[sdiy] Chaotic/lo-fi patching techniques

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On Apr 8, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Tom Bugs wrote:

> Licked fingers (or maybe just sweaty) or other body parts (ooo-er)  
> will provide much higher resistances! --- earthworms are exactly the  
> same idea, but isn't it a bit cruel?
> -- you can make a patchbay kind of like a cracklebox touchplate --  
> this can be great fun to play.

Has anyone here tried to make their own touchplate controller?

I've seen the Buchla and Serge touchplate keyboards, as well as the  
much smaller Crackle Box one, but how would one DIY one of these?

Is there maybe some company out there that makes custom-designed touch  
plate things on a one-off basis? That would be interesting to find  
out. Kind of Schaeffer does for frontpanels...




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> Needless to say - be careful and aware of what you're doing both for  
> your own health and that of your synth. I've not had any problems  
> myself, but I've certainly felt some electrical flow when I've held  
> patch cables in my mouth!