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| Pianos, harpsichords and organs are suited for microtonal music insofar as the strings/pipes can, within limits, be tuned to anything desired. | | Pianos, harpsichords and organs are suited for microtonal music insofar as the strings/pipes can, within limits, be tuned to anything desired. |
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| In the case of harpsichords and organs, the probablity that tuning issues arise is even slightly higher than average since there is often "old" music (baroque and older, from the pre-well-tempered age) being played on them. | | In the case of harpsichords and organs, the probablity that tuning issues arise is even slightly higher than average since there is often "old" music (baroque and older, from the pre-well-tempered age) being played on them. |
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| For electronic instruments (syntheszers), there is, in theory, absolute freedom for the pitches anyway - not in practice, though. But nowadays, many synthesizers have a built-in retuning functionality. A broad overview over the microtonal capacities of synthesizers can be found on [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com|www.microtonal-synthesis.com]]. | | For electronic instruments (syntheszers), there is, in theory, absolute freedom for the pitches anyway - not in practice, though. But nowadays, many synthesizers have a built-in retuning functionality. A broad overview over the microtonal capacities of synthesizers can be found on [http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com www.microtonal-synthesis.com]. |
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| A side-remark: Synthesizers, even without retuning functionality, often have a special functionality that is principally also suited for microtonality: the modulation wheel. An impressive example of how to make microtonal music with the modulation wheel can be found [[http://www.timomusic.ch/video_Spiros_Kottis.htm|here]]. This is, however, not a particularly easy way to do it... | | A side-remark: Synthesizers, even without retuning functionality, often have a special functionality that is principally also suited for microtonality: the modulation wheel. An impressive example of how to make microtonal music with the modulation wheel can be found [http://www.timomusic.ch/video_Spiros_Kottis.htm here]. This is, however, not a particularly easy way to do it... |
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| =Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave= | | =Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave= |
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| A potential source for troubles is the traditional keyboard design, which is optimized for diatonic scales and 12 tones per octave. | | A potential source for troubles is the traditional keyboard design, which is optimized for diatonic scales and 12 tones per octave. |
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| For microtonal music with not more than 12 tones per octave, this is not such a problem - fingerings for non-standard scales can be learned. But it becomes a problem if you need more than 12 tones per octave, or even want a non-octave tuning, such as [[http://www.wendycarlos.com/resources/pitch.html|Wendy Carlos]] or [[BP|Bohlen-Pierce]]. | | For microtonal music with not more than 12 tones per octave, this is not such a problem - fingerings for non-standard scales can be learned. But it becomes a problem if you need more than 12 tones per octave, or even want a non-octave tuning, such as [http://www.wendycarlos.com/resources/pitch.html Wendy Carlos] or [[BP|Bohlen-Pierce]]. |
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| There exist several solutions for this problem: | | There exist several solutions for this problem: |
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| ==1) 12 Note Octave Scales[[#twelvenoteoctavescales]]== | | ==1) 12 Note Octave Scales== |
| (Terminology from [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com|www.microtonal-synthesis.com]]) | | (Terminology from [http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com www.microtonal-synthesis.com]) |
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| Use several keyboards whose keys are slightly detuned against each other. | | Use several keyboards whose keys are slightly detuned against each other. |
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| Advantages are that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave, and the pitches typically need only minor retuning. This is not unimportant for acoustical instruments, where we usually have physical limits to the amount a pitch can be retuned. For this reason, this approach is widely used, especially in the field of contemporary classical music. | | Advantages are that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave, and the pitches typically need only minor retuning. This is not unimportant for acoustical instruments, where we usually have physical limits to the amount a pitch can be retuned. For this reason, this approach is widely used, especially in the field of contemporary classical music. |
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| The disadvantage is, of course, that you need several keyboards. In the case of acoustic pianos, this means in practice that the maximal number of pitches per octave you can obtain is limited - to the number of pianos you can put on the stage together... [[http://www.allmusic.com/composition/arc-en-ciel-for-6-grand-pianos-in-12-tone-tuning-mc0002707751|"Arc-en-ciel" by Ivan Wyschnegradsky]], for example, a piece in [[72edo]], is written for six (!) pianos, and [[http://www.universaledition.com/Georg-Friedrich-Haas/komponisten-und-werke/komponist/278/werk/13386|"Limited approximations" by Georg Friedrich Haas]], in [[72edo]] as well, needs the same number of pianos and moreover a whole orchestra... | | The disadvantage is, of course, that you need several keyboards. In the case of acoustic pianos, this means in practice that the maximal number of pitches per octave you can obtain is limited - to the number of pianos you can put on the stage together... [http://www.allmusic.com/composition/arc-en-ciel-for-6-grand-pianos-in-12-tone-tuning-mc0002707751 "Arc-en-ciel" by Ivan Wyschnegradsky], for example, a piece in [[72edo|72edo]], is written for six (!) pianos, and [http://www.universaledition.com/Georg-Friedrich-Haas/komponisten-und-werke/komponist/278/werk/13386 "Limited approximations" by Georg Friedrich Haas], in [[72edo|72edo]] as well, needs the same number of pianos and moreover a whole orchestra... |
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| Electronic keyboards sometimes have the possibility to play in "split" mode, i.e. the upper and the lower half of the keyboard can send to different midi channels. Some keyboards offer up to 4 split areas. In this case, you need only one keyboard - but you still have the disadvantage of having to jump between the areas. | | Electronic keyboards sometimes have the possibility to play in "split" mode, i.e. the upper and the lower half of the keyboard can send to different midi channels. Some keyboards offer up to 4 split areas. In this case, you need only one keyboard - but you still have the disadvantage of having to jump between the areas. |
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| [[SeventeenTonePianoProject#pianotuningdetails|12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 17edo]] | | [[SeventeenTonePianoProject#pianotuningdetails|12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 17edo]] |
| [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/16483|12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 19edo]]
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| [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/9296|12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 22edo]]
| | [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/16483 12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 19edo] |
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| | [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/9296 12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 22edo] |
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| [[24edo#instruments|12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 24edo]] | | [[24edo#instruments|12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 24edo]] |
| [[http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/74155|12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 41edo]]
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| ==2) Full Keyboard Scales[[#fullkeyboardscales]]== | | [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/74155 12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 41edo] |
| (Terminology from [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com|www.microtonal-synthesis.com]]) | | |
| | ==2) Full Keyboard Scales== |
| | (Terminology from [http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com www.microtonal-synthesis.com]) |
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| Tune each key of the keyboard to a different pitch. The pitches of the keys keep the property of being arranged in ascending order - but the octave pattern will be different, and there are larger amounts of retuning required. | | Tune each key of the keyboard to a different pitch. The pitches of the keys keep the property of being arranged in ascending order - but the octave pattern will be different, and there are larger amounts of retuning required. |
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| Some synthesizers support this, but not all (see, again, [[http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com|www.microtonal-synthesis.com]]). | | Some synthesizers support this, but not all (see, again, [http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com www.microtonal-synthesis.com]). |
| Synthesizers supporting only 12 note octave scales can be brought to support full keyboard scales with the help of the [[https://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/integrator|Midi Integrator]] software, or the [[@http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html|alt-tuner]] software.
