Ribbon controller DIY (VHS...)

[eric]

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Building a Ribbon Controller

Hi guys, I’ve been working on a personal design project for my Bachelor Degree; the drum machine that I’m designing is a hybrid between hardware and software and I’d like to have ribbon bars as sample playback triggers and as pitch controls. I would read the output of each ribbon bar with an Arduino and process the rest in Max/Msp. The ribbon bar looks like this: [IMG_20210205_192904] 1 = input signal 2 = ground pin 3 = output To build the ribbon bar I carefully followed this tutorial, …

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Make a Ribbon Controller

But that velostat isn’t cheap (well, you’ll get enough to make many ribbon ctrls… but for a single one you may as well get a soft-pot, at least you’ll be sure it works…)
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Velostat-Carbostat-Tapis-Tactile-Sensible-Detecteur-Position-Capteur-Pression-Ro/393213850586