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Subject: Betr: Re: Re: [Simmons Drums] Re: SDS3/4 clone-Design rights?

From: "Dave B" <bongo2001@...>
Date: 2007-06-18

> I can think of a few ways to get position info from the pad, to be
> applied to MIDI choices. Don't yet know enough abot the Mandala and
> its competitors? Need to see about patents and such.

Randal, you might be interested in looking at how Roland does it with
their mesh heads. The patent number is 6756535. Figure 13 on page 12
is a good place to start. :-)