I'm a bit like Marius when it comes to such prototypes and people trying to re-invent the wheel. 

Anyway, it's not like music is evolving in a direction where people actually have a use for all the nuances - generally it's more about over-quantizing and pitch-correcting the life out of every note.

But who said that a synthesizer had to be controlled with piano-ish keys? Was it jsut conventient at the time? Maybe this is what it should have looked like in the first place

 
I actually think that is a good question ... but we would have to go way back about 75 years to ask that question!

"Ya, righto. Now keyboard players can play with out of tune guitarists." Righto. Just did not want to say it. I have enough hard time trying to play a synth with after-touch or channel-touch whatever it is. Actually having the keys smaller in width and not the same as a piano (oh and please do not bring up a electric piano either), I have found out I have to be a different Nationality and a smaller person than I really am. (fingers too big I guess which at one time use to be good). (but now I can be the same way as playing guitar, that leaves only drums and bass I guess. What a way to go!)

If it would make be able to play like him, it might be good.  :) 

Hi,

As things go digital, it is likely that the "need" for the strings and wood boxes they go on, will be less and less an issue. Of course, this is a problem for guitars too, sooner or later and I have said that before in here, and while we probably won't see real instruments, we might actually see some interesting prototypes before our time is up.