Oct 17 2007Keyboard Has Lots Of Buttons, I Like Buttons
The Terpstra MIDI keyboard has 280 keys, which is a lot. You can set each key to whatever the hell you want, and all are velocity sensitive. The keys can be removed and swapped as well, in case the factory default pattern just doesn't do it for you. The unit has jacks for a foot switch, volume pedal, and MIDI in/out. I couldn't find a price, but it's probably expensive. I need one though because I'm a musical prodigy. My specialty is the Jaws theme. I've almost got that one down pat.
Terpstra MIDI Keyboard - Needs More Keys [ohgizmo]
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Reader Comments
1. FIRST - October 17, 2007 10:34 AM
FIRST
2. flareback - October 17, 2007 10:59 AM
now was c# key 152, 153, 160? ah screw it.
3. clark - October 17, 2007 3:19 PM
da nuh. da nuh. da nuh da nuh man i forgot the rest.
4. robbyrob - October 17, 2007 3:29 PM
this looks pretty crazy! but then again so are the newer keyboard models!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2284071
5. 5th Faggots - October 17, 2007 3:41 PM
fifth faggots
6. Eddy - October 18, 2007 7:53 AM
reminds me of a star gate atlantis control panel :/
7. solak - October 18, 2007 9:00 PM
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.
8. mimang - October 18, 2007 10:48 PM
great, now i can pretend i'm in star trek.