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>Message: 20
> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:25:46 -0700
> From: Greg Wuller <ngwese@...>
>Subject: Re: Interseting controller/digital synth
>
>
>On Aug 18, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Paul Schreiber wrote:
>
>>
>http://www.global.yamaha.com/design/tenori-on/index
>.html
>>
>> Hard to say if it's 'real' or not.
>>
>
>I actually had the opportunity to play with one of
>these two weeks
>ago in the Emerging Technologies portion of the
>SIGGRAPH convention
>here in Los Angeles. The designer (Toshio Iwai) had
>four of what I'd
>call a "late prototype". From the controller
>perspective it was a
>really fun little 4 track step sequencer with both
>typical and
>unusual modes. I don't know if the little grills
>actually were
>intended to contain speakers or not as all the
>units had headphones.
>
>The buttons on the frame are for:
> (1) top = reset/clear the current track
> (4) right = track selection
> (2) bottom = volume
> (4) left = pattern mode for the current track
>
>The dial controlled the timbre used for the
>currently selected track.
>I'm trying to remember all the details about the
>different pattern
>modes.... If memory serves
>
>Mode 1: typical 16 step pattern sequencer,
>horizontal is time,
>vertical is pitch
>
>Mode 2: like mode 1 but in addition it did what
>they were calling
>"real time recording", instead of requiring you to
>press an hold a
>button momentarily in order to get a note to repeat
>all you had to do
>was trip the switch. By dragging your finger across
>the grid you
>could layer "waves" of notes on top of each other
>(the original
>timing was maintained).
>
>Mode 3: ??
>
>Mode 4: best described as ping-pong. Press a button
>to get note
>repeating, then press another. The time between
>notes is based on the
>distance between each point. Press more buttons to
>add additional
>notes to the sequence, when it got to the last note
>it repeated.
>
>The sound was basic but varied enough that the
>device was fun to play
>with. No MIDI on the prototypes as far as I could
>tell... it also
>wasn't clear if it would become an actual product
>some time in the
>future.
>
>-greg
>
>
>___________________________________________________
>____
>Greg Wuller
>greg@...
>___________________________________________________

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "rdrake" <rdrake@d...> wrote:
> anybody remember Laurie Spiegel's "Music Mouse" program?
>
> http://retiary.org/ls/index.html
>
> bbob
>
>
> >Message: 20
> > Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:25:46 -0700
> > From: Greg Wuller <ngwese@y...>
> >Subject: Re: Interseting controller/digital synth
> >
> >
> >On Aug 18, 2005, at 7:05 PM, Paul Schreiber wrote:
> >
> >>
> >http://www.global.yamaha.com/design/tenori-on/index
> >.html
> >>
> >> Hard to say if it's 'real' or not.
> >>
> >
> >I actually had the opportunity to play with one of
> >these two weeks
> >ago in the Emerging Technologies portion of the
> >SIGGRAPH convention
> >here in Los Angeles. The designer (Toshio Iwai) had
> >four of what I'd
> >call a "late prototype". From the controller
> >perspective it was a
> >really fun little 4 track step sequencer with both
> >typical and
> >unusual modes. I don't know if the little grills
> >actually were
> >intended to contain speakers or not as all the
> >units had headphones.
> >
> >The buttons on the frame are for:
> > (1) top = reset/clear the current track
> > (4) right = track selection
> > (2) bottom = volume
> > (4) left = pattern mode for the current track
> >
> >The dial controlled the timbre used for the
> >currently selected track.
> >I'm trying to remember all the details about the
> >different pattern
> >modes.... If memory serves
> >
> >Mode 1: typical 16 step pattern sequencer,
> >horizontal is time,
> >vertical is pitch
> >
> >Mode 2: like mode 1 but in addition it did what
> >they were calling
> >"real time recording", instead of requiring you to
> >press an hold a
> >button momentarily in order to get a note to repeat
> >all you had to do
> >was trip the switch. By dragging your finger across
> >the grid you
> >could layer "waves" of notes on top of each other
> >(the original
> >timing was maintained).
> >
> >Mode 3: ??
> >
> >Mode 4: best described as ping-pong. Press a button
> >to get note
> >repeating, then press another. The time between
> >notes is based on the
> >distance between each point. Press more buttons to
> >add additional
> >notes to the sequence, when it got to the last note
> >it repeated.
> >
> >The sound was basic but varied enough that the
> >device was fun to play
> >with. No MIDI on the prototypes as far as I could
> >tell... it also
> >wasn't clear if it would become an actual product
> >some time in the
> >future.
> >
> >-greg
> >
> >
> >___________________________________________________
> >____
> >Greg Wuller
> >greg@w...
> >___________________________________________________

> ...funny someone should mention the Continuum. Over the last two
> years I've been slowly ordering and building a MOTM system. During
> wait for analog modular nirvana I ended up buying both Kyma system
> and a Continuum to quench my thirst! As good as the Kyma/Continuum
> combo is (and it is *really* good) a MOTM/Kyma/Continuum system will
> hopefully be mind blowing :) ...only thing I need now is a case, a
> little more quality time driving my soldering iron, and one of those
> mythical MOTM-650s ;)
>
> There is some decent information on the Continuum site about how the
> finger tracking actually works (click the "Mechanical Design" link).
>
> ...now if only there was an AH type gathering in So. California
> coming up that I could drag the fingerboard to...
>
> -greg
>
> _______________________________________________________
> Greg Wuller greg@w...
> _______________________________________________________

> -----Original Message-----
> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
>
> I stumbled across this some time ago. I was searching to see if anyone was
> making a
> controller analog or midi like the buchla touchplate controllers. I will
> probably never be
> able to throw down that much for a continuum.
>
> What I am after is some alternate means of controlling my growing MOTM, I
> play guitar
> mainly and have very little experience with keyboards in the formal sense.
> Right now I
> don't a midi/cv so I am just tweaking knobs and recording to pro tools.
>
> If anyone can point me to a DIY touchplate controller like Buchla's or of
> someone who
> makes such a thing that would be great.
>
> p.s. Knob tweaking is an excelent interface!
>
>

--- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "John Loffink" <jloffink@a...> wrote:
> The Serge TKB offers 16 touchplates and a 4x16 sequencer. It is a great
> controller. Cost new is $1850 plus $400 for the rack mount chassis.
> There's one on ebay right now.
>
> There are rumors of an upgraded Buchla Thunder II as a touch plate
> controller for the 200e. This seems likely to me, but I expect it to be
> pricey.
>
> Doepfer has a 25 key touch controller in the works.
>
> DIY is the final option. The Synth DIY list is a great resource. Also
> there was a Japanese web site that collected various touch plate
designs.
>
> John Loffink
> The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
> http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
> The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
> http://www.wavemakers-synth.com
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> >
> > I stumbled across this some time ago. I was searching to see if
anyone was
> > making a
> > controller analog or midi like the buchla touchplate controllers.
I will
> > probably never be
> > able to throw down that much for a continuum.
> >
> > What I am after is some alternate means of controlling my growing
MOTM, I
> > play guitar
> > mainly and have very little experience with keyboards in the
formal sense.
> > Right now I
> > don't a midi/cv so I am just tweaking knobs and recording to pro
tools.
> >
> > If anyone can point me to a DIY touchplate controller like
Buchla's or of
> > someone who
> > makes such a thing that would be great.
> >
> > p.s. Knob tweaking is an excelent interface!
> >
> >