Expressive E has officially introduced the Touché – a new controller that lets you add expressive control to your existing setup.
The Touché has 4 expression controls, with mechanical force feedback & sensibility adjusting.
Connectivity options include:
- 4 CV/Gate Output (3.5mm) with -10V / +10V maximum range
- 1 MIDI input & 1 MIDI output (3.5mm jack with MIDI adapter)
- 1 Type B USB port
Pricing And Availability are to be announced.
I was expecting the guy in the red shirt to get killed during this – touche.
That was so very good, what you said!
😐
I won’t buy this
Let’s see. Four expression controls:
1. X:Y touch on the surface
2. X:Y moving the entire surface forward to backward, side to side
3. Pressure-sensing (pressing it down toward the table)
4. ?? tilt?
on off in general? or the knob. just guesses.
I states 4 expressive controls, and has 4 CV outs. So I figure:
1. X touch
2. Y touch
3. Z Pressure
4. W Sideways
this product intrigues me. I use a grid so I’ve been on the look out for a self-contained Pitch and Mod Wheel controller, surprisingly nobody makes one – you can build one from $100 of Doepfer parts, but not really my station at the moment, maybe a good Kickstarter project for someone.
This ticks the boxes for me, but may be overkill for what I need – but at the right price I could really get into this thing.
EDIT: Just watched video again and only seems to have one axis of touch, up and down, and not left and right – it wiggles left and right as we have stated, but not touch. So I don’t know, Maybe is wiggles up and down also – or the knob, but that isn’t expressive control – so not too sure. Could be like the Rise and counting Strike and Lift as expression controls.
The red shirt lives, all is clear here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3SH_RyxkNg
The top and bottom of the pad has two distinct pressure points, and left and right movement are the other two.
But he says, less then $500 – which means I’m out, and stuck building my own Pitch/mod wheel system.
So… and for this we swallowed those teasers?
Looks like a footpedal on the table. Or like playing with the fingers on a shoe-sole.
But maybe its only the first impression. Who knows.
But, what I have to add, one year later, after NAMM 17 and after viewing the latest videos and improvements, I must say – not bad at all… I really like it how it turned out.
So… taking all back 😉
looks like a shoe polisher, or somthing a cobbler would have in their shop in general.
interesting tho. wonder how many of those synths it will cost more than.
cool, but awful for my carpal tunnel syndrome
Is there some significance with the shirt choice? I do like the red kendama on the table.
Definitely intriguing, but, as with all things, I think price will pay quite a huge factor in the success of this. Honestly, I don’t expect a price that I would feel willing to pay for it, but I do enjoy the idea and design.
The price seems ok, imo. Expensive, but you’re supposed to use it all day long, with all instruments. And look very well built, not a toy.
Or you can get yourself decent flying joystick with 3 axes and trottle knob. It terms of expression of the output it’ll be pretty much the same, but no CV or MIDI, of course.
That demo”?” looked fake to me.
This look like a modern Ondes Martenot “touche d’intensité”. Why not.
Not seeing the point of this. Not very visually compelling either.
Yeah this makes a lot more sense to me texturally then the pitch bend mod wheels. I used to love joysticks, but usually you were stuck with pitch bend being on of the parameters which wasn’t so useful for me.
this would be amazing for around $199. too bad it’ll prob be over double that.