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| Continuum Fingerboard | |
|---|---|
 The full-size Continuum Fingerboard | |
| Manufacturer | Lippold Haken |
| Dates | c. 2002–present |
| Price | Full size: $5290[1] Half size: $3390 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 16 voices |
| Input/output | |
| External control | MIDI, AES3 |
The Continuum Fingerboard or Haken Continuum is a music performance controller and synthesizer developed by Lippold Haken, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, and sold by Haken Audio, located in Champaign, Illinois.[2]
The Continuum Fingerboard was initially developed from 1983 to 1998[3] at the CERL Sound Group at the University of Illinois, to control sound-producing algorithms on the Platypus audio signal processor[4] and the Kyma/Capybara workstation.[5]
In 1999, the first Continuum Fingerboard was commercially sold. Until 2008, the Continuum Fingerboard provided IEEE-1394 (FireWire) connections to control a Kyma sound design workstation, as well as MIDI connections to control a MIDI synthesizer module. More recently, the Continuum Fingerboard generates audio directly in addition to providing MIDI connections for MIDI modules, software synthesizers, and Kyma (the IEEE-1394 connection that was present on earlier models has been removed). An external control voltage generator permits control of analog modular synthesizers.
- ^ "NAMM: Continuum Fingerboard MIDI Controller". Harmony Central. 2004-01-26. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ "Dr. Lippold Haken". Retrieved 2008-04-06.
- ^ Lippold Haken; Ed Tellman; Patrick Wolfe (1998). "An Indiscrete Music Keyboard". Computer Music Journal. 22 (1). MIT Press: 30–48. doi:10.2307/3681043. JSTOR 3681043.
- ^ Scaletti, Carla (1989). "The Kyma/Platypus Computer Music Workstation". Computer Music Journal. 13 (2). MIT Press: 23–38. doi:10.2307/3680038. JSTOR 3680038.
- ^ Lippold Haken; Radi Abdullah; Mark Smart (Oct 1992). "The Continuum: A Continuous Music Keyboard" (PDF). Proceedings of the International Computer Music Conference. San Jose: International Computer Music Association. pp. 81–84.