New Moog Keyboard

This keyboard design is probably a 7-5
configuratiuon but maybe not.
In any case it will allow new possibilities.

check it out:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/122700/moog.sml

Vas

Very interesting! I always wondered why he went back to theremins and guitar
effects after synthesizers. $2000 for a synthesizer, including a keyboard?
That's not bad ... I've paid that much for a computer, once you add in all
the software and everything. Is anybody on this list going to the trade
show? Hmmm ... the article said he was looking for some more research types.
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> This keyboard design is probably a 7-5
> configuratiuon but maybe not.
> In any case it will allow new possibilities.

Edward and All,

My suspision is that it is a midi
keyboard controller only. (it
does not have a build in synthesizer)

It is aimed I believe after the keyboardist
that is looking for a more expressive
keyboard.

However there may be a may to use this
for microtuning.

Vas

Hello
From what I heard so far , the new Moog synth will be a MIDI Minimoog with some extra feautures. I don't think it will have any microtonal capabilities.
The good thing is that it will have a touch pressure and movement sensitive plate , so I hope it will be a very expressive keyboard unlike most.

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Hello Alexandros and All,

Those touch pressure and movement sensitive
plates and possibly a location grid on
each key may provide additional keys for
microtuning. The keyboard editing program may allow
one to specify what key or other function is
applicable by touching a certain are of the plate.

In any case it will be a very expressive instrument.

I suppose the plates are mounted on top of a
conventional Key. Only the white Keys?
The other posibily is that they are mounetd on
a flat surface as was an old experimental model
I saw n Chicago music trade show by I beleive
Roland or Sony about ten years ago.

Vas
from Kalamata, Greece
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