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The
right hand sensors--clearly not derived from the violin--are perhaps most
like the holes on a Baroque flute, which have a range of "coveredness,"
from open to fully covered, that allow for subtle pitch manipulations. In
addition, since the Fangerbored is free from a large resonating body, it
has a biaxial accelerometer, creating two further expressive dimensions.
The resulting instrument has seven data points: left-hand position (1),
right hand finger pressure (4), and position/motion (2). Like the
R-Bow, these sensors are wired to a microcontroller which converts the
data into MIDI continuous control messages (except for the left-hand position
sensor, which is converted to 14-bit pitchbend data). |
