Andrew "Ace" ArsenaultI've been working on a prototype for an instrument that fits an entire keyboard in a compact space.
This is tuned in 4ths like a bass guitar, if only it had 12 strings and a really wide neck.
nick@AceArsenault perhaps worth looking at concertina and accordion keyboard layouts too?
Rich Holmes@nickzoic @AceArsenault I'm in the thinking and drawing stages of something fairly similar. Probably a Jankó layout as described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jank%C3%B3_keyboard but also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_keyboard for others. Not so compact because of its redundancy, but allows easy transposition and can be used for microtonality.
@doctroid @nickzoic That's awesome!
I've seen the Janko layout before. Seems like a cool idea.
Once you get into microtonals, you pretty much have to ditch the old standard 12tone keyboard layout all together.
I wish I had a layout that could play a Septimal harmonic 7th. I play it on brass and flutes all the time, but have no way of playing it on keyboard.
@AceArsenault @doctroid That Janko layout does look interesting, I hadn't seen it before!
I was messing with the idea of a parametric 3d printable single weighted key that could be printed in whatever shape and color you wanted and locked onto a piece extrusion so you could build up a keyboard specialized for whatever tuning system you like.
I was messing with the idea of a parametric 3d printable single weighted key that could be printed in whatever shape and color you wanted and locked onto a piece extrusion so you could build up a keyboard specialized for whatever tuning system you like.