Re: [microsound] Lemur!

[th_ost <hidari@xxxxxxx>]

to quote graham miller:
>what about incorporating such a device (eventually) into the fretboard of a
>guitar... with mulitiple touch points, it would be identical to the way one
>would normally fret... 


nice idea. made me - as an excursion of sorts/thoughts - think of those children toy-guitars, with (usually about) 10-12 frets only and a big button on each. could maybe circuitbent to send midi...
anyway, incorporating this into a guitar(-ish interface) at a more serious level might be cool.
i would suggest the option to have a set of short strings for the right, strumming/picking hand though, and try to built in some movement/picking/whatnot detection there.
also a tremolo bar would be mandatory in some way (just as i would like a mini-moog with a whammy bar to it..., to excurse again)
with some mini-computer on board (handheldish thingy, or a mini-motherboard custom solution) that handles processing/synthesis.
if you choose a gibson X-plorer type (those huge, ugly heavy metalists "axes") there is even enough space for a 14" display...(optionally touchscreen)

on a sidenote, marillion, on of my teenage shames, had these midi-gloves developed for the singer to asist the keyboarder. never actually researched any more info on how they worked, guess it was just ten notes to be mapped by some matrix to certain keys... saw them performing on a video only. guess options here are quite endless.


speaking of all guitars, guess i'll grap my les for some "wankin"...

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