Invisible wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
> 
>> How hard would it be to get a couple of pressure sensors, and wire 
>> them up to a MIDI plug so you could have your own?
> 
> Harder than you'd think.
> 
> A peddleboard needs to not break when an 80 Kg person stamps on it. This 
> is non-trivial.

Not necessarily.  If, as you stated, all you need to do is close a 
circuit... well, you can do that quite easily.

> Where the hell do you buy pressure sensors?

Take apart any electronic scale, if you must.  Other than that, I'm sure 
Radioshack has them (though I don't know about the tolerances of their 
models).

> You realise that MIDI is a serial communications protocol, right? It's 
> not like you just connect each sensor to a different pin on the plug; 
> you need some fairly elaborate electronics in there.

Good point; maybe just wire it up to a parallel port, then, and generate 
the MIDI signal via software.

Or, put something together with that breadboard you've been playing with ;)


>> Then you could go to the pub and tell some random girl, "Hey, baby, 
>> you ever dated a guy who wired his own base?" :)
> 
> *facepalm*

What, girls like a guy who can get things done! :)

...Chambers

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