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| A possible "full keyboard scales" piano tuning for [[22edo]], mapping two keyboard octaves to one acoustic octave, is decribed in [[http://lumma.org/tuning/erlich/erlich-decatonic.pdf|Paul Erlich's paper on 22edo]], on page 11.
| | Synthesizers supporting only 12 note octave scales can be brought to support full keyboard scales with the help of the [https://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/integrator Midi Integrator] software, or the [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html alt-tuner] software. |
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| In the case of acoustical instruments such as pianos, tuning full keyboard scales may even require major changes in construction. It has been done, however, e.g. on the [[http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/microtone.html|16th tone (96edo) piano]].
| | A possible "full keyboard scales" piano tuning for [[22edo|22edo]], mapping two keyboard octaves to one acoustic octave, is decribed in [http://lumma.org/tuning/erlich/erlich-decatonic.pdf Paul Erlich's paper on 22edo], on page 11. |
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| ==3) Dynamic Tunings== | | In the case of acoustical instruments such as pianos, tuning full keyboard scales may even require major changes in construction. It has been done, however, e.g. on the [http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/microtone.html 16th tone (96edo) piano]. |
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| Some instruments allows their tuning to be changed "on the fly", allowing access to more than 12 notes, although not all at once. The main advantage is that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave. The main disadvantages is that certain melodies will be unplayable, such as a rapid passage using more than 12 notes. | | Some instruments allows their tuning to be changed "on the fly", allowing access to more than 12 notes, although not all at once. The main advantage is that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave. The main disadvantages is that certain melodies will be unplayable, such as a rapid passage using more than 12 notes. |
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| For example, the Turkish kanun is a diatonic instrument like a hammer dulcimer, but plucked, not struck. Each set of strings has a set of mandals, a tiny lever which when flipped changes the length of the string and microtonally changes the pitch. It's analogous to the sharpening levers on the celtic harp, but there are mote than one lever per string, and they sharpen considerably less than a semitone. | | For example, the Turkish kanun is a diatonic instrument like a hammer dulcimer, but plucked, not struck. Each set of strings has a set of mandals, a tiny lever which when flipped changes the length of the string and microtonally changes the pitch. It's analogous to the sharpening levers on the celtic harp, but there are mote than one lever per string, and they sharpen considerably less than a semitone. |
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| The easiest way to experiment with dynamic tunings is with midi keyboards and software. [[@http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/|Scala]] and [[@http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/|Lil' Miss Scale Oven]] have limited dynamic tuning ability. [[@http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html|Alt-tuner]] allows retuning of individual notes (choosing among various ratios or among various EDO degrees), modulating to different keys (either by a specific interval, or to a specific note, or to the current bass note), and switching to completely different tunings. All this can be done via keyswitches, foot pedals, the mod wheel, or any control that generates a midi signal. These midi signals can come from any midi device, such as a 2nd keyboard, or even the computer's QWERTY keyboard. Technique-wise, using keyswitches would be similar to using mandals or sharpening levers, and using footpedals would be similar to using the classical harp's pedals. | | The easiest way to experiment with dynamic tunings is with midi keyboards and software. [http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/ Scala] and [http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/ Lil' Miss Scale Oven] have limited dynamic tuning ability. [http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html Alt-tuner] allows retuning of individual notes (choosing among various ratios or among various EDO degrees), modulating to different keys (either by a specific interval, or to a specific note, or to the current bass note), and switching to completely different tunings. All this can be done via keyswitches, foot pedals, the mod wheel, or any control that generates a midi signal. These midi signals can come from any midi device, such as a 2nd keyboard, or even the computer's QWERTY keyboard. Technique-wise, using keyswitches would be similar to using mandals or sharpening levers, and using footpedals would be similar to using the classical harp's pedals. |
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| ==4) Get an alternative keyboard![[#alternativekeyboard]]== | | ==4) Get an alternative keyboard!== |
| This is actually quite an old idea, since in historical tunings of the pre-well-tempered area, there was a demand for differing between flats and sharps. | | This is actually quite an old idea, since in historical tunings of the pre-well-tempered area, there was a demand for differing between flats and sharps. |
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| [[http://www.denzilwraight.com|www.denzilwraight.com]] has some beautiful examples of historical harpsichords with up to 24 keys per octave.
