thanks andrew,
you did what i was planning to do in a few days...
so,we all want this sensor-keyboard right
synthfreak

--- andrewdalio < bunnyman@... > wrote:

> Dear gang,
>
> Here's the reply I got from Mr. Doepfer RE what the
> features will be
> (so far) on the sensor keyboard. Realize that this
> is still in the
> planning stage, so we really need to let them know
> that we want this
> one to be built!
>
> -andrew bunny
>
> Here is the current state (so far only in our heads,
> we only designed
> the touch
> electronics so far) of our sensor keyboard
> discussions (so far only
> one
> rotary
> control per key are planned):
> about 2-3 octaves (i.e. about 25-37 keys)
> first LED for each key (to show the state of the key
> on/off)
> gate output socket for each key (outputs the LED
> state as a gate
> signal)
> second LED for sequencer step display
> control (rotary potentiometer) for each key
> CV output for each key (position of control knob
> defines voltage, a
> kind of
> 25-fold CV source)
> general features/outputs:
> CV out 1 (quantized output that corresponds to the
> key like a
> standard
> keyboard,
> 1/12V resolution per tone)
> CV out 2 (this outputs the control voltage of the
> active key that is
> adjustes
> with the potentiometer controls)
> CV out 3 (after touch voltage, derived from the
> pressure sensor below
> the
> keyboard)
> Gate out
> MIDI out (by the way the MIDI out would not increase
> the price very
> much so that
> we will add this in any case)
> In "keyboard mode" the outputs are used as described
> above. CV1 is
> the
> normal CV
> output. CV2 can be used to create arbitrary scales
> of completely
> random
> CV
> voltages assigned to the keys.
> In "analog sequencer mode" CV2 and Gate work like
> the output of a
> analog
> sequencer. The keys can be used in this mode for
> different settings:
> e.g. to
> turn on/off single steps - or - to define the
> first/last step of the
> sequence -
> or- to define which steps of the sequence are played
> (only those
> steps
> are
> active where the keys are touched, the remaining
> steps may be skipped
> or played
> with a pause).
> In "digital sequencer mode" a sequence can be
> recorded into the
> memory
> by
> playing the keys. In play mode both CV1 and CV2 can
> be used
> (remember:
> CV1 is
> the "normal", CV2 the "free scale").
> For the sequencer sync to (hardware) clock or MIDI
> clock is possible.
> Unfortunately most of these features would be
> possible only
> monophonic.
> This is
> why I would tend to a monophonic keyboard. But in
> the normal
> "keyboard
> mode" 4
> voice polyphonic should be no problem.
>
> Best regards
> Dieter Doepfer
> Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH
> http://www.doepfer.de
> email: hardware@...
>
>
>

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