TouchRead Slider / Ribbon Control

[teensy_ino]

Hello everybody,

I'm new here, have been working on Arduino for some time and recently also with Teensy 3.2 / 3.5.
With the Teensy I was able to implement one or the other midi controller.

Would be happy if I could get support here!

I am currently using Teensy 3.2 / 3.5
IDE 1.86 Settings:
Board Teensy 3.1/3.2
USB Type: Midi
CPU Speed: 72 MHz
Optimize: Faster
Teensy Loader 1.45
WIN 10


In the current project I would like to use the TouchRead function of Teensy 3.2 (with USB Midi) to determine the finger position on a guitar.
The Guitarstring should act like a large slider or ribbon controller so that midi notes can be assigned to the recorded values.

I used the example sketch of the CapacitiveSensor Library (with 10 M Resistor) and connected a single Guitarstring as a sensor surface (2 wire version).
Unfortunately, the displayed value in the serial monitor does not change.
In "Suspicion" I have the "millis" in line 20.
Which value ( in Hex or Decimal ? ) must be used there?

#include <CapacitiveSensor.h>

/*
   CapitiveSense Library Demo Sketch
   Paul Badger 2008
   Uses a high value resistor e.g. 10M between send pin and receive pin
   Resistor effects sensitivity, experiment with values, 50K - 50M. Larger resistor values yield larger sensor values.
   Receive pin is the sensor pin - try different amounts of foil/metal on this pin
*/


CapacitiveSensor   cs_4_2 = CapacitiveSensor(4, 2);       // 10M resistor between pins 4 & 2, pin 2 is sensor pin, add a wire and or foil if desired
CapacitiveSensor   cs_4_6 = CapacitiveSensor(4, 6);       // 10M resistor between pins 4 & 6, pin 6 is sensor pin, add a wire and or foil
CapacitiveSensor   cs_4_8 = CapacitiveSensor(4, 8);       // 10M resistor between pins 4 & 8, pin 8 is sensor pin, add a wire and or foil

void setup()
{
  cs_4_2.set_CS_AutocaL_Millis[B][COLOR="#FF0000"](0xFFFFFFFF)[/COLOR][/B];     // turn off autocalibrate on channel 1 - just as an example
  Serial.begin(115200);
}

void loop()
{
  long start = millis();
  long total1 =  cs_4_2.capacitiveSensor(3);
  long total2 =  cs_4_6.capacitiveSensor(3);
  long total3 =  cs_4_8.capacitiveSensor(3);

  Serial.print(millis() - start);        // check on performance in milliseconds
  Serial.print("\t");                    // tab character for debug windown spacing

  Serial.print(total1);                  // print sensor output 1
  Serial.print("\t");
  Serial.print(total2);                  // print sensor output 2
  Serial.print("\t");
  Serial.println(total3);                // print sensor output 3

  delay(10);                             // arbitrary delay to limit data to serial port
}

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In another test (one Guitarstring as sensor surface, with / without 10M Resistor) I only used the nativ TouchRead function (1 wire method without Libary).
Although values ​​are displayed here, they fluctuate very strongly and are unfortunately also independent of the finger position ...

int touchRead_pin_1 = 0; //Digital PIN 1
int touchRead_pin_2 = 1;  //Digital PIN 2

int thresh = 5200; // Original = 2200

int play_flag_1 = 0;
int play_flag_2 = 0;

int current_1;
int current_2;

int delay_time = 100;  // Original = 30

uint8_t touchPin [2] = {1,2};  // Liste der TouchPins
int ntouch = 2;  // n wird für Loop-Kriterien verwendet, erhöhen um mehr Touch-Pins zu verwenden
int touchValue = 0;  // gespeicherter Wert für Touch-Messwerte

void setup() {
  Serial.begin (9600);  // Seriell Monitor aktivieren
}

void loop() {
  for (uint8_t i = 0; i < ntouch; i ++) {
    touchValue = touchRead (touchPin [i]);

    Serial.print ("touchPin:");
    Serial.print (touchPin [i]);
    Serial.print ("");
    Serial.print ("Value:");
    Serial.println (touchValue);

    current_1 = touchRead(touchRead_pin_1);

    if (current_1 > thresh && play_flag_1 == 0) {
      play_flag_1 = 1;
      usbMIDI.sendNoteOn(60, 127, 1);
      delay(delay_time);
    }

    if (current_1 < thresh && play_flag_1 == 1) {
      play_flag_1 = 0;
      usbMIDI.sendNoteOff(60, 0, 1);
      delay(delay_time);
    }

    current_2 = touchRead(touchRead_pin_2);

    if (current_2 > thresh && play_flag_2 == 0) {
      play_flag_2 = 1;
      usbMIDI.sendNoteOn(62, 127, 1);
      delay(delay_time);
    }

    if (current_2 < thresh && play_flag_2 == 1) {
      play_flag_2 = 0;
      usbMIDI.sendNoteOff(62, 0, 1);
      delay(delay_time);
    }
  }
}

Can a guitar string be used as a sensor surface in this way, like a large slider, with the TouchRead function?

• If yes, how ?
• If not, what other options are there for implementation (e.g. Prop Shield, QT ICs)?

Many thanks in advance for your responses !

Greetings from Germany