| | [http://www.denzilwraight.com www.denzilwraight.com] has some beautiful examples of historical harpsichords with up to 24 keys per octave. |
| A list of existing church organs all over the world with split semitone keys can be found on [[https://sites.google.com/site/iboortgies/tableoforganswithsubsemitones|Ibo Ortgies' homepage]]. | | |
| | A list of existing church organs all over the world with split semitone keys can be found on [https://sites.google.com/site/iboortgies/tableoforganswithsubsemitones Ibo Ortgies' homepage]. |
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| In modern times, the idea of generalized keyboards has come up again. Generalized keyboards can host the same fingering for multiple tunings. See, for example: | | In modern times, the idea of generalized keyboards has come up again. Generalized keyboards can host the same fingering for multiple tunings. See, for example: |
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| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_keyboard|Wikipedia article isomorphic keyboards]]
| | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_keyboard Wikipedia article isomorphic keyboards] |
| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_keyboard|Wikipedia article on generalized keyboards]]
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| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Holford_Macdowell_Bosanquet|Wikipedia article on Bosanquet]]
| | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_keyboard Wikipedia article on generalized keyboards] |
| <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_table_note_layout|Wikipedia article on harmonic table note layouts]]</span>
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| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicki-Hayden_note_layout|Wikipedia article on the Wicki-Hayden note layout]]
| | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Holford_Macdowell_Bosanquet Wikipedia article on Bosanquet] |
| [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard|Wikipedia article on Janko]]
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| | <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_table_note_layout Wikipedia article on harmonic table note layouts]</span> |
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| | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicki-Hayden_note_layout Wikipedia article on the Wicki-Hayden note layout] |
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| | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard Wikipedia article on Janko] |
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| For electronic music, there is meanwhile a number of generalized keyboards that are available or are soon to be available, see followng list. | | For electronic music, there is meanwhile a number of generalized keyboards that are available or are soon to be available, see followng list. |
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| ==List of available generalized keyboards== | | ==List of available generalized keyboards== |
| ||~ Product ||~ Manufacturer ||~ Layout ||~ No. of keys || | | |
| || [[http://www.terpstrakeyboard.com|Terpstra keyboard]] ||< Cortex design ||< 2-dimensional, hexagonal ||= 280 || | | {| class="wikitable" |
| || [[http://www.thummer.com/|Thummer]] ||< Thumtronics ||< 2-dimensional, hexagonal ||= 114 || | | |- |
| || [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#U-PLEX_buy|Tonal Plexus U-PLEX]], [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX2]], [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2s_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX2s]] ||< [[http://hpi.zentral.zone/index|Hπ Instruments]] ||< 2-dimensional, rectangular ||= 422 || | | ! | Product |
| || [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX4_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX4]] || Hπ Instruments ||< 2-dimensional, rectangular ||= 844 || | | ! | Manufacturer |
| || [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX6]], [[http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6s_buy|Tonal Plexus TPX6s]] || Hπ Instruments ||< 2-dimensional, rectangular ||= 1266 || | | ! | Layout |
| || [[http://www.h-pi.com/protoMiniMOD.html|MiniMod]] ||< Hπ Instruments ||< Various (hexagonal, rectangular, 1-dimensional et al.) XXX ||= XXX || | | ! | No. of keys |
| || [[http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-49|AXiS-49]] ||< C-Thru Music ||< 2-dimensional, hexagonal ||= 98 || | | |- |
| || [[http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-64|AXis-64]] ||< C-Thru Music ||< 2-dimensional, hexagonal ||= 192 || | | | | [http://www.terpstrakeyboard.com Terpstra keyboard] |
| || [[http://www.shapeofmusic.com/|Opal Chameleon, Opal Gekko]] ||< Opal ||< 2-dimensional, hexagonal ||= 192 || | | | | Cortex design |
| || [[http://monome.org/|Monome 64]] ||< Monome ||< 2-dimensional, rectangular ||= 64 || | | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
| || [[http://monome.org/|Monome 128]] ||< Monome ||< 2-dimensional, rectangular ||= 128 || | | | style="text-align:center;" | 280 |
| || [[http://monome.org/|Monome 256]] ||< Monome ||< 2-dimensional, rectangular ||= 256 || | | |- |
| || [[http://www.lippenskeyboard.com/index.html|Lippens Keyboard]] ||< ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard|Janko]](2-dimensional) ||= || | | | | [http://www.thummer.com/ Thummer] |
| || [[http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html|Daskin 5]] ||< Daskin Manufacturing ||< [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard|Janko]] (2-dimensional) ||= 203 || | | | | Thumtronics |
| || [[http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html|Daskin 6]] || Daskin Manufacturing || [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard|Janko]](2-dimensional) ||= 244 || | | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
| || [[http://verticalkeyboards.com/keyboardoptions/microtonalkeyboards/index.html|Vertical keyboard (Elaine Walker)]] || Elaine Walker || 1-dimensional, 2 tiers of keys (black/white), with customizable black/white pattern ||= 61, 76 or 88 || | | | style="text-align:center;" | 114 |
| || [[http://www.metatonalmusic.com/K|Metatonal Keyboard]] || Metatonal Music (Ron Sword) || 1-dimensional, 2 tiers of keys (black/white), with customizable black/white pattern || || | | |- |
| || [[http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=64|ZB2 Z-Board]] || Starr Labs || 2-dimensional, rectangular ||= 288 || | | | | [http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#U-PLEX_buy Tonal Plexus U-PLEX], [http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2_buy Tonal Plexus TPX2], [http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2s_buy Tonal Plexus TPX2s] |
| || [[http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69/microzone-u-648&product_id=66|Microzone U-648]] || Starr Labs || 2-dimensional, hexagonal ||= 288 || | | | | [http://hpi.zentral.zone/index Hπ Instruments] |
| || [[http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69/microzone-u-648&product_id=67|Microzone U-990]] || Starr Labs || 2-dimensional, hexagonal ||= 810 || | | | | 2-dimensional, rectangular |
| || [[http://dualo.org/instruments/|Dualo Du-Touch]] || Dualo || 2-dimensional, hexagonal || || | | | style="text-align:center;" | 422 |
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| | | | [http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX4_buy Tonal Plexus TPX4] |
| | | | Hπ Instruments |
| | | | 2-dimensional, rectangular |
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| | | | 2-dimensional, rectangular |
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| | | | [http://www.h-pi.com/protoMiniMOD.html MiniMod] |
| | | | Hπ Instruments |
| | | | Various (hexagonal, rectangular, 1-dimensional et al.) XXX |
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| | | | [http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-49 AXiS-49] |
| | | | C-Thru Music |
| | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
