Midihex

Hexagonal keyboard controllers open up new possibilities for playing in diatonic or microtonal scales, but there are very few available, and the only models with traditional moving keys like the Lumatone or the Microzone cost thousands of dollars. The Midihex is intended to make an affordable design with open-source software more widely available to performers and experimenters. It’s essentially a reboot of the rare/discontinued C-Thru Axis-49 with Hall-effect keys for continuous sensing and expanded possibilities for configuration and musical expression.

The Midihex is the first isomorphic MIDI controller with Hall-effect keys in a compact format and with software that will be made open-source. It opens up the possibility of an affordable MPE controller for use with microtonal scales as well as isomorphic patterns such as the Harmonic Table or Wicki-Hayden.

This is a new prototype which has only just been completed, but is already attracting interest in the microtonal music community.