That looks really good Chuck!

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:14 AM, hamzzzald < hylaster@... > wrote:
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> This may be of interest to the group. I made a DIY touch controller last
> year, inspired by the Buchla controllers we have at Mills College. Mine uses
> FSR senors rather than touch capacitance. Each sensor has cv out with
> adjustable range and a trigger out. There is also a master trigger out and a
> Softpot "ribbon" sensor from Spectrasymbol. A very simple circuit - just
> voltage dividers and a comparator for triggers. It has been incredibly
> useful and has really opened up the performance versatility of a small
> modular system.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/chuckj/3269067821/
> http://www.cirrusoxide.com/journal/ p=75
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> Best,
> Chuck
>
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "partlydrone" <partlydrone@...> wrote:
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>> hi dieter
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>> yes, addressed with buttons (or triggers, or voltages) wld be fine.
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>> i guess it would be pretty easy to develop too, although maybe costly as
>> it requires eg for a version playing four "notes / colours" of 3 voltages
>> each it would need 4 buttons, 12 pots, 16 jacks etc.
>>
>> please, please make one i think it would be a surprise hit once people
>> realised what could be done with it, to suddenly skip between tone colours,
>> it's exactly what sets modulars apart from dreary samey synths.
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>> i honestly think it would be a big seller
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>> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , <yahoo@> wrote:
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>> > This function is not necessarily associated with a touch keyboard. It's
>> > kind
>> > of an dressed sequencer with 3 potentiometer rows. The addressing can be
>> > voltage controlled, Midi note controlled or button controlled. Of course
>> > you
>> > may use a TKB to adress the step of the sequencer but that's only one of
>> > many possibilities.
>> >
>> > Best wishes
>> > Dieter Doepfer
>> >
>> > > i agree
>> > >
>> > > i really really want a controller that lets me press a button to
>> > > change three CV's suddenly like that bugbrand controller, or the
>> > > serge, or any random access sequencer. with my modular, sending
>> > > quantised note CVs is the absolute last thing on my mind. i want
>> > > to control microtones on ring modulating oscillators, the amount
>> > > of reverb mix, and the bit crush depth, changing all three
>> > > instantly, with a momentary finger press, and then play huge
>> > > variations in those parameters like an instrument.
>> > >
>> > > i've been meaning to build my own controller for this for about a
>> > > year and i think its a real shame that nobody else does. well,
>> > > for less than the cost of a serge.
>> >
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