Strange keyboards

Yes, I was thinking about these unusual keyboards.

Today we have sequencers and sequencing software, and computers, although I
am told by a
friend who plays guitar, that the actual acoustic/physics of his instrument
limits and effects his
playing, and actually accentuates his playing/style or (for want of a better
word) "flavor".

A guitarists playing sounds like HIS individual playing, even if he is using
a different guitar than
what he normally plays on.

So, assumedly, these alternative keyboards would have effects upon the style
of the player by their
very nature, spatial/positioning characteristics, resistive qualities of the
keys, even temperature
ect....

It would be interesting to have a keyboard in which REALLY advanced
programming of key
press, hold, release characteristics could be programmed, such as:

Timbre,
pitch, loudness
(ASDHR) |
|
| /Time
| /
| /
| /
| /
|/
--------------------------------------------------------->
Key Range of
motion (degrees?)
| Key down | Key hold | Key up |
| | | |
| | | |
Key touch Bottom of range Key release

To a certain extent we could do this with digital computers and keys, and
program in all sorts of
acceleration, deceleration and velocity nuances.

However, the acoustical grand piano is inherently an analogue entity, so
perhaps we'll never quite
emulate it, even with the most advanced physical modeling.

The E-Mu morpheus has conditional split parameters for ASDHR.......

Sarn.