llllllllllllllllllll wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 9:01 am ideas for cheap nonstandard synth controllers? Trying for ondes / theremin / or even lap steel sort of sounds between the piano keys. I think similar sounds can be created with glide settings, but I wanted to try something without using a keyboard that can be physically played.

Here are the inputs on my synth:

I’ve found some ribbon controllers but not really sure where to go with it - some of them look like they require complicated eurorack setups I don’t care to get into.

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:06 am Maybe get some inspiration from the master blaster himself https://authorandpunisher.com/

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:35 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:06 am Maybe get some inspiration from the master blaster himself https://authorandpunisher.com/

LOL. "Well.....i DO have a 200lb steel ingot just sitting around doing nothing..."

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:36 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:35 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:06 am Maybe get some inspiration from the master blaster himself https://authorandpunisher.com/

LOL. "Well.....i DO have a 200lb steel ingot just sitting around doing nothing..."

We have a mutual friend so I've punished him a few times with questions. That's kind of how it evolved, I forget where the ingot came from. Mechanical engineer day job so there's that. Very cool guy

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 8:26 am

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 4:36 pm

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:35 am

LOL. "Well.....i DO have a 200lb steel ingot just sitting around doing nothing..."

We have a mutual friend so I've punished him a few times with questions. That's kind of how it evolved, I forget where the ingot came from. Mechanical engineer day job so there's that. Very cool guy

Same on the mutual friend, though ive never talked to the guy. And I also am a mechanical engineer with an engineering day job.