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Subject: Re: [motm] Joysticks

From: improv@...
Date: 2000-03-31

>Several ideas come to mind:
>1) turn the joystick around 180 degrees, or

I tried holding it behind my back, but my arms got tired!

>2) turn the keyboard around (now they match at least), or

I wrote a max patch that does this years ago. Loads of fun!

>3) stand on your head (think of what a great stage gimmick this would be), or
>4) open up the joystick and move the one wire (and I'm pretty sure there's
>only one wire) from the one leg of the X pot (the Y pot too?) to the other
>leg -- while you're in there, fix that problem with the trigger switches
>(BTW, these are both reasons why I suggested previously that it would be
>better to change out the original joystick cable with one with more
>conductors, maybe 9 to 11, I forget).

I should've guessed this'd do it...


>
>Good question. I'd put maybe two 10K resistors as a voltage divider (this
>will halve the voltage to about 7.5V) at the output. As far as the buttons go
>(see above) I'm not sure how much you can modify these without a new cable --
>no help here.

Cool thanks, I'll give that a shot. Will 7.5 volts still trigger the EG?
>
>>And, I have to confess, I guess last night I went over to the dark side.
>
> makes for a very
>>portable system for throwing in some noise. Until I can afford to pay
>>roadies, I think the MOTM is staying home.
>
>
>Weren't you the guy who was chastising the rest of the list last year for not
>taking MOTM out on stage? You burst my bubble!

Sorry! To my credit, I did take the MOTM out to about 4 gigs with a
(short-lived) acid jazz band I had going. In the main band I gig with now,
I play bass 90% of the gig, and just use the electronics as ocaisional
improv spice. Before the Micro, I was seriously considering building an
adjunct MOTM into an SKB pop-up, may still do that.

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