-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:03:45PM +0200, N. Gey wrote: > Chuckk Hubbard schrieb: > > > > I could be wrong, but I'd suspect a pedal for a MIDI keyboard would be > > cheaper than a USB gamepad, and intended for just that. > > For a sustain pedal, thats true. But there are other factors like > portability and additional hardware. Without modifying the hardware the > sustain pedal can't be connected directly to the pc. You have to use a > midi keyboard, I think. So you can't carry these things with you around. > > A sustain-pedal to usb would be fine, but I am no hardware guru, so I > don't have a clue. > Well the cheapest hack I could think of, is to dig out an unused/broken USB keyboard, and just hook up a cheap footswitch from a MIDI keyboard up to the wire for the "pause" key: http://www.instructables.com/id/EI34R6HWSREP2874NM/ Not much hardware hacking expertise required there, just know how to solder and to use a multimeter really. Hmm, could probably build a whole pedalboard that way. For next to zero cost. Intriguing. - -ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHIQShe8HF+6xeOIcRAotBAKCeX7t0LmXB/j7iz8hBUROAh56BFgCg49CV RwiE3QJ+dcHRAOHkkVNPVZ0= =jy1a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
