- "J. Larry Hendry" <jlarryh@...> wrote:
> I am working on something (just got started).  I have some information I
> just from  a manufacturer on something called force sending resistors.  Now,
> by themselves, that is nothing new, BUT, they have ones that have 4
> different zones. , And they have some smaller ones that would be just right
> for tapping with the thumb or fingers.
> 
> This four zone thing looks like it could be set up kind of like a joystick
> with and axis up-and-down and one side-to-side BUT with the ability to
> actually have all four active at one time by laying down multiple fingers.
> I was thinking about something you could lay you hand down onto that would
> have stuff all in the right places for fingers and thumbs.  My limited
> thinking is that you could have multiple control voltages out of it and set
> up some of the smaller pads for mod CVs or tapping out gates or triggers.
> All this is a little beyond me right now, but I am trying to learn and
> enlist the help of those that know more than me about it.
> 
> I would certainly like to hear if others might be interested in something
> like this and what kind of features it should have.  Right now it is just
> very conceptual with me.
> 
> Larry
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) <noise@...>
> To: <motm@egroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:12 PM
> Subject: RE: [motm] 2-d (ppc, Kaoss-like) controllers available
> 
> 
> And then there's this link I just found on the Nord Modular list...
> 
> http://img.harmony-central.com/fif=WNAMM01/Midiman/Surface-One.fpx&obj=uv,1.
> 0&wid=500&page=uv1.html
> 
> Looks interesting, but I can't find ANY more information on it...
> 
> --PBr
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeffrey Pontius [SMTP:jpont@...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 6:19 AM
> > To: Analogue Heaven; motm@egroups.com
> > Subject: [motm] 2-d (ppc, Kaoss-like) controllers available
> >
> > Are there any 2-dimensional controllers similar to the Odyssey's ppc or
> > the Kaoss pad currently available as stand-alones?  Just interested in a
> > controller (e.g., I'm not interested in all of the other 'stuff' on the
> > Kaoss pad).
> >
> > TIA, Jeff
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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