[sdiy] Velocity/Position sensing

[Grant Richter]

I would definitely Google a guy named Max Matthews.

He has been working on such devices since the 1950's.

His first XY drum was sheets of linen with simple wires running horz.  
and vert.

The current version uses radio batons and reads XY and Z for each of  
two batons.

MIDI out I think.

On Sep 30, 2008, at 5:03 AM, Justin Owen wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've been asked to look into the idea of designing an electronic  
> percussion instrument that emulates the surface of a skinned  
> percussion instrument - i.e. playing different parts of the skin/ 
> surface will give you a different sound/timbre/etc.
>
> Can anyone point me in some directions to start researching a pad/ 
> surface that could read/sense both velocity/pressure/force and  
> position - say, some sort of X/Y co-ordinate?
>
> At this stage the idea is that the values could be read and  
> converted into CV information via a microcontroller - but I'm open  
> to any and all suggestions.
>
> I've found a few potential leads - but I thought there might be  
> some good clues on this list. Thanks in advance.
>
> Justin
>
>
>
>
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