Re: [LAU] Controllers and stuff for live performance

Hey,

Here's my take at adapting a USB joystick (purchased second hand, $20
for a pair) as a "controller" for my guitar. I actually performed
with that thing. The thumb sticks were replaced by photocells so that
by waving my hand in front (and changing the intensity of light
reaching the components) I could control some continuous parameters.
The buttons of the pad were mapped to various things, depending on the
"preset".

http://tinyurl.com/yzgrzvp

It was all hooked up to pd in which most of the audio processing took
place except for some presents where the buttons controlled a
sooperlooper instance via OSC.

I have now decided to give up the USB joystick on that instrument and
try to figure something out with the wiimote which is a lot of fun to
play with. The other usual contender is an iPod Touch/iPhone even if
mostly used in connection with OSC.

Have fun digging, there are a lot of fun projects around.

./MiS

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Carlos Sanchiavedraz
<csanchezgs@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi dear folks.
>
> I would like to do some kind of a survey to know about configs, setups,
> controllers, etc that you have come to over the years and based on your own
> experience. (Well, I already know some of yours for your mails on the list)
>
> It's usual to see piano keyboards and controller boards, i.e. Behringer
> BCF/BCR2000 or FCB1010.
>
> But more than this kind of consumer products, which I know many of them, I'm
> rather interested in something like (inexpensive and) strange MIDI
> controllers, pedal boards, Arduinos, DIY HW... that allow controlling and
> have interaction with applications, whether it's Ardour, Rosegarden,
> Freewheeling, Sooperlooper, Pd, Supercolider, Mixxx ...
>
> Why this? I've been willing for a long time now to buy an audio interface
> with MIDI and maybe some controller, but at the moment I'm still stuck with
> just my keyboard and mouse; it's ok with DAWs but an inconvenient when using
> live loopers (most of all when playing guitar, and without a MIDI
> interface).
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Carlos "sanchiavedraz"
> * Musix GNU+Linux
>  http://www.musix.es
>
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