MIDI paper

[db3ll]

There's no copper band under the paper, the sensors are all drawn with a conductive ink pen. That is fed into a touch switch made up of one resistor per key (which could, theoretically, be drawn on as well, but weren't in this case). The "circuit" that makes up the sensors was drawn entirely on the back of the paper, and the porosity of the paper allows the touch switch to function.

[reconstructiv]

this isnt fake, its very possible. its 2012 and you think this is impossible, but everyone has a COMPUTER for a phone that can do what over 12 devices were needed for just 5 or 10 years ago... but its impossible to send a small amount of midi through paper and probably some kind of copper band or something below it...

[alexanderu4you]

oky.. but how did you do it?

[jojomcbean]

household hacker makes a midi controller

[hilato]

I love the way he hit the first key and the sound had a great big deal of latency hope the other person that was on the real keyboard could of sync exactly when he first play how fake this was

[cxpage]

I'm calling shenanigans!

[rumdidda84]

Tori Amos!!!

[jerryherb]

thats great, whats underneath the paper, 303?

[morocho2000]

Did he use a carbon pencil? If so, the traces are conductive. You can make parallel traces and then measure resistance between them. You just have put your finger between two traces to change the resistance, and can use that to trigger MIDI.

[JusticeBeatz]

The only thing I see wrong with this, is the change in velocity, or lack of, but it's interesting none the less. Don't be mad because you didn't make a PAPER MIDI CONTROLLER! lol. No really though, it would be fun to play with, and think that's what he doing it for, to have fun.

[funkyant]

LEAD PENCIL you idiots!

[T1UYA]

wow your an idiot he said he printed it

[ephixius]

lol

[speier]

are you using a BS2 stamp for these experiments?

[erangell]

How about a glove with sensors that you can touch to different sections of the paper to create performances? Just don't give one to Michael Jackson!

[livingroomsong]

A driver's license as a MIDI controller, controlling drums with pennies and now playing keyboards with a drawing of a keyboard. You've abstracted away the form and left only the function; these are tools for making great music. If only I knew AC from DC, I'd be jamming with pennies and paper now.

[thedefog]

It's not fake. He just doesn't explain everything. He uses an IC that accepts midi triggering from external sources. He probably laid some copper tape under the notes, which are triggered by touch sensitivity. Then you just assign values in midi to them.

[JusticeBeatz]

Do you care to elaborate on what IC is? Where i can get it? lol

Sorry that I'm 9 months late as well haha

[elijahlucian]

haaha... WOOOOOOAAAHHHH ITS MAGIC!!!!

[TheUNOfficia1]

lol, yeh, whats under the paper

[mutepg58]

conductive tape :)

[realestMC]

I like how he says, you can actually draw your own midi controller and then play it.. but he doesn't tell you how

[codybird34]

wow

[harmono]

i wonder if people are going to think my inventions are fake

[mattdopamine]

what's under the paper?

[greyonednb]

lol beneath its or a regular midi controller , or some stupid sensors.

its a cool idea to let it look like its just paper

[mentalfloss416]

Take a moment to explore his other videos

[speier]

it's not that hard to figure out he's got either conductive tape or metal threads that are sending signals through a micro controller.