Carlos Sanchiavedraz wrote: > > > 2009/10/13 david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > > Carlos Sanchiavedraz wrote: > > > > > > 2009/10/12 david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> > > > > Carlos Sanchiavedraz wrote: > > > > Hi David, > > > > 2009/10/12 david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>>> > > > > > > nescivi wrote: > > > On Sunday 11 October 2009 13:36:55 Carlos > Sanchiavedraz wrote: > > >> Hi dear folks. > > >> > > > > [...] > > > > > > I had a thought re keyboards (particularly the keys > > themselves). Why > > can't the surface of a key be a touchpad-like surface > > sensitive to > > pressure and even movement? So, for example, you could > play a > > violin > > note, hold it, and use finger pressure and movement on the > > key surface > > itself to do vibrato the way a violinist would? That > would go > > a long > > ways toward bringing human expressiveness back into > playing > > the sounds > > of such expressive instruments as strings and woodwinds. > > > > > > Yes, that would be great. But AFAIK the circuit inside > keyboards > > just cares about keypresses; nothing about pressure or > velocity, > > although maybe something could be hacked given the present > > keyswitches, electrical contacts (or I think capacitors > on old > > ones), scan codes and other stuff. > > Do you know any work about that? > > > > > > Sorry, I should have mentioned that I was talking about musical > > keyboards, not computer keyboards ... although I suppose you > that if > > you ganged some Trackpoints (IBM's little eraser pointer tool) > > together, you could get take advantage of the Trackpoint's > > directional abilities. > > > > It was just an idea that I think would be great. Don't know if > > anyone is working on anything even remotely like it... > > > > > > Ok :). > > > > Then, I'm not sure, but I think what you refer is called > "aftertouch": > > http://www.google.com/search?q=aftertouch+keyboard > > Hmmm, hadn't run into that. I read the Wikipedia article about it. The > three forms of aftertouch they mention don't seem to include my idea of > directional movement while holding the key down. > > But an array of Trackpoints might be interesting as a control input, > too. > > So you say something like to achieve little variations of notes > ("vibrato" alike) depending on the key/finger movement, isn't it? I > think there is something like that in really expensive > keyboards/controllers, but not sure. Could well be. My experience combining computers with MIDI keyboards is limited and doesn't include any high-end controllers ... -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