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| | | | [http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-64 AXis-64] |
| | | | C-Thru Music |
| | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
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| | | | [http://www.shapeofmusic.com/ Opal Chameleon, Opal Gekko] |
| | | | Opal |
| | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
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| | | | [http://monome.org/ Monome 64] |
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| | | | 2-dimensional, rectangular |
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| | | | [http://monome.org/ Monome 128] |
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| | | | [http://monome.org/ Monome 256] |
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| | | | 2-dimensional, rectangular |
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| | | | [http://www.lippenskeyboard.com/index.html Lippens Keyboard] |
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| | | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard Janko](2-dimensional) |
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| | | | [http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html Daskin 5] |
| | | | Daskin Manufacturing |
| | | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard Janko] (2-dimensional) |
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| | | | [http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html Daskin 6] |
| | | | Daskin Manufacturing |
| | | | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard Janko](2-dimensional) |
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| | | | [http://verticalkeyboards.com/keyboardoptions/microtonalkeyboards/index.html Vertical keyboard (Elaine Walker)] |
| | | | Elaine Walker |
| | | | 1-dimensional, 2 tiers of keys (black/white), with customizable black/white pattern |
| | | style="text-align:center;" | 61, 76 or 88 |
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| | | | [http://www.metatonalmusic.com/K Metatonal Keyboard] |
| | | | Metatonal Music (Ron Sword) |
| | | | 1-dimensional, 2 tiers of keys (black/white), with customizable black/white pattern |
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| | | | [http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69&product_id=64 ZB2 Z-Board] |
| | | | Starr Labs |
| | | | 2-dimensional, rectangular |
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| | | | [http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69/microzone-u-648&product_id=66 Microzone U-648] |
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| | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
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| | | | [http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=69/microzone-u-648&product_id=67 Microzone U-990] |
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| | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
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| | | | [http://dualo.org/instruments/ Dualo Du-Touch] |
| | | | Dualo |
| | | | 2-dimensional, hexagonal |
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| A special class of microtonal midi controllers are "keyless" ones: | | A special class of microtonal midi controllers are "keyless" ones: |
| ||~ Product ||~ Manufacturer ||
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| || [[http://www.hakenaudio.com|Continuum Fingerboard]] || Haken Audio ||
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| || [[http://www.doepfer.de/R2M.htm|R2M Ribbon Controller]] || Doepfer ||
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| || [[http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/preview-linnstrument.html|LinnStrument]] || Roger Linn Design ||
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| || [[http://madronalabs.com/hardware|SoundPlane A]] || Madrona Labs ||
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| <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controllers-digital-dj/launchpad-pro|[[http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controll%E2%80%A6/launchpad-pro|Novation Launchpad Pro]]]]</span>
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| [[http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/CMD-LC-1.aspx|Behringer CMD LC-1]]
| | ! | Product |
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| | | | [http://www.hakenaudio.com Continuum Fingerboard] |
| | | | Haken Audio |
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| | | | [http://www.doepfer.de/R2M.htm R2M Ribbon Controller] |
| | | | Doepfer |
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| | | | [http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/preview-linnstrument.html LinnStrument] |
| | | | Roger Linn Design |
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| | | | [http://madronalabs.com/hardware SoundPlane A] |
| | | | Madrona Labs |
| | |} |
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| | =='''Pad controllers:'''== |
| | <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controllers-digital-dj/launchpad-pro [[http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controll%E2%80%A6/launchpad-pro|Novation Launchpad Pro]]]</span> |
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| ===<span style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5;">**Links**</span>===
| | [http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/CMD-LC-1.aspx Behringer CMD LC-1] |
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| [[http://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/|Alternative Keyboards group (on Google groups)]]
| | ===<span style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5;">'''Links'''</span>=== |
| John Starrett on Completely Generalized Keyboards - [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/john-starrett/completely-generalized-keyboard/426265927629]]
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| | [http://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/ Alternative Keyboards group (on Google groups)] |
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| ===**DIY links**===
| | John Starrett on Completely Generalized Keyboards - [https://www.facebook.com/notes/john-starrett/completely-generalized-keyboard/426265927629 https://www.facebook.com/notes/john-starrett/completely-generalized-keyboard/426265927629] |
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| <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[[http://monome.org/docs/gridkit|Monome Gridkit]] - Monome DIY kit slashes price of pre-built one.</span>
| | ==='''DIY links'''=== |
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| | <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">[http://monome.org/docs/gridkit Monome Gridkit] - Monome DIY kit slashes price of pre-built one.</span> |
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| TouchKeys: | | TouchKeys: |
| TouchKeys Kickstarter Campaign - [[https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2Finstrumentslab%2Ftouchkeys-multi-touch-musical-keyboard&h=JAQHQzQRm|https://www.kickstarter.com/.../touchkeys-multi-touch...]] | | |
| TouchKeys Website - [[http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eecs.qmul.ac.uk%2F~andrewm%2Ftouchkeys.html&h=yAQFs82En|http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~andrewm/touchkeys.html]] | | TouchKeys Kickstarter Campaign - [https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2Finstrumentslab%2Ftouchkeys-multi-touch-musical-keyboard&h=JAQHQzQRm https://www.kickstarter.com/.../touchkeys-multi-touch...] |
| <span style="color: #141723; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">There's a mapping in the TouchKeys software which splits each key into multiple regions specifically for microtonal music.</span>
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| <span style="color: #141723; font-size: 12px;">Here's a video demo using it to play Turkish maqam music - </span>[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcYgslHq9k&list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcYgslHq9k...]]
