Is there any Keyboards with 3 or 4 axis controllers?

[jemsoo7]

Hi! I find that most keyboard with a joystick has X-Y movement only. 2 more dimensions exist however which i can't find in use. Turning the joystick handle like a knob (i find this joystick on ebay) and pressing the joystick (with a pressure sensor at its base).

Anybody have used such a controller (custom built if not available)? with links if possible!

[midiboutique.com offers a B4 MIDI input board with 48 CC and 3x64notes keyboard + 64 switches in one unit. Together with a 3-axis controller and a pressure switch... It will need some electronics to adapt it. It helps for orchestral mockups recording.

Thanks for any info! Kindly.
Jean-Paul Ruche.

 

[happyrat1]

You might want to look at Roland's D-Beam Technology...

Gary

 

[jemsoo7]

Thanks for the reply,
Yes indeed! I have been a huge fan of Roland Keyboard since my childhood (seeing my Elders play at church!). Sad they don't produce flagship keyboard anymore!

I live in a small island. There are very few music (keyboard) store with limited products (you need to order first). I would have loved to try all those technologies.

From what i read when em2000 was released years back that D-Beam was a patented technology proprietary to Roland. However, i saw later some infra-red controllers like in "icon i-creativ" external controller and in DJ-jogvision. No one quite use these now... (i couldn't find many demos on youtube using i-creativ)

I contacted Hot-Hand Midi controller a few years back asking if they could add a true 3rd-axis (actually virtual) but they told me its not in the plan. The best alternative so far (for orchestral recording or multi-parameter live control) i is TEControl Breath Controller 4-way "Breathing, biting" are fine but "swivel head left-right and Nod front-back" all long a song might be tiresome". There is another new one i saw lastly. Have not read the detailed documentation on it. Its called Touché controller from expressivee.com. They have a surface 'ribbon-like' control and x axis and z (y?).

https://www.expressivee.com/1-touche

USB MIDI Breath Controller

Configurable MIDI Breath Controller with USB interface for use with computer based soft-synthesizers, VST sample libraries and DAW software and keyboards with USB-host.

www.tecontrol.se

Hot Hand USB

The Hot Hand USB's motion-sensing accelerometer enables simple control over previously complicated processes and opens up a new frontier of possibilities for audio and light production.

www.sourceaudio.net

 

[delaware dave]

The M-Audio Code series of keyboards has the programmable x-y controller that allows you to draw with your finger like a figure 8, or draw circles, whatever you want. Kinda cool. Check it out.

M-Audio Code 61 USB MiDI with XY Pad: includes Ableton Live9 | eBay

M-Audio Code 61 USB MiDI with XY Pad: includes Ableton Live9. Shipped with USPS Parcel Select Ground.

www.ebay.com