I started learning violin29 years ago. I am by no means an expert but after college, I started to mix my love of violin performance with my interest in electronic music. As I got more into music production, I started to fall in love with sound design and synths as well as musical interfaces. I have always toyed with the idea of a synth interface that could capture the physical input from a musician. The violin is a musical tool that gives the user immense control of sound envelopes. When used in tandem, the bow and violin strings can create soft attacks, incredibly hard attacks, sustain notes, apply varying speeds of vibrato, and more. Using your finger, you can create guitar-like notes with pizzicato. 

Plus, there is an extremely theatrical physicality to playing the violin. A violin maestro is often pictured messaging notes out of his violin or violently assailing the violin with lashes from the bow and a whirlwind of hammering fingers up and down the fingerboard. It is as much a visual experience as it is a musical one.