MIDI Controllers

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Body Synth - - Uses muscle movements to trigger MIDI events. It can be attached to any set of muscles.

Buchla and Associates - - Makers of the Lightning II and Marimba Lumina controllers.

Buchla Lightning II - - Specialized MIDI controller that senses the position and movement of handheld wands and transforms this information to MIDI signals.

Chordboard - - CX10 Keyboard Controller sends out preprogrammed chords similar to "one touch" chords on a Casio Ton.

Controller Zone - - The controller page at Synth Zon.

Digital Dance System - - Sensor system designed by DIEM (Danish Institute of Electroacoustic Music.

Gulbransen, Inc. - - Makes products which add MIDI capabilities to acoustic pianos.

IBK - - Knob-based MIDI controllers for hard or software synthesizer.

Infusion Systems - - Makers of the I-CubeX MIDI sensor control interfac.

Kenton Electronics - - UK specialists in MIDI to Control Voltage conversion and MIDI control.

Marimba Lumina - - Electronic MIDI controller. Includes a traditionally arrayed set of electronic bars and some (not so traditional) trigger pads and strips (reminiscent of early ribbon controllers).

MIDI Solutions Inc. - - Manufacturer of MIDI processing products.

Optimusic Light to MIDI controller - - Creates note on and off messages depending on where light beams are broke.

Rubicon Systems - - Makers of hardware and software to turn a Palm Pilot into a MIDI controlle.

The Soundbeam Project - - A device which senses movements by people standing nearby and converts them into MID.

STEIM products: Sensorlab - - Small, general purpose, analog to MIDI interface for the prototyping of musical instruments and interactive control systems.

Tactex Controls Inc. - - Makers of multi-touch, pressure sensitive input device.

Toward an Understanding of Musical Gesture: Mapping Expressive Intention with the Digital Baton - - Thesis by Teresa Marrin looking at gestural devices as controllers for electronic sound creation.

Wave Idea - - Makers of the Bitstream Pro universal MIDI controller and providers of schematics and kits.