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IDEAS.md

 1Ideas
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 4Switches
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 7* Use mechanical keyboard switches for a consistent feel, spacing,
 8  and (hopefully) low cost of goods
 9* I'm using Kailh gray speed switches
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11Logic
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14* There should be some sort of button like on the Fagerstrom technopipes,
15  allowing all the other buttons to become controls.
16  * Remap Jeffries
17  * Remap Wheatstone
18  * Volume +/0/-
19  * Pitch +/0/-
20  * Transpose +/0/-
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23Version 2
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26Lights
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28* Many of these switches have a little window for an RGB LED...
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30MIDI
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33* System Exclusive messages could be sent to remap keys to notes.
34* Key LEDs could be controlled just like a DJ controller,
35  allowing for software that teaches tunes by lighting up the button to press.
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38Synthesizer
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41* Would we even want to try just intonation on-device?
42  Or is that more of a "bring your own tone generator" thing?
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