| | TouchKeys Website - [http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eecs.qmul.ac.uk%2F~andrewm%2Ftouchkeys.html&h=yAQFs82En http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~andrewm/touchkeys.html] |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You don´t need even need keyboard - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://youtu.be/CHWVeQd0bYs?list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA]]</span>
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| | <span style="color: #141723; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">There's a mapping in the TouchKeys software which splits each key into multiple regions specifically for microtonal music.</span> |
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| | <span style="color: #141723; font-size: 12px;">Here's a video demo using it to play Turkish maqam music - </span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcYgslHq9k&list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcYgslHq9k...] |
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| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You don´t need even need keyboard - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://youtu.be/CHWVeQd0bYs?list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA http://youtu.be/CHWVeQd0bYs?list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA]</span> |
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| Touch Screens in general: | | Touch Screens in general: |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Here's an article discussing available touch screen technologies per 2010 - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://www.eizoglobal.com/library/basics/basic_understanding_of_touch_panel/|http://www.eizoglobal.com/.../basic_understanding_of.../]]</span>
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Some more overview - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://www.elotouch.com/Products/detech2.asp]]</span>
| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Here's an article discussing available touch screen technologies per 2010 - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.eizoglobal.com/library/basics/basic_understanding_of_touch_panel/ http://www.eizoglobal.com/.../basic_understanding_of.../]</span> |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Wikipedia - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Technologies|http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Technologies]]</span>
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Finally this one - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/what-are-the-different-types-of-touchscreen/|http://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/what-are-the-different.../]]</span>
| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Some more overview - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.elotouch.com/Products/detech2.asp http://www.elotouch.com/Products/detech2.asp]</span> |
| Multitouch Interaction Research - [[http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/]] | | |
| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Wikipedia - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Technologies http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Technologies]</span> |
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| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Finally this one - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/what-are-the-different-types-of-touchscreen/ http://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/what-are-the-different.../]</span> |
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| | Multitouch Interaction Research - [http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/ http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/] |
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| Touch Screen Approaches: | | Touch Screen Approaches: |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You could make something like this yourself (costs 15.000 dollars) - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://youtu.be/UP9zt_JbrHI]]</span>
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Acoustic Touch Demo - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://youtu.be/ZoAslMiukAQ]]</span>
| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You could make something like this yourself (costs 15.000 dollars) - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://youtu.be/UP9zt_JbrHI http://youtu.be/UP9zt_JbrHI]</span> |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Peau Productions sells affordable custom size infrared frames for diy solutions - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[[@http://youtu.be/C-R8PmaIy-w]]</span>
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">IR frames are pretty cool - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://youtu.be/ZOYDERT-p_g]]</span>
| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Acoustic Touch Demo - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://youtu.be/ZoAslMiukAQ http://youtu.be/ZoAslMiukAQ]</span> |
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| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Peau Productions sells affordable custom size infrared frames for diy solutions - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[http://youtu.be/C-R8PmaIy-w http://youtu.be/C-R8PmaIy-w]</span> |
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| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">IR frames are pretty cool - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://youtu.be/ZOYDERT-p_g http://youtu.be/ZOYDERT-p_g]</span> |
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| Gesture Based Controllers: | | Gesture Based Controllers: |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You can use Kinect to make a "virtual keyboard" that only exists in "kinect space" - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://youtu.be/ZqtrH5nQjFc]]</span>
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| Airpiano - [[http://www.airpiano.de]] | | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You can use Kinect to make a "virtual keyboard" that only exists in "kinect space" - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://youtu.be/ZqtrH5nQjFc http://youtu.be/ZqtrH5nQjFc]</span> |
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| | Airpiano - [http://www.airpiano.de http://www.airpiano.de] |
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| Apple Magic Trackpad: | | Apple Magic Trackpad: |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">What about the Apple Magic Trackpad? - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://youtu.be/m9KdWuOTpMQ]]</span>
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">String a number of Trackpads together with this - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://store.apple.com/us/product/H3443ZM/A/twelve-south-magicwand|http://store.apple.com/.../H3443ZM/A/twelve-south-magicwand]]</span>
| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">What about the Apple Magic Trackpad? - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://youtu.be/m9KdWuOTpMQ http://youtu.be/m9KdWuOTpMQ]</span> |
| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Add a keyboard layout layer using something like this - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://www.amazon.com/Mobee-Technology-Magic-Numpad-Transparent/dp/B005M1777G#productDescription_secondary_view_pageState_1417265682123|http://www.amazon.com/Mobee-Technology.../dp/B005M1777G...]]</span>
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The software is already there for one Trackpad, so why not for more than one? - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://createdigitalmusic.com/2011/07/track-master-makes-your-trackpad-a-midi-controller-a-must-download-for-mac/|http://createdigitalmusic.com/.../track-master-makes.../]]</span>
| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">String a number of Trackpads together with this - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://store.apple.com/us/product/H3443ZM/A/twelve-south-magicwand http://store.apple.com/.../H3443ZM/A/twelve-south-magicwand]</span> |
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| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Add a keyboard layout layer using something like this - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.amazon.com/Mobee-Technology-Magic-Numpad-Transparent/dp/B005M1777G#productDescription_secondary_view_pageState_1417265682123 http://www.amazon.com/Mobee-Technology.../dp/B005M1777G...]</span> |
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| | <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The software is already there for one Trackpad, so why not for more than one? - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://createdigitalmusic.com/2011/07/track-master-makes-your-trackpad-a-midi-controller-a-must-download-for-mac/ http://createdigitalmusic.com/.../track-master-makes.../]</span> |
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| Mechanical Keyboard Switches: | | Mechanical Keyboard Switches: |
| DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 1 - <span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[[@http://youtu.be/KfjEYu79J-4]]</span> | | |
| DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 2 - [[http://t.walyou.com/all/diy-isomorphic-keyboard#1|http://t.walyou.com/all/diy-isomorphic-keyboard#1]] | | DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 1 - <span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[http://youtu.be/KfjEYu79J-4 http://youtu.be/KfjEYu79J-4]</span> |
| DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 3 - [[http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/how-to/diy-illuminated-isomorphic-keyboard-changes-colors-as-you-play-music-0139583/|http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/.../diy-illuminated.../]] | | |
| Mechanical Keyboard Switches Guide 1 - [[http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/mechanical-keyboard-guide/]] | | DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 2 - [http://t.walyou.com/all/diy-isomorphic-keyboard#1 http://t.walyou.com/all/diy-isomorphic-keyboard#1] |
| Mechanical Keyboard Switches Guide 2 - [[http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX]] | | |
| | DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 3 - [http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/how-to/diy-illuminated-isomorphic-keyboard-changes-colors-as-you-play-music-0139583/ http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/.../diy-illuminated.../] |
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| | Mechanical Keyboard Switches Guide 1 - [http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/mechanical-keyboard-guide/ http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/mechanical-keyboard-guide/] |
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| | Mechanical Keyboard Switches Guide 2 - [http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX] |
