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I think these respond to pressure (force), not position. There was  
talk a few months back on the SDIY list of maybe sandwiching one of  
these with a position-sensitive ribbon to give position (e.g. pitch)  
and pressure (e.g. velocity), but I don't know if anything came of it...

-Chris

On May 9, 2006, at 2:46 PM, ivancu@... wrote:

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There was some talk about these on the sdiy list. They are not 
position sensors, they are force sensors, so not a ribbon controller.

I had good success with my simple dual ribbon controller.  The 
construction article is posted at-

http://www.wiseguysynth.com/larry/ribbon/ribbon.htm

This project was built from readily available materials.  I only 
bought the jacks and switch.  

Another controller that I'm having a lot of fun with is my new 
electric bongos.  Simple, cheap and fun (jeez - that describes most 
of my first girfriends!)as described here -

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/analogsynth/SOUNDLABMINISYNTH/drum_
trigger.html

I've got a small pile of X-Y resistive touch screens (clear) that 
need to be experimented upon.  I've you're feeling experimental and 
don't mind getting stuff free, send me an email off-list with your 
mailing address.  

Not being a keyboard player, it's important to have fun 
alternatives.  And girlfriends.

Chub - married, much to everyone's surprise.

--- In motm@...m, xamboldt <xamboldt@...> wrote:
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> I think these respond to pressure (force), not position. There was  
> talk a few months back on the SDIY list of maybe sandwiching one 
of  
> these with a position-sensitive ribbon to give position (e.g. 
pitch)  
> and pressure (e.g. velocity), but I don't know if anything came of 
it...
> 
> -Chris
> 
> On May 9, 2006, at 2:46 PM, ivancu@... wrote:
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>They are not position sensors, they are force sensors, so not a ribbon 
controller.

So resistance doesn't change as you move farther up the element?

Ivan

For only $15 more you can just buy the Kurzweil PC2 Ribbon.  There was 
some discussion on synth-diy on this. I bought one and interfaced it 
through my PSIM. It's three independent ribbons.  Works great.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PC2SRib/

I put some details such as the pin out at the bottom of my 
ExpressionMate controller page
http://modularsynthesis.com/modules/DJB-011/djb011.htm

Dave


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