Fatar has developed in cooperation with Fender, their first polyphonic-aftertouch pads.
What Fender says ( the language is theirs ) :
The pads themselves are built in partnership with FATAR, and Fender describes this as FATAR’s first pad design, layered with context-awareness so the same pads shift between drum, chord, melody and scale duties depending on what the player is doing.
Source from Fender
Reasonable for the engineers and management at Fatar to have other product intent with this as well. If this product, as claimed, really stands out in performance compared to its competition, and as judging by the Fender products price is economical to manufacture, there could be a wide range of applications. A whole product line ? Could it be made to sense more that just one dimensional pressure ?
Fatar obviously intends to OEM this to others, and could use it in their own products as well.
It’s interesting to consider. It potentially could head toward other keyboard products for Fatar as well.
Could a squooshy keyboard like the ROLI Seaboard be possible ? Or a flat touch field like a Linnstrument or the Erae ? What other shapes other than a square checkerboard might they consider ?
Fatar is always a company to be watched.