I've added a numeral renderer that makes 5x5 characters (saves some space)
Those 5x5s are now used as lowercase in the 5x7 character set
I also added a numerals/hex only 3x5 set for extra thin number rendering
For those "large numbers of MIDI keys" layouts, I changed the offset one so that it is making something like the "Wicki-Hayden" layout , used as "melodic mode" on a Lumatone. This is lots of fun to play! I could do other note mappings pretty easily. These API based keys can also send pitch bend and probably pressure or other CCs.
The thing about a lot of isomorphic layouts is that they use hexagons, which take up a lot of space if you want to make them look like hexagons. Instead, I'm using 2x2 LED squares. But I'm working on this in two ways.
I'm making a bunch of buttons that will sit on a board and be suspended by foam that have a little knob on the bottom that will touch the Erae's surface. This will make it more "buttony" and also have the possibility that closely packed buttons will be more precise, since the topse are much larger than the bottoms.
I also got a silkscreen screen, which is a tightly stretched silk frame that is about the same size as a Erae surface. That means it's removable, and I can paint a more detailed interface than the LEDs can render, with watercolor markers that I can wash off when I want to change it. I can draw labels and other markers on it. The surface is translucent and you can still light it with the LEDs. So I've drawn hexagons on it that are the same size as the squares I'm using, but: hexagons.
I'm still working on these things, but will make a video demonstrating these things.
Henry Lowengard
Hi! My Erae2 API testing webapp https://arty.fish/AW/api.html has been updated a little.
So I've drawn hexagons on it that are the same size as the squares I'm using, but: hexagons.