John...a new Polyphonic Aftertouch Keybed is manufactured

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by John Bowen » Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:30 am

Both of these solutions are proprietary, and not available to other companies for license.

john b.

by marzzz » Wed Jan 28, 2009 10:52 pm

At NAMM, both Infinite Response (VAX77) and Rhodes Piano (MK 7 AM) demonstrated keyboards with polyphonic aftertouch. I wonder if there were any way possible to get one of those Poly AT sensing mechanisms into the Solaris, even as a custom option?

In the meantime I was completely thrilled to see Poly AT as a modulation source, even if it was external!

by marzzz » Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:32 pm

Excellent- see you at NAMM!

by John Bowen » Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:06 am

Yes.

-john b.

by marzzz » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:49 pm

Infinite Response is planning on displaying their new VAX77 MIDI controller at NAMM, in fact they will be just slightly down the row from the Solaris at E1105. Mr. Bowen, you demoed the Solaris to me last year when you were stuck upstairs....unfortunately it was still in early development and many features were not yet implemented, so I am looking forward to checking out the finished product. One question- I know that implementing a PolyAftertouch keybed would be prohibitively expensive, but will the Solaris respond to PolyAT messages via MIDI?

by stardust » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:59 am

their site says they have delays until may 08 due to the new LCD display.

by mitchk1989 » Mon Oct 08, 2007 9:18 am

holy crap. too bad the folding in half is a useless gimmick that would add to the price.

by John Bowen » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:20 am

This appears to be a custom manufacturing job, which means it's going to be an expensive piece, were they to offer the mechanics of the keybed and processing as an OEM option. It also says they will offer 6 different keyweights, so the customer must choose which he wants (apparently by making a visit to their Austin, Texas factory location).

It looks like a well-thought out product, but I doubt the practicality of it as a source of polyphonic aftertouch keybeds for other companies. Maybe after they've been in business a while....

cheers,
john b.

John...a new Polyphonic Aftertouch Keybed is manufactured

by slammah2012 » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:52 pm

New Keyboard manufactured with polyphonic aftertouch

VAX 77

http://www.infiniteresponse.com/complete%20specs.html

it folds in half....
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