by Alycs » 09 Aug 2013 20:02
Actually, I was experimenting on my piano a little today to see how this would work, and looked around on the site for how everything was layed out; and I mostly retract my earlier comment. I found that its still fairly easy to still get a good sound with a little practice and quickly move my fingers up and down the key - so that parts okay.
One the other hand - I did not like the part that tells the difference between playing with your finger tips and the pads. Trying to switch between the two quickly in the 128 to 175 range was really difficult while trying to maintain tone quality and tempo. The sound difference between the two and the way that they require you to play the note is too large to be comfortable.
Other than that, it looks very cool.
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Actually, I just thought of a different use. I don't think you actually need a keyboard for it, so laying them out on, say, a desk, and you could use it as the equivalent of a second keyboard or secondary mixing pad. If you did that, you wouldn't have to worry about tone quality while playing, and it would still be kick-ass.