Keith Handy wrote in us know that he’s made some more mods to his awesomely odd device that is designed to make the Korg Monotron easier to play.
The device features a ‘Giant Pitch Bar’ that allows for more much more accurate control of the pitch ribbon.
Handy has added a new filter cutoff slider to the device. A rubber band pulls it back to “closed” position, similar to the way the key of a keyboard springs back up when the finger is lifted. This makes it possible to articulate notes with the thumb of the same hand that controls pitch, freeing up the other hand to control any other parameter.
I love this hack – so bizarre, but it’s also cool how nicely it seems to work.
technology is getting out of hand!!!!! Thumbs up
This shows ingenuity, but why not just replace the stock FSR ribbon with a longer one from Sparkfun?
It’s literally a part for part replacement.
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/8681
You could then add a FSR underneath for pressure based filter cutoff or anything else:
http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9674