Quote from NothanUmber on 13 September 2018, 10 h 35 min

It would be great to have a transparent overlay where we can stick in a piece of paper with a drawing of a layout. And the capability in the editor to define arbitrary layouts and map them to midi events. (Another company already has this and it is imho their most outstanding feature. The problem is that their surface is even smaller than the Joué. Really hope that either Joué or thatothercompany create a bigger surface, would insta-buy whoever releases one first!).

Imho an instrument suitable to be played with both hands starts from 4 octaves onwards - 6 to 8 would be outstanding. Please!

Edit: Another idea. I understand that the processing board of the Joué require space, so we cannot easily stack current-gen Joués horizontally.

If you think an e.g. 12 slot Joué wouldn't sell sufficiently because of price: Would a pluggable concept be imaginable, where only the rightmost Joué has all the processors and connectivity inside and then people can plug in Joué extension modules to the left side that would physically connect - so you can build a bigger, stably connected Joué out of these modules (that can still be connected via a single USB chord - and if necessary perhaps one external power plug)?

If the rightmost one would be prepared to allow the connection of up to 4-6 extension Joués that would be great! Then people can start small, experiment and upgrade as the need arises. And it would be portable as a side effect.

Would something like this be technically possible? And asuming you offer overlays that span several Joués - would the sensing technology allow gapless playing with consistent z-pressure on the connector places?

If yes - please consider this! If not - please consider a e.g. 12 slot Joué and corresponding, big overlays. Perhaps you could do a survey to evaluate how many would be interested and how much people would be willing to pay?

Edit: On second thought - the stacking thing is quite similar to the block approach of yetanothercompany. Did some reading on those. Apparently you cannot slide over block boudaries etc. And these are even tinier than Joué or firstothercompanies product.

Aahh, so many approaches that are almost there... Would understand that this would be more expensive. As long as it's not as expensive as the 7 octave xyz "pad" of acompanythatwasntmentionedyet for > 6000 € which goes "all in" regarding sensor technology - at car prices. Is there really no option to build a touch sensitive xyz surface (optimally with overlay support like Joué does it) that covers octave ranges of pianos or at least keyboards for lets say < 2500€?

Quote from Benjamin_D on 27 September 2018, 18 h 16 min

I feel the need to preface this with the fact that I am is interested in the Joué, but don't have one. I don't know the editing software, but I am interested in contributing ideas and such.

Regarding the first point here, I'd love something as intuitive as Beatsurfing in terms of ease of use and flexibility. Adding pressure sensitivity to freedom to define zones and pads would really make this a powerhouse controller.

One of these days I'll have the money to spend on an MPE controller, and when I do I'll want something as customizable as possible.
Joué is a beautiful product, and I will definitely consider it.