Something to replace a touch and hold, like the Reactable thingys...?

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@catherder said:

@Tentype said:

@catherder said:

@Tentype said:

@Pxlhg said:

@Tentype said:
Another option is Beatsurfing 2.

It has a built in 4 track looper that basically records your finger movement and plays it back on a beatsynced loop. It has built in synths but can also be used as an auv3 or standalone midi controller for other synths. The touch tools in it are geared towards drums and rhythm mainly, but you can get creative with it.

I might be wrong, but it feels pretty underrated as far as innovative touch interfaces go.

So far, from all the things I've read here it seems like the closest fit.

Yeah it's a pretty cool app but leans toward modern music and thus are not ideal for long sweeping drones, at least I don't think so. There are plenty of options to get notes playing and midi flowing but that's not really what I was ... dreaming about (TC-11 doesn't take midi from other apps or hardware) .

Appreciate the input but it's not going to be an app to app or just app solution (if there's ever going to be a solution😅).

Gotcha, here's a pretty easy (IMO) and comparatively cheap DIY idea for you unless you're committed to poking potential developers:

• Buy a pack of cheap short capacitive touch pens like this: https://a.co/d/917h7PV

• Once you have them head to the hardware store and find a decent size metal washer with a similar inner hole diameter to the pen. Buy a bunch of them.

• Stack up washers to your desired height, but more importantly to a good weight to make the pen tip activate.

• Glue, or use electricians tape to hold the stack of washers together.

• Glue the pen inside the washers hole with the tip sticking out enough.

• Get some felt stickers (usually used on furniture legs to avoid them scratching the floor) and cut a hole for the pen tip and stick one on the bottom to avoid the washers scratching your screen.

• Cut off the pen top.

• credit me in your next album 😉

With a little testing for proper weight this should result in as many little capacitive touch devices as you want that can sit on your screen acting as extra fingers on any multitouch app. No batteries.

This is a good idea, but best not to cut off the pen top. Just did some experiments with various touch pens. I wanted to see what happens if I hold them with some isolated plastic tubes. The passive styluses worked in this scenario, but just using their tip without the metal tube connected did not work. This is because whatever touches the screen needs some kind of counterpoise for the touch to be registered. This can be the human body or just the metal body of a passive touch stylus that acts like a little antenna.

Oh interesting! I wonder if the stack of metal washers would achieve the same effect as the metal tube?

It could work. It all depends on the sensitivity of the touchscreen. There might even be differences between different iPad models.

Hey! Now we're getting somewhere🤣 This is certainly interesting and I will have a long hard think on if I can actually do this at home. I have no tools to speak of and living in an apartment, but, if I do it I wanna do it as proper as can. This is fun..