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>From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
>To panel or not to panel, that is the question...
>
>Neither panel mounting or loose on a cord is my
>desired solution. I plan on building an external box
>as a performance surface, pprobably wedge shaped
>and not much bigger than a computer keyboard. It
>will have 2 joysticks, gate pushbuttons, a small ribbon
>controller, and some capacitive touch pads. Probably
>will build a breakout panel for it.
>
Sounds like some of the same ideas I'm thinking. Have you settled on a
specific joystick, and if so, which? How do you make a capacitive touchpad?
I was reading in Mark Vail's Vintage Synths book about the Buchla #1 at
Mills, and was very intrigued by the touchplate keyboards on that beast.
How exactly do these work? I gathered from the book that they are pressure
sensitive. Also, I've been debating whether to do the patchpoints directly
from the controller box, or to do a rackmount breakout box. What's you're
reasoning? I'm guessing I'll never use the controller too far from the
modular, so it may not make too much difference.


>Good thoughts Moe.  I have a couple of questions:
>
>1.  Will the wedge shaped panel surface be modular or one big panel?
>2.  What in the heck are you using for ribbon controller material the buddy?

Yeah, I wanna know too!

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