This is something for you if you are sick of claviature.

“Designed by Dr. Lippold Haken and manufactured by Haken Audio, the Continuum Fingerboard is a Midi performance controller that allows unprecedented realtime musical control. With a greater pitch range than a traditional 88 note Midi keyboard, the Continuum offers realtime continuous control in three directions for every finger that is placed on the playing surface. Included internally is a custom designed synthesizer, specifically programmed to take advantage of the subtle and dramatic expressive musical possibilities of the Continuum. The Continuum is available in full-size (nearly 8 octaves) and half-size (nearly 4 octaves) versions.”  www.hakenaudio.com

Jean Michel Jarre uses one and I also heard that Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater is a fan of these controllers. A full size continuum costs $ 5290 and a half sized $ 3390. In the clips below you get a demo from Schneiders Beuro in Berlin by Jan-Hinnerk Helms.

The Haken Continuum Controller - Part 1 from niamhguckian on Vimeo.

The Haken Continuum Controller - Part 2 from niamhguckian on Vimeo.

The second clip at about 55 seks is really fun