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| Programming: | | Programming: |
| Lemur Canvas Object lets you script custom widgets with full multitouch support - [[https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fliine.net%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Flemur%2F&h=XAQEI_3LU|https://liine.net/en/products/lemur/]] | | |
| | Lemur Canvas Object lets you script custom widgets with full multitouch support - [https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fliine.net%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Flemur%2F&h=XAQEI_3LU https://liine.net/en/products/lemur/] |
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| Hardware: | | Hardware: |
| Livid DIY platform for MIDI control surfaces - [[http://lividinstruments.com/products/builder/]]
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| Madrona Labs DIY - [[http://madronalabs.com/DIY]]
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| Midi boutique makes parts for Hπ Instruments - [[http://www.midiboutique.com]]
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| DIY Keyboard Wiki - [[http://diykeyboard.wikidot.com]]
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| Other MIDI controllers:
| | Livid DIY platform for MIDI control surfaces - [http://lividinstruments.com/products/builder/ http://lividinstruments.com/products/builder/] |
| [[http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm]]
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| | Madrona Labs DIY - [http://madronalabs.com/DIY http://madronalabs.com/DIY] |
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| <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:31 -->Pianos, harpsichords and organs are suited for microtonal music insofar as the strings/pipes can, within limits, be tuned to anything desired.<br />
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| In the case of harpsichords and organs, the probablity that tuning issues arise is even slightly higher than average since there is often &quot;old&quot; music (baroque and older, from the pre-well-tempered age) being played on them.<br />
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| For electronic instruments (syntheszers), there is, in theory, absolute freedom for the pitches anyway - not in practice, though. But nowadays, many synthesizers have a built-in retuning functionality. A broad overview over the microtonal capacities of synthesizers can be found on <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>.<br />
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| A side-remark: Synthesizers, even without retuning functionality, often have a special functionality that is principally also suited for microtonality: the modulation wheel. An impressive example of how to make microtonal music with the modulation wheel can be found <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.timomusic.ch/video_Spiros_Kottis.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. This is, however, not a particularly easy way to do it...<br />
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| A potential source for troubles is the traditional keyboard design, which is optimized for diatonic scales and 12 tones per octave.<br />
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| For microtonal music with not more than 12 tones per octave, this is not such a problem - fingerings for non-standard scales can be learned. But it becomes a problem if you need more than 12 tones per octave, or even want a non-octave tuning, such as <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.wendycarlos.com/resources/pitch.html" rel="nofollow">Wendy Carlos</a> or <a class="wiki_link" href="/BP">Bohlen-Pierce</a>.<br />
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| There exist several solutions for this problem:<br />
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| (Terminology from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>)<br />
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| Use several keyboards whose keys are slightly detuned against each other.<br />
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| Advantages are that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave, and the pitches typically need only minor retuning. This is not unimportant for acoustical instruments, where we usually have physical limits to the amount a pitch can be retuned. For this reason, this approach is widely used, especially in the field of contemporary classical music.<br />
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| The disadvantage is, of course, that you need several keyboards. In the case of acoustic pianos, this means in practice that the maximal number of pitches per octave you can obtain is limited - to the number of pianos you can put on the stage together... <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.allmusic.com/composition/arc-en-ciel-for-6-grand-pianos-in-12-tone-tuning-mc0002707751" rel="nofollow">&quot;Arc-en-ciel&quot; by Ivan Wyschnegradsky</a>, for example, a piece in <a class="wiki_link" href="/72edo">72edo</a>, is written for six (!) pianos, and <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.universaledition.com/Georg-Friedrich-Haas/komponisten-und-werke/komponist/278/werk/13386" rel="nofollow">&quot;Limited approximations&quot; by Georg Friedrich Haas</a>, in <a class="wiki_link" href="/72edo">72edo</a> as well, needs the same number of pianos and moreover a whole orchestra...<br />
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| Electronic keyboards sometimes have the possibility to play in &quot;split&quot; mode, i.e. the upper and the lower half of the keyboard can send to different midi channels. Some keyboards offer up to 4 split areas. In this case, you need only one keyboard - but you still have the disadvantage of having to jump between the areas.<br />
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| <a class="wiki_link" href="/SeventeenTonePianoProject#pianotuningdetails">12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 17edo</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/16483" rel="nofollow">12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 19edo</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/MakeMicroMusic/message/9296" rel="nofollow">12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 22edo</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link" href="/24edo#instruments">12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 24edo</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/74155" rel="nofollow">12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 41edo</a><br />
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| (Terminology from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>)<br />
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| Tune each key of the keyboard to a different pitch. The pitches of the keys keep the property of being arranged in ascending order - but the octave pattern will be different, and there are larger amounts of retuning required.<br />
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| Some synthesizers support this, but not all (see, again, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>).<br />
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| Synthesizers supporting only 12 note octave scales can be brought to support full keyboard scales with the help of the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/integrator" rel="nofollow">Midi Integrator</a> software, or the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">alt-tuner</a> software.<br />
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| A possible &quot;full keyboard scales&quot; piano tuning for <a class="wiki_link" href="/22edo">22edo</a>, mapping two keyboard octaves to one acoustic octave, is decribed in <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://lumma.org/tuning/erlich/erlich-decatonic.pdf" rel="nofollow">Paul Erlich's paper on 22edo</a>, on page 11.<br />
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| In the case of acoustical instruments such as pianos, tuning full keyboard scales may even require major changes in construction. It has been done, however, e.g. on the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/microtone.html" rel="nofollow">16th tone (96edo) piano</a>.<br />
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| Some instruments allows their tuning to be changed &quot;on the fly&quot;, allowing access to more than 12 notes, although not all at once. The main advantage is that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave. The main disadvantages is that certain melodies will be unplayable, such as a rapid passage using more than 12 notes.<br />
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| For example, the Turkish kanun is a diatonic instrument like a hammer dulcimer, but plucked, not struck. Each set of strings has a set of mandals, a tiny lever which when flipped changes the length of the string and microtonally changes the pitch. It's analogous to the sharpening levers on the celtic harp, but there are mote than one lever per string, and they sharpen considerably less than a semitone.<br />
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| The easiest way to experiment with dynamic tunings is with midi keyboards and software. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scala</a> and <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lil' Miss Scale Oven</a> have limited dynamic tuning ability. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alt-tuner</a> allows retuning of individual notes (choosing among various ratios or among various EDO degrees), modulating to different keys (either by a specific interval, or to a specific note, or to the current bass note), and switching to completely different tunings. All this can be done via keyswitches, foot pedals, the mod wheel, or any control that generates a midi signal. These midi signals can come from any midi device, such as a 2nd keyboard, or even the computer's QWERTY keyboard. Technique-wise, using keyswitches would be similar to using mandals or sharpening levers, and using footpedals would be similar to using the classical harp's pedals.<br />
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| This is actually quite an old idea, since in historical tunings of the pre-well-tempered area, there was a demand for differing between flats and sharps.<br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.denzilwraight.com" rel="nofollow">www.denzilwraight.com</a> has some beautiful examples of historical harpsichords with up to 24 keys per octave.<br />
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| A list of existing church organs all over the world with split semitone keys can be found on <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://sites.google.com/site/iboortgies/tableoforganswithsubsemitones" rel="nofollow">Ibo Ortgies' homepage</a>.<br />
