RTurner Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hey, have you checked out the pads at www.sparkfun.com???Some months back I put together an autodesk inventor file for the sparkfun monome-esque pads and posted it here somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nym Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 modnar that composition looks REALLY good, but according to frontpanel it'd cost me close to 150...i'd be willing to make that kind of money appear but it might take a while.i will get you measurements, got to run and get myself a measuring tape that doesn't measure in ass backwards notationcheckin out sparkfun right now. i remember seeing a monome video and waking up with foamed saliva around my mouth, with one leg twisted underneath my body. goddamn pleasure seizures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nym Posted January 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 measurements (tell me if more are needed)1 pad (the visible surface, not the factory lip: 22 mm tall by 30 wide.individual sensor (copper active area): 13 by 13 mmsensor bank: 150 mm by 118 mmindividual sensor rectangle: 37 mm wide, 29.5 mm tall.space between sensor board and faceplate: just over 2 mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr modnaR Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 sorry to take so long to get back to you, been really busy lately.i think it would be easier if i had one in front of me. i'll keep an eye out for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nym Posted January 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 i've made significant ground on my own front as well.soon to be trying 2 new products which might make things easieri actually got in touch with Frank Eventoff, guy who invented the Interlink FSR and coordinated their use w/ roger linn in the original mpcs. very nice guy, i actually called him at home and got his wife, who was kind enough to give my cell number to him. we had a pleasant chat, dude knows his stuff. i'd love to work for him someday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr modnaR Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 "new products", as in velostat replacing type product? or rtv silicone replacing?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBunsen Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 i actually got in touch with Frank Eventoff, guy who invented the Interlink FSR and coordinated their use w/ roger linn in the original mpcs.Wow. When in doubt go to the source! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nym Posted January 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 new product as in velostat replacing AND mold building for the rubber!!! i've figured out how to do this soooo much more simplyfound these resistive sensors w/ long life (as long as fsrs) which function the exact same way using this shtuff from japan called inastomer. and get this - remember how much trouble i was having with the mold? these things solve all my problems by BEING ROUNDED THEMSELVES. they actually come with a rounded rubber padlike trigger overtop of the inastomer/active area. so now i'll be putting another layer of rubber (the pad) overtop the domed rubber (the sensor) overtop the metal frame. i'll just be removing the original akai sensors altogether for the "delux" packagethe akai active area made for all kinds of performance problems and longterm durability issues. this new scheme takes a lot of the load off the damn mold making too, now the mold is much easier to make. my dad's got a workshop, i'm 100% capable of building a mold myself in his basement with the materials he has there. i can even get fancy and do lettering/custom images for people...including graphics or wordsthink about it - pads with hieroglyphics on em...an eyeball, a marijuana leaf, anything all these hip hop thugnerds love.daaaamn, folks - especially modnarso excited about this i'm nearly incontinentas for mr eventoff, it may be that i didn't need to make the contact, but i would love to talk to him anyway to share what i've done and to offer my thanks for his contribution to the world of electronic instruments. i'll definitely post what he has to say.peace guysnym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr modnaR Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 sounds cool, post some pics when your done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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