Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] ardour finally gets some competition
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Jan 22 2001 - 19:37:30 EET
On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 12:19:20PM -0500, rob wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Steve Harris wrote:
> > Mmmm, that's cheap. Ardour obviously has many advantages over things like
> > this, but the big win with this type of thing is the remote trasport and
> > meter panels. I've been trying to think of ways to (affordably) add
> > something like this to ardour, but its hard. Maybe someone will make a
> > USB HID recorder remote, there must be a market out there with all the
> > cubase users. There's the protools hardware, but that uses custom
> > interfaces I expect.
>
> what would be the requirements? i could see this happening for under
> 200 USD if you mean what i think. on the plus side, i have helped
> develop a usb peripherial which would probably be general enough to do
> this. all that would need to be added would be the physical sliders,
> switches, and meters.
It would just need an jog+shuttle dial, some LED (preferably) meters, a 8
digit (I think) time display, and some play stop ffwd etc. and location
number pad buttons. No sliders.
E.g. the panel of the Fostex D2424:
http://www.fostex.co.jp/int/images/products/d2424lg.jpg
(sorry, not very good picture)
An alternative of course is building a USB/serial adapter for an existing
control panel you can buy as a part.
- Steve
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