RE: Re: [sdiy] Chaotic/lo-fi patching techniques

[rdrake]

schemo for a serge capcitance-based design was published in Synapse, now online at: 

http://www.cyndustries.com/synapse/synapse.cfm?pc=39&folder=jan1977&pic=26

courtesy of cyndustries.

bbob

>From: "beschaving at gmail.com" <beschaving at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Chaotic/lo-fi patching techniques
>Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:21:15 +0200
>
>> 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...