[sdiy] Weird new idea for keyboards, anyone?

[Ken Stone]

Probably easier and just as effective would be to put a preasure sensor
under the feet of the keyboard.

Sure, it won't give per key control, but i don't see playing through a
rubber mat would be particularly pleasant.

Ken

>While thinking about the most annoying difference between using my old
>Juno-60 and playing the piano, an SDIY idea occured to me.  Perhaps
>this idea is too far fetched, but, perhaps someome may have some ideas
>for how to turn it into something that will work, that will enable the
>musician to have more control over the nuances of the output amplitude
>of older synths.  Older synths like the Juno-60, alas, do not have
>velocity and aftertouch sensitive keyboards, so, one can't put as much
>feeling into the music as it's being played without using a foot pedal
>or somesuch to control the amplitude of the output.
>
>Has anyone given any thought to the possibility of some sort of
>keyboard cover consisting of a velocity or pressure-sensive membrane,
>or somesuch, which could be attached to attenuation circuitry?  Ok, I
>realize that it might be far simpler to just use a newer MIDI keyboard
>connected to the Juno-60 via a Kenton MIDI-DCB adapter or somesuch for
>my application, but, for hack value, and for older synths/keyboards
>that don't even have any sort of digital interface, the possibilities
>could be interesting... not sure how much of a pain it would be to
>play the keyboard with such a cover on it though, or how easy it would
>end up being to depress multiple keys without intending to as a result
>of the membrane.  I seem to recall reading about a pressure sensitive
>membrane being manufactured with variable resistance; contains some
>sort of flexible resistors that change resistance when bent.
>
>Any thoughts?  It's late, I'm sleepy, and probably overlooking
>something or other... or just having some bad ideas.
>
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