Hi Joe, the issue is not whether it is touch plates or organ keys.
the issue is the functions and features. This is what needs to be
addressed. Buchla had the 219 touch keyboard and the 238 organ
keyboard. They had the same features and functions, plus or minus a
feature. One for the touch plate crowd and one for the organ crowd.

The functions and features can be ported to any keyboard, mechanical
or touch plate. What concerns me more is the polyphony, midi
capabilities and the sequencer it will have. Because this is going to
microprocessor based, the parameters for the TKB are more open then
the older keyboards of yesteryear that were based on the cmos chips
etc.

Another problem is the esthetic of the TKB. Does it have to be 84 hp
wide Does it have to look like a Sherman filter bank was added on
top Just asking. We need to define its core function and feature set
before we even start talking about touch or mechanical keyboards.

my 2 cents and let the discussions begin,
RM


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "Joe Buechler"
<buechlerjoe@t...> wrote:

> > again,i beleive that the group of people that want a
> > standard keyboard controller for their a100, will get
> > what they want with the standard keyboard controller
> > that doepfer will release in the future!so,no problem.
>
> This sounds reasonable on the surface, but the words "release in

the

> future" mean AFTER the touch keyboard. This project that has been
> plagued with problems and delays as we all know, now it's gone back

to

> square one, and there's no reason (that I know of) to think that by
> starting over, the issues will be resolved. On the contrary, we're
> right back to major disagreements about what the touch keyboard
> should look like.
>
> So the standard keyboard is being held hostage to the touch

keyboard,

> which is a risky project and may never see the light of day. I

don't

> agree with "no problem".
>
> Joe