User:PhineusSnow/Stribe

The Stribe is a touch-sensitive, illuminated controller for use in music performance. It was created as an Open Source hardware project in 2007(6?) by Josh Boughey. The goal was to create a computer interface that could be played like an instrument, without the need for a computer screen. The Stribe combines lighted feedback with eight simultaneous fingertip controllers inputs to create an instrument that can be played in an intuitive manner.

The Stribe is a light-weight slab approximately 9"x9"x2" and consists of eight 700mm touch-strips affixed to plexiglass, each strip flanked by a pair of LED meters. The 8" x 8" connects to a computer via USB.  The meters are lit by computer software as the user touches the 8 strips to control computer instruments.  The meters provide both position and level information, e.g. the meters bounce to the music as you slide glowing "knobs" up and down (or side to side).

Since the knobs are virtual, and the LEDs of the meters are individually addressable via software, many types of information can be provided via the the low-resolution display, such as frequency information across 8 stereo bands of EQ.