dieter says:
"Because of the separation of keyboard and keyboard
controller it is
essential that the touch keyboard transmits the
information about the
touched plates to the separate controller. And this is
a digital (plate
touched yes/no) but not an analog information and can
be transmitted as
midi
note on/off messages. This is why even the touch
version of the
keyboard
will be equipped with midi out. Of course we could use
another
transmission
protocol but why not midi. As we received a lot of
messages like yours
we
decided to re-introduce the pressure sensitivity
again. At the moment
we try
another pressure sensor as the first one (conductive
rubber) is very
expensive and requires a large-scale assembly. The
pressure information
will
probably available as a CV directly at the touch
sensor keyboard and
transmitted via midi too (probably as after touch
messages).
The digital note on/off messages coming from the touch
sensor keyboard
or
the "normal" keyboard can be processed by the separate
keyboard
controller
that may be used e.g. to assign one or more separate
analog control
voltages
(adjustable by rotary potentiometers) to each plate
resp. key of the
keyboard. In additon the keyboard controller will
offer some more
functions
like analog sequencer controlled by the keyboard e.g.
to turn steps
on/off
or to skip steps.

Best regards
Dieter Doepfer"









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