Split-keyboard midi controller
First Claim
1. In a keyboard controller of the type comprising a set of keys which corresponds with a common piano and a means for translating pressure on said keys into meaningful control data, the improvement wherein said keyboard controller has means to pivot acutely in the center such that the playing surfaces that comprise the left and right halves of said keyboard controller may adjust from continuously linear to acutely parallel, away from an operator, forming a variable split-keyboard controller.
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Abstract
An electronic music keyboard that folds in the middle bottom-to-bottom, and pivots in the middle, back-to-back. When fully open along both planes, the keyboard looks and performs in a conventional manner. When partially pivoted, the keyboard may be supported by an ergonomic belt, or standard means and played hanging from the body of the operator forming an adjustable, inverted "V" shape on a vertical axis. When fully pivoted, the keyboard may be worn over the chest of the operator and played much like a double-keyboard accordian. The ends form a carrying handle and the keyboard folds neatly into a carry bag. This device may also be fabricated from appropriate materials to act as a support for prior art small MIDI keyboards.
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- 1. In a keyboard controller of the type comprising a set of keys which corresponds with a common piano and a means for translating pressure on said keys into meaningful control data, the improvement wherein said keyboard controller has means to pivot acutely in the center such that the playing surfaces that comprise the left and right halves of said keyboard controller may adjust from continuously linear to acutely parallel, away from an operator, forming a variable split-keyboard controller.
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