[sdiy] Project Thomas Orgasynth

[Ken Stone]

All a Thomas color glow is, is a flourescent tube positioned below each
keyboard, with the plastic thinner under each key, with the letter of each
key molded in.

Not very exciting.

Ken

>Quothe Michael Bacich, from writings of Fri, May 12, 2006 at 07:25:39PM -0700:
>> You should cross the wires up, though, so the wrong keys light up  
>> when you play.  You know, C = F, G = C, etc.   That would be  
>> unsettling to play, don't you think?  Or better yet, route the  
>> keyboard lighting signals through a multiplexing circuit that  
>> randomly shuffles the lighted key destinations around, with a new  
>> destination every time you play another key.
>
>Great ideas. I also like the idea of the Color Glo keys being randomly
>lit whether or not any notes are being played, or certain keys
>flashing if the telephone rings... or have them light up at random,
>but in rhythm with the player's pulse.
>
>> Do the black keys also have lights?
>
>No idea... haven't disassembled the keyboards yet, just removed them.
>
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