[sdiy] velocity-sensitivity for footpedals ?

[Happy Harry]

Doh !!! I was thinking organ expression (volume) pedal. The two
phototransistor method is good. Maybe (if monophonic) you could use a force 
sensing resistor from Interlink Electronics.

H^) harry


>From: "Theo" <t.hogers at home.nl>
>To: "Mountain Man" <mtman at cloud9.net>,   "synth-diy" 
><synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] velocity-sensitivity for footpedals ?
>Date: Mon, 7 May 2001 12:54:36 +0200
>
>I use two opto interuptors per key.
>But didn't get around in implementing velocity jet, so I can't say how well
>it works.
>
>You may want to check out John Radenberg's pedal DIY project, but his isn't
>velo sensitive.
>http://www.geopath.com/~jraden/pedals/stampPedal.html
>
>Cheers,
>Theo
>
>------------------
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mountain Man <mtman at cloud9.net>
>To: synth-diy <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
>Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:15 PM
>Subject: [sdiy] velocity-sensitivity for footpedals ?
>
>
> > I'm considering for a future project converting a set of organ pedals to
> > midi.  I'm wondering how I'd add velocity sensing to such a set-up.  Is
> > this something that can be accomplished with readily-obtainable parts?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Elby
> >
> >
>

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