The Pianome

"It is interesting that the piano, an instrument created to popularize equal temperament, is so biased to certain keys.
The Pianome is an ongoing project in an effort to exploit alternative methods of utilizing a Monome, or any grid controller. Columns of buttons output MIDI notes chromatically upward, and in 4ths across from left to right. Very similar to the structure of a lute, or bass, offering a grid or pattern based approach to performing piano music, rather than each key being a different "finger pattern", as in key biased instruments like a piano.
For added velocity, currently mapped to shift pitch registers for added range, I turned my audio volume pedal into a MIDI controller by controlling a generated tone, who's RMS data is being analyzed, scaled and converted to MIDI in Chuck, and sent back to Ableton Live, where MIDI piano is being triggered.
Since this video, I have built a Chronome, which allows for, among other features, pressure sensitivity. This will allow for a more expressive Pianome. That coupled with double the buttons (and better piano samples) will offer a much more comprehensive fingerboard with the complete range of a piano, rendering the piano almost obsolete."