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Hi! we've been building PSR [ Pressure Sensitive Resistive ] surfaces for 10 years and it occurs to me that we could retrofit the Thunder with a new overlay with better response or new electronics which also may improve the response but would change the user-interface, maybe for the better (?). However, at that point all that's left is the physical layout and maybe one would want a new instrument entirely. Just a thought... -harveyS At 01:54 AM 10/12/01 -0400, you wrote: >I've had a love/hate relationship with this instrument for years. I >spent way too much time writing custom software for which the thunder >was the front end, but eventually got tired of its limitations. > >It feels like playing a rock. >The active area of its pads is much shorter than it looks. >If you completely release pressure, but are still touching it, it >sends a note off. > >As a physical interface, it leaves much to be desired, because the >relationship between gesture in and midi out isn't clear enough to >make it easy to mentally internalize it so you don't have to think >about it. > >I keep think I want a pair of four finger controllers that would >sense pressure and have a very physical give to them. > > >At 1:07 AM -0400 10/12/01, Tom Ritchford wrote: >>>Does the Thunder, which I believe uses FSR (force-sensitive >>>resistor) technology, offer XY position and pressure information >>>from a single "pad"? >> >>you can get velocity, "pressure" (actually the cross-sectional area of >your >>finger apparently) and x position. >> >>there are lots of other interesting features that make the Buchla a cool >>instrument, though! >> >> /.t >> >> >>http://whatGoes.com ................ extreme NY calendar. >>http://ax.to/fortune ......... a new fortune every minute. >>http://clikTrik.com .................. Many, many photos. > > >-- > >"Freedom is a scary thing --- Not many people really want it" > -- Laurie Anderson > > Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. >Video Producer Image Processing Specialist >Video for your HEAD! Boris FX >http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com > > > http://www.starrlabs.com