I’ve been searching for past couple of hours for the hardware to make a ribbon controller a’la this:

http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/46
or

http://www.eowave.com/products.php?prod=20

…if I could only find a supplier of the ribbon!! (it needs to be flexible — I’ve found several suppliers of pc-board style linear capacitive sensors).

Does anyone have any idea where I can get this part?

MAny thanks, and happy holidays!

Mike Lowenstern

http://itp.nyu.edu/physcomp/sensors/Reports/Flex

2007/12/23, lowenstern :
>
>
> Hi
>
> I’ve been searching for past couple of hours for the hardware to make a
> ribbon controller a’la this:
>
> http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/46
> or
> http://www.eowave.com/products.php?prod=20
>
> …if I could only find a supplier of the ribbon!! (it needs to be
> flexible — I’ve found several suppliers of pc-board style linear capacitive
> sensors).
>
> Does anyone have any idea where I can get this part?
>
> MAny thanks, and happy holidays!
>
> Mike Lowenstern
>

< http://okno.be/phys_comp_tutorial/ribbon4/ribbon4.htm>

>
> Hi
>
> I’ve been searching for past couple of hours for the hardware to make a ribbon
> controller a’la this:
>
> http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/46
> or
> http://www.eowave.com/products.php?prod=20
>
> …if I could only find a supplier of the ribbon!! (it needs to be flexible –
> I’ve found several suppliers of pc-board style linear capacitive sensors).
>
> Does anyone have any idea where I can get this part?
>
> MAny thanks, and happy holidays!
>
> Mike Lowenstern
>

I’m looking for something like an old ribbon controller on, say, a Moog (or a Trinity/Triton, for that matter).

The tape idea I’ve read up on, and it doesn’t sound hearty enough for my application.

I *know* there have to be parts out there, because if eobody and iCubeX use them, they’re there to purchase.

Thanks for the quick replies — hopefully more will come in??

Best
Mike

http://www.doepfer.de/zubeh_e.htm

pe

Thanks for the lead. I’ll try to get hold of that company (it’s in germany, right?)

M

I have some quite cool ribbon parts for an old project at my studio, but cannot remember the manufacturer name right now. I’ll check soon.

Anyway, now I have a few ideas. Thanks everyone who wrote in.

Mike

http://www.paia.com/ProdArticles/dual-ribbon-howto.htm

Sadly, the author died before finishing the project, and Paia say they have
no plans to make a kit available, so if there’s anyone out there who could
put some values on the schematic, I’m dumb enough to need to know what
/type/ of transistors, IC’s etc., but should be OK from there,
Cheers
Roger

On 23/12/07 23:20, “lowenstern” wrote:

>
> True — didn’t realize the icube one is shorter. I wonder how much the
> difference in shipping would be — or if there’s an american distributor for
> their parts (I know there are distributors for their prebuilt stuff).
>
> Anyway, now I have a few ideas. Thanks everyone who wrote in.
>
> Mike

http://www.interlinkelectronics.com/force_sensors/products/forcesensingresistors/standardsensors.html?&specs=1

cheers
-eva

lowenstern wrote:
> Hi
>
> I’ve been searching for past couple of hours for the hardware to make a ribbon controller a’la this:
>
> http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/46
> or
> http://www.eowave.com/products.php?prod=20
>
> …if I could only find a supplier of the ribbon!! (it needs to be flexible — I’ve found several suppliers of pc-board style linear capacitive sensors).
>
> Does anyone have any idea where I can get this part?
>
> MAny thanks, and happy holidays!
>
> Mike Lowenstern
>
>

Thanks; this is an FSR, but it doesn’t track linear movement on its surface I don’t believe. Correct me if I’m wrong!!

M

lowenstern wrote:
> Eva
>
> Thanks; this is an FSR, but it doesn’t track linear movement on its surface I don’t believe. Correct me if I’m wrong!!
>
> M
>
>

The circuit adds other features such as getting 2 voltages from a single ribbon, plus a gate and sample & hold. But the sensor itself is very simple and can still be used without the circuit.

On 24/12/07 21:52, “Dave Jones” wrote:

>
> If you go back and look at the Paia article, you don’t need the circuit board.
> That adds extra features, but the core ribbon sensor only requires a strip of
> conductive plastic, a guitar string, and a power supply.
>
> The circuit adds other features such as getting 2 voltages from a single
> ribbon, plus a gate and sample & hold. But the sensor itself is very simple
> and can still be used without the circuit.

Mike

-eva

mHatsys wrote:
> Check out:
> http://www.spectrasymbol.com/
> i think this might b what your looking for. I sent in a request for some samples, but never got them? Im gonna just buy a few soon grab an arduino board or the make board and see what happens…
> Good luck!
>
> Mike
>
>

http://www.megatron.fr/composants/position/sensofoil/sensofoil_e.php
http://www.tastatur.de/index.php?id=13
http://www.regal.se/html-engelsk/externa-givare.html

http://www.megauto.de/html/sensolin-sensofoil.html

mHatsys wrote:
> Check out:
> http://www.spectrasymbol.com/
> i think this might b what your looking for. I sent in a request for some samples, but never got them? Im gonna just buy a few soon grab an arduino board or the make board and see what happens…
> Good luck!
>
> Mike
>
>

The Arduino is great, however, if you want to get something working with Flash — I made a great remote control for use with some flash experiments last year.

Mike

Linear pots (aka faders) always bothered me for music – you have to move something clunky around, and you can’t jump around like on a ribbon. Motorized faders are pretty cool (though quite a different approach). Last time I used ‘em, they were quite expensive, so I went to Armen’s in manhattan and ripped all the faders out of a broken yamaha promix-01. Only 60mm, but cheap ($20 for ~18?) Oh – also – relatively challenging to program.

PS I also love the arduino – it provides the same “oh my god, is that *really* working already” joy and ecstasy that you get from max/msp, processing, python, etc. In fact, I was talking to some non-music non-techy friends about theremins the other day, and ended up hacking one together in about 15 minutes with an arduino and a photocell. And I hadn’t touched an arduino in ~1.5 years! <3

xxisjtar
On Dec 23, 2007, at 7:38 PM, Martin Slawig wrote:

> Never tried it. Perhaps it’s what you are looking for:
>
> < http://okno.be/phys_comp_tutorial/ribbon4/ribbon4.htm>
>
> Martin
>
> Am 23.12.2007 18:35 Uhr schrieb “lowenstern” unter
> :
>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I’ve been searching for past couple of hours for the hardware to
>> make a ribbon
>> controller a’la this:
>>
>> http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/46
>> or
>> http://www.eowave.com/products.php?prod=20
>>
>> …if I could only find a supplier of the ribbon!! (it needs to be
>> flexible –
>> I’ve found several suppliers of pc-board style linear capacitive
>> sensors).
>>
>> Does anyone have any idea where I can get this part?
>>
>> MAny thanks, and happy holidays!
>>
>> Mike Lowenstern
>>
>
>