Curious Inventor has released a set of new Stribe goodies, including:

• The Stribe Double
• The Stribe Quad
• The Stribe Shield

The Stribe1 is a sextacular touch strip LED controller that can be used to display and control music and video programs. Multiple Stribe1’s can be daisy-chained together to form a low-res, multi-touch display.

Use with Max/MSP or other software to adjust track volumes with VU meters, make a sequencer, control synth params and pitch, “scratch” through sounds, etc.

A microcontroller interface like the Arduino is required.

If you’re using the Stribe for music or multimedia, leave a link or use the YouTube embed option to post a video in the comments!

The video shows cursor and bar control for 8 daisy-chained Stribe1s, brightness control and full display animation.

About The Stribe kit:

• A modular version of the original stribe project.
• Each Stribe1 has 1 softpot touchstrip and 2 columns of 64 LEDs.
• Right now, you need to already have an Arduino or some other microcontroller interface to use a Stribe1. Each Stribe1 has (2) MAX7221 LED driver chips that can be controlled by an SPI bus. You’ll also need some software to communicate with the microcontroller board, like Max/MSP or PD (pure data) (free).
• Daisy Chainable: up to 8 Stribe1’s can be chained together using a 16 conductor ribbon cable and 7 jumpers between the Stribe1’s. You’ll need 8 analog in’s, so be sure to get the SMT Arduino as the through-hole version only has 6.

The Stribe is a DIY touch-strip interface with dual LED bargraph columns.

The video shows it being used with an Arduino, Max/MSP and Reason.

The kit sells for $79.99.

This video demos a Stribe controlling Logic 8 via IA.

A demo showing using the stribe with an app called ‘scalar‘ by vlad spears.

It is similar to ‘balron’ for the 40h. The stribes are divided into 8 sections, and so act sort of like a grid of buttons.

The stribe is starting to look like it could develop into an interesting companion project to the Monome – adding continuous controls and more.

A demo of Josh Boughey’s Stribe, a DIY 8-channel multi-touch controller for music or video software.

Description: The Stribe is designed to be used in conjunction with a monome 40h or as a stand-alone instrument. By combining these interfaces with suitable software I hope to add a continuous control element to the electronic musician’s software control arsenal. It is designed for stage use, to provide an expressive, fun, and intuitive way to control both music and video. It’s size, durability, and tactile properties are designed to be appropriate for both hand-held and desktop use.

Details:

• The low-resolution 16 x 64 LED display is controlled in real time by either firmware or host software, or both.
• MIDI or OSC communication to compatible hardware and software is achieved via patches written in Max/MSP.
• Touchstrips down the center of each channel trigger events in the software and the firmware, which drive the display, creating a haptic feedback loop.
• Each of these eight “channels” has two 64-led-tall columns, e.g. a left and a right.
• The Stribe can act as a touch controlled meter bridge, or as an interactive, animated 16 x 64 led display.
• Oriented horizontally, the Stribe can more intuitively interface with step-sequencer type applications, allow direct manipulation of granular synthesis sampling or allow the user to perform “scratch” like gestures.

via Stretta