Re: RE: RE:Fernandes guy at NAMM

[matthias@bahianet.com.br (Matthias Grob)]

>>What I was talking about is that "guitar string waveform" is usually not 
>an
>>option on yer regular waveform selector knob. Now if I actually 
>possessed an
>>analog synth, or was possessed by one, it would probably occur to me 
>shortly
>>after the possibilities for triangles became a bit barren that using a
>>"guitar string waveform" in place of the oscillator section might be 
>pretty
>>damn cool. Lots of nifty harmonics in those strings. And if I did do 
>that,
>>it would next occur to me that using a sustaining device on the guitar
>>string to take away the remarkably predictable guitar string envelope 
>would
>>be darned handy, allowing me to replace it with the good ol' ADSR. Add 
>some
>>LFO's, some filters, and some weird effects, loop it up, and as the kids
>>say, it would be wikked.....

Travis proposed:
>I use to fantasize about a piano-type instrument which would use
>guitar/bass strings, and which had a an E-bow type device on each string,
>the intensity of which could be controlled by aftertouch pressure, or
>preset.  All the typical guitar processing could be applied, the output
>split in several different ways, etc, etc.

In my ideas drawer, there is a design of a piano with activation magnet on
each bass string which could either be used to give the bass notes a long
sustain or an infinite sustain (E-bow like) or they could be activated only
by the magnet, controlled by a organ like bass pedal, so the notes would
come in without attack. The next step then could be to include magnets that
activate the hammers, so the whole bass line could be played on the pedal
or even sequenced.
And this would basically be an accoustic instrument, a piano with enhanced
bass playing options.
I hope I can build one when I am retired or so :-)

Matthias