[sdiy] Turn anything into a ribbon controller / theremin / etc - Drawdio

[cheater00 .]

Hi David,
try a different grade pencil - the softer ones have less graphite in them.

Cheers,
D.

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 11:29 AM, David Evans <dfevans at sekrit.eu> wrote:
> On 27 Apr 2013, at 10:14, cheater00 . wrote:
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>> Hi guys,
>> only noticed a small note about this from 4 years back, so I thought
>> I'd bring this up. I wonder if it could be turned into a CV source?
>> This item is called "drawdio" and it apparently can use resistance
>> changes that even come from graphite, or leather surface, to detect
>> what pitch you want. Great idea if you ask me.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV_w38ldZaE
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> I was given one of these a few months ago. It is pretty neat but for me does not work as a graphite theremin (it does for others. It's still a neat thing, though. I haven't really used it for anything synth-related.
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