iPad deuce

[Jay Vaughan]

I'm working with the guys who make these systems:

ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMV0f1dN6zM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

.. And we have plans to make musical instrument versions soon .. Stay tuned.

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On Mar 8, 2011, at 15:25, Tony Hardie-Bick <tony at entity.net> wrote:

> On 08/03/11 14:11, Chris Strellis wrote:
>>> I think ribbon, Ondes Martenot- or Trautonium-type controllers are
>>> where it's at, musically. Maybe sort of like a lap steel, a fretless
>>> bass or a violin. Challenging, but allows you to play glissandi,
>>> vibrato, just intonation and much much more.
>> 
>> The French Connection is expensive and uses the ring on a wire driving a
>> pulley system.
>> 
>> http://www.analoguesystems.co.uk/Reviews/fconnection_review.htm
>> 
>>> But good solutions are extremely expensive, je croix.
>> 
>> I don't see why. You could rig up some resistance wire, it's usually
>> around 1 Ohm per cm so 1 meter length gives you 100 Ohms.  Putting 5V at
>> one end and 0V at the other passes 50mA, a fair but low current which
>> won't heat it (only 0.25W). Using an iron nail or metal stylus between
>> the two ends gives you a variable voltage.  Run a connection wire from
>> the stylus to an op-amp unity buffer and you can then drive an
>> oscillator.  Even with buying a 5V PSU would only cost around 10GBP.
> 
> Years ago I was in touch with an ex-nuclear scientist who'd created an 
> instrument with multiple "strings" of resistance wire. Back then, IIRC it was 
> just connected up to directly control ocsillators. There've also been resistance 
> ribbon-based instruments along the same lines - if you can get your hands on the 
> stuff, the resistance is higher, so the electronics is a bit easier.
> 
> I think a lot of this stuff was hampered by the fact that it was built by 
> engineers who weren't really tuned in to sound in the way a modern-day analogue 
> afficionado might be - who is aware of the modes and possibilities within a 
> musical context, and who is capable of producing good music - regardless of how 
> experimental that "music" might be.
> 
> The electronics is a bit too challenging for a non-engineer, but, I'd say this 
> is an excellent case where a bit of collaboration would go a long way.
> 
> Tony (HB)
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