[LAD] "Open midi-keyboard"

[Fons Adriaensen]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 05:07:26PM +0200, Albin Stigo wrote:

> I'm new to the list so I hope this is not the wrong forum!
> 
> I've been working on a midi keyboard ("physical" hardware 88-keys
> "professional" = no toy) for a while for which I plan to release the
> schematics and source as open source.
> 
> It's based around a Fatar keybed (they make Studiologic) and an Atmel
> AVR mcu. The code is all in C and is very portable.
> 
> Current features are:
> - Velocity sensitivity.
> - Pedal support.
> - Custom velocity curves.
> - Only normal MIDI serial "current" link. No USB, yet...
> 
> My questions are, Is there an interest in this sort of thing..? What
> features would you like to see, what are you missing from
> off-the-shelf products?

I'd be much interested *iff* it would also generate
velocity for key release. This is provided in the MIDI
format but very few keyboars implement it.

Ciao,

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FA

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