Madrona Labs launches computer music controller with touch-sensitive walnut playing surface
The playing surface of the Soundplane Model A features a custom-made articulated sheet of walnut veneer bonded to a fiber backing that can be configured as a 150 note keyboard - with position and pressure-sensing on each key - or as one continuous surface
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Even though touch-sensitive digital music interfaces like Roger Linn's LinnStrument offer users access to whole new worlds of sonic expression, there's still something very appealing about the feel of real wood beneath the fingers. The Soundplane Model A throws cold plastic playing surfaces out the window and presents players with 150 walnut keys incorporating patent-pending continuous capacitive sensing technology, for a computer music controller with the feel of an acoustic instrument.
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