#22

Thanks, the prototype is in fact fully functional. It is basically an Adafruit NeoTrellis and a Teensy LC for the touch detection. The PCB layer (which contains the touch areas) still needs some rework, but otherwise it is ready to go.

The interesting thing is that it makes use of the space in between the grid cells which otherwise is mainly unused. A common them I found during my research is that many users want to protect the generic nature of a pure grid interface and therefore are hesitant when it comes to additional IO such as screens but also encoders and so on. Still if you look through grid applications. many make use of external controllers to e.g. enable navigation/scrolling the grid content.

touch interaction can enable both in my opinion: keeping the grid generic and having additional control to free grid-estate.

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#23

Dear lines forum community,

my name is Maximilian Rauh and I am currently completing my Master’s degree in Human-Computer-Interaction at LMU Munich.
For my master thesis I am researching grid controllers and their user interface to elaborate possible improvements for the user.
I would be very pleased if you would participate in the survey and share your expertise:

If there are any further questions or comments about this survey, I would be happy to discuss them with you.

Thank you very much and best regards.

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#24

I don’t know if it’s significant for your research or not, but the monome grid you are showing in your photos is not a MIDI controller. It uses the serialosc protocol described here:

I suspect you would get very different answers to your questions if they were directed at MIDI grid users (such as Novation Launchpad).

The consequences for workflow and integration with other devices are pretty significant.

#25

Thanks for your comment.

In the case of this survey, it is not relevant if it is a MIDI or OSC controller.
Furthermore, I am interested in the answers of both, users of monome grids and “conventional” midi grid controller.

But yes, in the context of the monome grid, the term “MIDI” is not chosen correctly

#26

Happy new year to the community,
after this survey was published in the pre-Christmas period, many probably had little time to deal with it. Therefore, I would like to ask you again if you have time to share your knowledge since you are the experts in the field. You would support me a lot in this. Thank you very much in advance

#27

The Technos Axcel might be another early grid instrument to consider. It had a tactile illuminated grid with various functions, although it was primarily used to represent more of a vector than a raster, if that makes sense. That’s from 1987, so a year before the MPC60 but after the Linn 9000.

#28

A fourth category would be Linnstrument/Geoshred-style controllers with MPE and pitch bend capability.