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| In modern times, the idea of generalized keyboards has come up again. Generalized keyboards can host the same fingering for multiple tunings. See, for example:<br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_keyboard" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article isomorphic keyboards</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_keyboard" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on generalized keyboards</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Holford_Macdowell_Bosanquet" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on Bosanquet</a><br />
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| <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_table_note_layout" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on harmonic table note layouts</a></span><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicki-Hayden_note_layout" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on the Wicki-Hayden note layout</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia article on Janko</a><br />
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| For electronic music, there is meanwhile a number of generalized keyboards that are available or are soon to be available, see followng list.<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.terpstrakeyboard.com" rel="nofollow">Terpstra keyboard</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Cortex design<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">280<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.thummer.com/" rel="nofollow">Thummer</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Thumtronics<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">114<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#U-PLEX_buy" rel="nofollow">Tonal Plexus U-PLEX</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2_buy" rel="nofollow">Tonal Plexus TPX2</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX2s_buy" rel="nofollow">Tonal Plexus TPX2s</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://hpi.zentral.zone/index" rel="nofollow">Hπ Instruments</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, rectangular<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">422<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX4_buy" rel="nofollow">Tonal Plexus TPX4</a><br />
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| <td>Hπ Instruments<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, rectangular<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">844<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6_buy" rel="nofollow">Tonal Plexus TPX6</a>, <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/TPX28buy.html#TPX6s_buy" rel="nofollow">Tonal Plexus TPX6s</a><br />
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| <td>Hπ Instruments<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, rectangular<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">1266<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.h-pi.com/protoMiniMOD.html" rel="nofollow">MiniMod</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Hπ Instruments<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Various (hexagonal, rectangular, 1-dimensional et al.) XXX<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">XXX<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-49" rel="nofollow">AXiS-49</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">C-Thru Music<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">98<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-64" rel="nofollow">AXis-64</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">C-Thru Music<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">192<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.shapeofmusic.com/" rel="nofollow">Opal Chameleon, Opal Gekko</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Opal<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">192<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/" rel="nofollow">Monome 64</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Monome<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, rectangular<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">64<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/" rel="nofollow">Monome 128</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Monome<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, rectangular<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">128<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/" rel="nofollow">Monome 256</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Monome<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;">2-dimensional, rectangular<br />
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| <td style="text-align: center;">256<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.lippenskeyboard.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">Lippens Keyboard</a><br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard" rel="nofollow">Janko</a>(2-dimensional)<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html" rel="nofollow">Daskin 5</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td style="text-align: left;">Daskin Manufacturing<br />
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| <td style="text-align: left;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard" rel="nofollow">Janko</a> (2-dimensional)<br />
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| </td>
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| <td style="text-align: center;">203<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://daskin.com/page2/page2.html" rel="nofollow">Daskin 6</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Daskin Manufacturing<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janko_keyboard" rel="nofollow">Janko</a>(2-dimensional)<br />
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| </td>
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| <td style="text-align: center;">244<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://verticalkeyboards.com/keyboardoptions/microtonalkeyboards/index.html" rel="nofollow">Vertical keyboard (Elaine Walker)</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Elaine Walker<br />
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| </td>
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| <td>1-dimensional, 2 tiers of keys (black/white), with customizable black/white pattern<br />
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| </td>
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| <td style="text-align: center;">61, 76 or 88<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.metatonalmusic.com/K" rel="nofollow">Metatonal Keyboard</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Metatonal Music (Ron Sword)<br />
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| </td>
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| <td>1-dimensional, 2 tiers of keys (black/white), with customizable black/white pattern<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&amp;path=69&amp;product_id=64" rel="nofollow">ZB2 Z-Board</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Starr Labs<br />
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| </td>
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| <td>2-dimensional, rectangular<br />
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| </td>
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| <td style="text-align: center;">288<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&amp;path=69/microzone-u-648&amp;product_id=66" rel="nofollow">Microzone U-648</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Starr Labs<br />
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| </td>
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| <td>2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| </td>
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| <td style="text-align: center;">288<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.starrlabs.com/index.php?route=product/product&amp;path=69/microzone-u-648&amp;product_id=67" rel="nofollow">Microzone U-990</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Starr Labs<br />
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| </td>
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| <td>2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| </td>
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| <td style="text-align: center;">810<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://dualo.org/instruments/" rel="nofollow">Dualo Du-Touch</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Dualo<br />
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| </td>
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| <td>2-dimensional, hexagonal<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><br />
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| | [http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm] |
| A special class of microtonal midi controllers are &quot;keyless&quot; ones:<br />
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| <table class="wiki_table">
| | [http://www.newkeyboard.de/ New Keyboard (Johannes Kotschy)] |
| <tr>
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| <th>Product<br />
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| <th>Manufacturer<br />
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.hakenaudio.com" rel="nofollow">Continuum Fingerboard</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Haken Audio<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.doepfer.de/R2M.htm" rel="nofollow">R2M Ribbon Controller</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Doepfer<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/preview-linnstrument.html" rel="nofollow">LinnStrument</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Roger Linn Design<br />
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| </td>
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| <td><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://madronalabs.com/hardware" rel="nofollow">SoundPlane A</a><br />
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| </td>
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| <td>Madrona Labs<br />
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| </td>
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| </table>
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| <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controllers-digital-dj/launchpad-pro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[[http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controll%E2%80%A6/launchpad-pro|Novation Launchpad Pro</a>]]</span><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/CMD-LC-1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Behringer CMD LC-1</a><br />
| | [[Category:overview]] |
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| | [[Category:IMPORTDEBUG - Image in Link]] |
| <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:14:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc7"><a name="Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-Pad controllers:-Links"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:14 --><span style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.5;"><strong>Links</strong></span></h3>
