What is the advantage of touch sensitive plates over spring loaded keys

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:17 PM, achtung_999
< heinrich.himmelwasser@... > wrote:

> The idea of the touchplates are really cool. And implementing them in a
> 'normal keyboard' would not be practical, I think.
> I would have to drag an extra unit around for my live setup.
> I'd prefer a module with 4-6 touchplates, one that would be in my Doepfer
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> Just my thought. I voted 'would not buy' in the poll btw.
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> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Bakis Sirros < synth_freak_2000@... >wrote:
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>> hi Soysos,
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>> ok, so, basically, you want just a simpler version of the Doepfer Touch
>> keyboard and sequencer controller.
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>> i would think that a touch keyboard with 24 plates, allighned as a two
>> octaves keyboard, retains the 24 touch plates functionality while,
>> additionally, providing the convenience of a chromatic keyboard, in case
>> anyone want to use it that way in some application. so, you have best of
>> both worlds... (touch plates plus a more standard keyboard, just in case...)
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>> all other expected functions (pressure sensitivity, cv addressing, analogue
>> sequencer with touch plates addressing the active step, etc. are there...)
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>> thanks,
>> Bakis.
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>> --- On Sun, 11/15/09, Soy Sos < djsoysos@... <djsoysos%40yahoo.com>>
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>> From: Soy Sos < djsoysos@... <djsoysos%40yahoo.com>>
>> Subject: 1 Re: New Poll created about the forthcoming Doepfer
>> Touch Keyboard Sequencer project.
>> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com <Doepfer_a100%40yahoogroups.com>
>> Date: Sunday, November 15, 2009, 8:40 PM
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>> What I'm saying is for myself I don't really want something in the
>> "standard" keyboard layout at all. Just something with 4 to 8 touchplates,
>> individual and common multiple voltages and gate outs
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>> that can be sequences with an external clock and some direction options.
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>> I would buy Tom's design if it was available in Euro.
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