MIDI-guitar (was: Touch Switches/TS instruments )

[Theo]

Have to see how this works:
Give every fret its own voltage, do a matrix scann on the string and frets.
No reson to cut up the frets, since you can see what is the "lowest" fret
touched by the string.

Just an idea,
Cheers Theo "can only play a Amaj"

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Perry <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
To: Harry Bissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
Cc: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2000 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: MIDI-guitar (was: Touch Switches/TS instruments )


> At 08:59 PM 14/05/00 -0400, Harry Bissell wrote:
> >Reply:   no!
> >The string is shorted to the fret before AND behind the finger... so if
you
> >have>fretted strings on any adjacent frets they are shorted together
> through the
> >X (strings) Y (frets) matrix. You CANNOT isolate the strings once they
> >touch>the frets...
> >that's why everyone cuts the frets into pieces...
>
> Yeah, but, since the two frets are adjacent, you just need a bit of logic
to
> say,
> 'hey the 3rd string touches fret n and n+1, that means n'
>
> Now, you're going to come up with a counter example where there are more
> than one
> touching the same fret.. but, given that there are only 6 strings & they
are
> only
> being fretted at a maximum of two adjacent points..
> >
> >Moral: everything easy has been done already !!!
>
> CounterMoral: think harder already !!!
>
> paul 'smartarse' perry melbourne australia
>