Snyderphonics Manta Controller, a Novel USB Touch-Controller

Jeff Snyder

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

The Snyderphonics Manta controller is a USB touch controller for music and video. It features 48 capacitive touch sensors, arranged in a hexagonal grid, with bi-color LEDs that are programmable from the computer. The sensors send continuous data proportional to surface area touched, and a velocitydetection algorithm has been implemented to estimate attack velocity based on this touch data. In addition to these hexagonal sensors, the Manta has two high-dimension touch sliders (giving 12-bit values), and four assignable function buttons. In this paper, I outline the features of the controller, the available methods for communicating between the device and a computer, and some current uses for the controller.

Citation:

Jeff Snyder. 2011. Snyderphonics Manta Controller, a Novel USB Touch-Controller. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178171

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Snyder2011,
 abstract = {The Snyderphonics Manta controller is a USB touch controller for music and video. It features 48 capacitive touch sensors, arranged in a hexagonal grid, with bi-color LEDs that are programmable from the computer. The sensors send continuous data proportional to surface area touched, and a velocitydetection algorithm has been implemented to estimate attack velocity based on this touch data. In addition to these hexagonal sensors, the Manta has two high-dimension touch sliders (giving 12-bit values), and four assignable function buttons. In this paper, I outline the features of the controller, the available methods for communicating between the device and a computer, and some current uses for the controller. },
 address = {Oslo, Norway},
 author = {Snyder, Jeff},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178171},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Snyderphonics, Manta, controller, USB, capacitive, touch, sensor, decoupled LED, hexagon, grid, touch slider, HID, portable, wood, live music, live video },
 pages = {413--416},
 presentation-video = {https://vimeo.com/26908273/},
 title = {Snyderphonics Manta Controller, a Novel {USB} Touch-Controller},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2011/nime2011_413.pdf},
 year = {2011}
}