[sdiy] Looking for ribbon controllers

Scott Stites scottnoanh at peoplepc.com
Wed Mar 22 04:07:07 CET 2006


I like those smaller 'key' sized FSR's I've seen at the site.  I think a couple of them would be kinda neat - one to bend up and one to bend down.  Then you could use two fingers to bend up and down with pressure.



-----Original Message-----
>From: Oren Leavitt <obl64 at ix.netcom.com>
>Sent: Mar 21, 2006 9:21 PM
>To: Synth DIY List <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Looking for ribbon controllers
>
>The strip FSR might provide a good way to add pressure sensitivity to a 
>keyboard. It would have to be placed under the keys in a manner that 
>pressure is applied when a key is down.
>
>- Oren
>
>megaohm wrote:
>> I bought the long strip model they have. The resistance changes to 
>> pressure, NOT finger position. I'll hook it up tonight and experiment 
>> just to make sure.
>>  
>> peng
>> 
>>  
>> On 3/21/06, *Tom Arnold* <xyzzy at sysabend.org 
>> <mailto:xyzzy at sysabend.org>> wrote:
>> 
>>     On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 03:22:54PM +0100, Frédéric Piron wrote:
>>      > http://www.phidgetsusa.com/cat/viewproduct.asp?
>>      > category=5000&subcategory=5210&SKU=91004
>> 
>>     Awesome!  We were looking at another company a few months back that was
>>     about twivce that expensive and had a huge minimum.
>> 
>>     Good find!
>> 
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