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/" rel="nofollow">Alternative Keyboards group (on Google groups)</a><br />
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| John Starrett on Completely Generalized Keyboards - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/john-starrett/completely-generalized-keyboard/426265927629" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/notes/john-starrett/completely-generalized-keyboard/426265927629</a><br />
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| <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:16:&lt;h3&gt; --><h3 id="toc8"><a name="Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-Pad controllers:-DIY links"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:16 --><strong>DIY links</strong></h3>
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| <br />
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| <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/docs/gridkit" rel="nofollow">Monome Gridkit</a> - Monome DIY kit slashes price of pre-built one.</span><br />
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| <br />
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| <br />
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| TouchKeys:<br />
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| TouchKeys Kickstarter Campaign - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2Finstrumentslab%2Ftouchkeys-multi-touch-musical-keyboard&amp;h=JAQHQzQRm" rel="nofollow">https://www.kickstarter.com/.../touchkeys-multi-touch...</a><br />
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| TouchKeys Website - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eecs.qmul.ac.uk%2F~andrewm%2Ftouchkeys.html&amp;h=yAQFs82En" rel="nofollow">http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~andrewm/touchkeys.html</a><br />
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| <span style="color: #141723; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.5;">There's a mapping in the TouchKeys software which splits each key into multiple regions specifically for microtonal music.</span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141723; font-size: 12px;">Here's a video demo using it to play Turkish maqam music - </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcYgslHq9k&amp;list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcYgslHq9k...</a><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You don´t need even need keyboard - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/CHWVeQd0bYs?list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/CHWVeQd0bYs?list=UUad1IRAVR2klHEtNoS4TsaA</a></span><br />
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| <br />
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| Touch Screens in general:<br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Here's an article discussing available touch screen technologies per 2010 - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.eizoglobal.com/library/basics/basic_understanding_of_touch_panel/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.eizoglobal.com/.../basic_understanding_of.../</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Some more overview - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.elotouch.com/Products/detech2.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.elotouch.com/Products/detech2.asp</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Wikipedia - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Technologies" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Technologies</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Finally this one - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/what-are-the-different-types-of-touchscreen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.cammaxlimited.co.uk/what-are-the-different.../</a></span><br />
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| Multitouch Interaction Research - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/" rel="nofollow">http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/</a><br />
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| <br />
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| Touch Screen Approaches:<br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You could make something like this yourself (costs 15.000 dollars) - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/UP9zt_JbrHI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/UP9zt_JbrHI</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Acoustic Touch Demo - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/ZoAslMiukAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/ZoAslMiukAQ</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Peau Productions sells affordable custom size infrared frames for diy solutions - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/C-R8PmaIy-w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/C-R8PmaIy-w</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">IR frames are pretty cool - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/ZOYDERT-p_g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/ZOYDERT-p_g</a></span><br />
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| <br />
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| Gesture Based Controllers:<br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You can use Kinect to make a &quot;virtual keyboard&quot; that only exists in &quot;kinect space&quot; - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/ZqtrH5nQjFc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/ZqtrH5nQjFc</a></span><br />
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| Airpiano - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.airpiano.de" rel="nofollow">http://www.airpiano.de</a><br />
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| <br />
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| Apple Magic Trackpad:<br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">What about the Apple Magic Trackpad? - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/m9KdWuOTpMQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/m9KdWuOTpMQ</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">String a number of Trackpads together with this - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://store.apple.com/us/product/H3443ZM/A/twelve-south-magicwand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://store.apple.com/.../H3443ZM/A/twelve-south-magicwand</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Add a keyboard layout layer using something like this - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.amazon.com/Mobee-Technology-Magic-Numpad-Transparent/dp/B005M1777G#productDescription_secondary_view_pageState_1417265682123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Mobee-Technology.../dp/B005M1777G...</a></span><br />
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| <span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The software is already there for one Trackpad, so why not for more than one? - </span><span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://createdigitalmusic.com/2011/07/track-master-makes-your-trackpad-a-midi-controller-a-must-download-for-mac/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://createdigitalmusic.com/.../track-master-makes.../</a></span><br />
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| <br />
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| Mechanical Keyboard Switches:<br />
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| DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 1 - <span style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://youtu.be/KfjEYu79J-4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/KfjEYu79J-4</a></span><br />
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| DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 2 - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://t.walyou.com/all/diy-isomorphic-keyboard#1" rel="nofollow">http://t.walyou.com/all/diy-isomorphic-keyboard#1</a><br />
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| DIY Isomorphic Keyboard Project 3 - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/how-to/diy-illuminated-isomorphic-keyboard-changes-colors-as-you-play-music-0139583/" rel="nofollow">http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/.../diy-illuminated.../</a><br />
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| Mechanical Keyboard Switches Guide 1 - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/mechanical-keyboard-guide/" rel="nofollow">http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/mechanical-keyboard-guide/</a><br />
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| Mechanical Keyboard Switches Guide 2 - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX" rel="nofollow">http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX</a><br />
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| <br />
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| Programming:<br />
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| Lemur Canvas Object lets you script custom widgets with full multitouch support - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fliine.net%2Fen%2Fproducts%2Flemur%2F&amp;h=XAQEI_3LU" rel="nofollow">https://liine.net/en/products/lemur/</a><br />
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| <br />
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| Hardware:<br />
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| Livid DIY platform for MIDI control surfaces - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://lividinstruments.com/products/builder/" rel="nofollow">http://lividinstruments.com/products/builder/</a><br />
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| Madrona Labs DIY - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://madronalabs.com/DIY" rel="nofollow">http://madronalabs.com/DIY</a><br />
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| Midi boutique makes parts for Hπ Instruments - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.midiboutique.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.midiboutique.com</a><br />
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| DIY Keyboard Wiki - <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://diykeyboard.wikidot.com" rel="nofollow">http://diykeyboard.wikidot.com</a><br />
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| <br />
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| Other MIDI controllers:<br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm" rel="nofollow">http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm</a><br />
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| <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.newkeyboard.de/" rel="nofollow">New Keyboard (Johannes Kotschy)</a><br />
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