Ribbon Controller

[Jim Shearer]

Hi all,
       Just a thought off the top of my head, but how about using a
high-frequency signal through the ribbon/whatever. A band-pass filter
centred on the frequency, and a rectifier to extract the amplitude.
maybe this will remove any hum problems ?.

At 12:56 PM 23/04/98 -0400, Marc Houle  wrote:
>>I've started making a ribbon controller for a synth.  The controller
>>case
>>is about 1.5 feet long and is external from the synth.  I was just
>>wondering if anyone had some suggestions for the actual metal i should
>>use
>>to make it work nicely.  

>possibly nichrome from a toaster element?
>one problem is getting hum into the system..

>paul perry melbourne australia

--Jim Shearer jim at base.demon.co.uk