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Re: Terpstra MIDI Keyboard – Needs More Keys

Joh Drinda — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:10:10 -0000

What's the layout? Is it a W/H or C/B-system?? I wouldn't trust just any layout.

Re: Terpstra MIDI Keyboard – Needs More Keys

solak — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:51:26 -0000

oops, sorry for the mis-reference. I pasted from another discussion and clicked Submit too soon.

Re: Terpstra MIDI Keyboard – Needs More Keys

solak — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:49:48 -0000

For computer users, I agree with #2 flareback, but what musical instruments have you looked at lately? There's no "c#" label on a saxophone or violin. Except for pencil marks for first-year students, I've never seen labels on a piano keyboard.
The black and white pattern is sufficient to locate the octaves and notes within octaves. This keyboard also has a pattern, albeit a different one, so in principle it could be a very powerful musical interface. In fact, have you ever seen an accordion? The left hand of a piano accordion, and both hands of a conventional accordion, have a hexagonal arrangement of buttons, with the only label being a different shape of the end of one or a few of the buttons.
Now, whether it will actually catch on depends on many factors, some random, others that I am not qualified to evaluate.

Re: Terpstra MIDI Keyboard – Needs More Keys

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:41:29 -0000

Kate: I didn't know you could play the piano.
ALF: Well, I was winging it, its tough to play without the red keys.

Re: Terpstra MIDI Keyboard – Needs More Keys

Marcelo — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:14:09 -0000

Fantastic!! But must be very difficult to play it!

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