Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] final scratch audio
From: Patrick Shirkey (pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com)
Date: Thu Aug 08 2002 - 12:17:42 EEST
Adriaan Pelzer wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-08-08 at 01:27, hellen wrote:
>
>> just get
>>
>>>any old turntable and wire it into an old ps/2
>>>mouse.
>>
>>how?
>>
>
> I built a bracket for one of the mousewheels (wheels inside the mouse
> turned by the ball) and fixed this to the stylus. In this way the wheel
> gets turned when you turn the table with the stylus on. The difficult
> part was to fix the sensors around the wheel again, as they had to be
> removed with the piece of PC board they were on from the main PC board.
> I think you get mice with a fixed sensor/wheel unit - they will work
> better.
>
I've thought for a while that it would be easier to use an optical
mouse. I haven't tried it yet but I plan to do so soon.
-- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. For the discerning hardware connoisseur http://www.boosthardware.com http://www.boosthardware.com/LAU/guide/ ========================================
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