Clarinet fingering variant?

[thouldcroft]

Saxophone and clarinet fingerings are CLOSE but not identical. I haven’t throughly gone through the design (I just discovered this project today) but would it be feasible to create a pcb variant for clarinet fingering? I would try to have a go at it but pcb design is a field I’m familiar with but far from fluent in.

[jcard0na]

Hi @thouldcroft ,

I would start by trying to see if the current PCB with different key mappings might work for a clarinet player. I only tried to play the clarinet for some time, a long time ago. I remember that the octave key that raises 1 8ve on the sax goes up a 12ve on the clarinet. This is easy to implement in software.
Other fingerings can be remapped as well by altering the note mapping file. If you can get 90% there just with software changes, you'll have saved yourself 99% of the effort.

However, if you actually do need to modify the PCB, go for it. I've released all the files that you need to replicate/fork the project. You don't really need a lot of skill to change the layout; the PCB is so large that the is ample room for laying out traces. The challenges will be working out the ergonomics. I went through many iterations to get something that feels comfortable (to me!).

That said, probably the biggest challenge though would be the naming... the hackrinet 😜 ?