Hardware Request: Midi Bender (pitch/vibrato modulation combo)

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Hi,

Curious if any other users would like a midi bender component for the Grid. These pitch/vibrato modulation combos are generally found on some Roland keyboards.

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Thanks for making a cool product!

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Welcome to the forum!

I’ve been wanting a stand-alone pitch bend and modwheel combo for a while. Something that is built-to-last with nice wheels on them. This device looks the business but it’s made in Russia and not shipping outside of that country (for what should be pretty obvious reasons):

https://atemp.ru/en/products/atemp_mc1.html

I purchased an Expressive E Touche but it’s just not the same as using a nice pitchbend wheel. Touchstrip mod/pitch devices are also a pretty garbage experience IMHO o__o

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PLEASE make something like this. Personally I’d prefer two wheels to the joystick shown above.

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We had an XY pad (trackpad) module on the roadmap for future module developments. Joysticks, modwheels and pitchbend wheels are usually large and don’t fit well in the Grid form factor which we want to use in the future.

If you can link components which might be good - like mouse scroll wheels -, but have a smaller footprint, we’ll check them out.

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A touch sensitive XY pad, or XYZ pad, is what I’m looking for to use as effect controller. “Had” is past sense, it is not on the roadmap anymore?

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We are focused fully on the VSN1 screen module launch and bringing in new control element variants and new mechanical switches to the existing lineup.

There will be center detent potentiometers, smooth encoders and mechanical switches (velocity sensitive) introduced as well.

This will be a lot for 2025. XYpad won’t come anytime soon, but we’ll know more after Q2!