Re: joystick/mouse parametrics

Posted by Bink on December 06, 2003 at 00:07:22:

In Reply to: Re: Orban 674 Paragraphic... or this posted by John Roberts on December 05, 2003 at 18:35:12:

: FWIW, I have since seen joy sticks that get you most of the way there but still probably a little too unconventional for a serious product.

I'm glad your contraption didn't see life, JR! ;^) It sounds like it was too clunky for production. Did you get a proof of concept at least? Brownie points?

You needed a 3-way joystick.

A joystick that includes torsional rotation sensitivity isn't a super-common audio item. And how well would it keep its position once you attained your desired filter shape? Nearby mechanical shock could bump it in the XY plane. Cool idea, though. Today, a mouse with a scroll button could serve as your joystick to give you three axes at once. Of course, you would have to unassign the mouse when you were done with it or again, you'd have mechanical shock delivering unwanted system tweaks.

A relatively simple software tweak would deliver 3-way mouse functionality to a computer-controlled digital parametric. I can think of one right now... ;^) If someone really wanted to implement it, the feature could be out fairly quickly.

-Bink

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: : FWIW, I have since seen joy sticks that get you most of the way there but still probably a little too unconventional for a serious product.

: I'm glad your contraption didn't see life, JR! ;^) It sounds like it was too clunky for production. Did you get a proof of concept at least? Brownie points?

: You needed a 3-way joystick.

: A joystick that includes torsional rotation sensitivity isn't a super-common audio item. And how well would it keep its position once you attained your desired filter shape? Nearby mechanical shock could bump it in the XY plane. Cool idea, though. Today, a mouse with a scroll button could serve as your joystick to give you three axes at once. Of course, you would have to unassign the mouse when you were done with it or again, you'd have mechanical shock delivering unwanted system tweaks. 

: A relatively simple software tweak would deliver 3-way mouse functionality to a computer-controlled digital parametric. I can think of one right now... ;^) If someone really wanted to implement it, the feature could be out fairly quickly.

: -Bink



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