[sdiy] Joystick hunting

[Jaco Sloof]

Hi Dennis, Tiago, and list,

I must say this is not really related, but hear me out on this one.

I vaguely remember that I posted a reply earlier about using 
sony-Playstation-controller-joysticks as err, joysticks.. Which is a
nice idea really. Insidfe these controlers, things are controlled by
10K linear pots, pretty standard sized ones too.

But then a new thing popped up. Why not use an arcade controller.
And i hear you think "arcarde controller, where's ths coming from?"
Well, I'm a sucker for old, retro, big, heavy arcade machines.
I think this also has an influence in why I like analog synths more 
then the "super, all integrated, digital music generation studio thingy".

Cheating a bit, I searched the internet for Arcade controllers that can be
plugged into a pc. This came up:

http://www.quasimoto.com/

It's a company that makes arcade cabinets/controllers.

According to the video-review of www.retroblast.com, One of their products, 
the quasICON, uses 4 analog joysticks, and a bunch of "analog buttons"..
(buttons sensitive to 256 levels of pressure!)

(picture of quasicon controller)
http://www.quasimoto.com/images/qcon_f.jpg

If you are solely looking for a "dual potentiometer on a stick"-o-thing, this
might be overkill, but if you're like me, and enjoy "modding" stuff for musical
application, this might be a good idea to brainstorm on.

just my 2 cents

Greetings, Jaco

--- Dennis Verschoor <modular at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would be interested to
> 
> 
> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:27:23 -0300, Tiago Ventura
> <tiago.ventura at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all!
> > 
> > Does anyone know a good place where to buy good and cheap synth Joysticks ?
> > 
> > or better...
> > 
> > Ideas about a DIY Joystick ?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Tiago
> > 
> 
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