Re: [microsound] touch pads (off topic)

["b. sims" <sunshine@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

missed other replies so pardon me if this has been covered already.

there is this very cool touch pad system from a victoria, bc company
called touchtek or something to the like.  it maps x, y, and z data.
the best part is that it can track multiple touchs at the same time.

the korg kaos pad is rather usefull as a touch controller as well.


On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, [ISO-8859-1] Alberto Gaitán wrote:

`Richard,
`
`do you need (x, y) data or just touch-on/off?
`
`if the latter, you can do this very inexpensively with piezo disc(s).
`
`attach a piezo to a metal surface, the one the kids jump on, and
`use the signal to trigger a trigger-to-MIDI device such as a MIDIKat
`(or
`whatever), and use the MIDI info in your control app.
`
`hth.
`
`AG
`
`-:=====  On 1 Jan 2004, Richard Ross wrote:  =====:-
`
`> Well, slightly off topic.
`>
`> I'm building an audio installation and need a lot of touch pads.
`> These are going to take a beating as they will be on the floor and
`> there will be kids jumping up and down on them. Does anyone out there
`> have any suggestions for relatively cheap options or even recipes for
`> making your own (they will need to be fairly robust, obviously)? I'm
`> US based (although English).
`>
`> Thanks,
`>
`> Richard
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