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This seems like it would be really useful for electronic musical instruments. E.g. Linnstrument (https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument https://www.roger
by mkl 2y ago
This seems like it would be really useful for electronic musical instruments. E.g. Linnstrument (https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument) which uses a grid of force sensing resistor strips. Do these sensors interfere with each other if they're sitting side by side?
- shermantanktop 2y agoWhy? You could just hardwire the control. Simulating a finger adds nothing. This might be interesting for musical instruments with more tactile feedback, like hand drums or violins. But an electronic control surface like that only exists because human musicians aren’t already robots.
- mkl 2y agoI think you've misunderstood - there are no robots in my proposal. You use this sensor as a key, then touch it with your finger, and it can detect force and directionality. Put together a grid of these sensors and you've got an instrument with really expressive potential.
- shermantanktop 2y agoOhhhh - yes that’s awesome, love that. It’s like 3d aftertouch.
- dceddia 2y agoThis was my first thought too! Other stuff in this category I know of are the Roli instruments (Seaboard, Blocks) and the Haken Continuum. All of these are pretty darn expensive for the larger models and I wonder if this new tech would be a cheaper way to make these work.
- jamilton 2y agoMaybe you could just make a big one.
- moffkalast 2y agoYeah I doubt you couldn't make one long strip and a few dozen magnetometers in a grid below it. Might be tricky to implement close multitouch reliably though.
- dimatura 2y agoAgreed, if these can be put into an array without interfering with each other it seems like it'd make a really cool expressive instrument. Cost would be a concern, though many of the existing instruments are exactly low-cost as is.