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Subject: RE: [motm] Re: Ribbon controller - WAS: List/Controller (Long but fun)

From: "Les Mizzell" <lesmizz@...>
Date: 2002-03-28

> I'm sure all these devices used some kind of low voltage that tripped a
> relay when touched. I wonder though, could we use this concept
> for a ribbon controller? So instead of trying to sandwich two contact
> materials that spring back apart when released, you could you have
> 2 resistive strips mounted side by side with a tiny gap between them.



I beilieve that you just described a Trautonium controller:

http://www.doepfer.de/traut/traut_e.htm




Les Mizzell

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