Patent ID: 7273979

Claim:
A musical instrument controller, comprising: (a) a body, with a means for attaching to a human operator, (b) a single array of eighty-four sensors affixed to the body in a position so that it is accessible to both hands of the operator when attached to the operator, said sensors having the capacity of detecting degrees of pressure, and configured so that active sensing areas form a grid, seven sensors wide by twelve sensors long, (c) a removable flexible cover for the sensors, with graphics printed on the cover, providing a control surface with visual references, that allows finger pressure to pass through to the sensors below, (d) a processing unit to detect the sensor pressure and translate the sensor pressure into digital control data, (e) a communication link for carrying the control data from the processing unit to a slave processor or synthesizer, (f) at least one raised or lowered area per sensor, on or under the cover, to provide a tactile reference for the operator, (g) said processing unit having the capability to hold in memory various sensor functions and arrangement programs, and a means for the operator to select between the programs.