freq. mult.

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Magnus Danielson <cfmd at swipnet.se> wrote:
>From: Scott Gravenhorst <music.maker at gte.net>
>Subject: Re: freq. mult.
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 21:37:11
>
>> Well, this has gone way too far, people.  I was goofin'
>> when I wrote this and now I'm actually thinking of
>> putting something together.  I think I have most of the
>> parts right here.  I need to figure out a way to configure
>> the buttons and the pitches they mix to optimize their
>> use both musically and ergonomically.
>>
>> This is turning into a wierd electronic hurdy-gurdy.
>
>Well, I just liked the initial idea for being a diffrent attack on
>user-interface and in combination with waveform generation. I haven't
>really seen anything innovative since possibly the 80thies. I support
>this idea since it is just so crazy it just migth work.
>
>Some switches to add thirds, fiths and common combinations etc.
>An accordion layout and transpositions becomes easy enougth... howha!
>
>Someone knows where a good description of accordion layout and related
>stuff exists? It is an interesting problem to make out of single pole
>switches and not too much active logic.
>
>Cheers,
>Magnus
>

Actually, I'm thinking that the layout might be alot simpler and
require much fewer buttons than an accordian.  This is because
the accordian has no connection between the keyboard and the
"buttonboard".  The buttons access an array of chords in all keys,
whereas my instrument selects the fundamental key with the black
and white keys and the chord is selected with a combination of
buttons as you suggest.  But I think that having a look at
the accordian layout might be educational if one looks at the
button arrangement for just one key.  Logic could also be included
to allow forcing a gate signal any time any button is pushed to
trip an ADSR or synch an LFO, or whatnot.

Time to do YAWS (yet another web search)...