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1. Re: Need extra buttons? (hardware for shortcut keys)

   

   Reply by Ben Apuna · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   Great idea to look into MIDI devices for this kind of use. I think one thing to keep in mind when looking for an alternative input device is the tactile feeling of the keys/buttons/knobs. Ideally you'd want your fingers to be able to find the right buttons to press or knobs to turn by feel alone without having to take your…

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   Topic by SideEffect · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   Hey guys! I just stumbled upon another cool use for a piece of hardware I've had for awhile and thought I'd share. I've had a cheap $60 mini drum pad (you can get a cheaper one for $35, posted at the bottom of this post) I use for working with music and found a program that can remap the midi inputs to any combination of…

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   Reply by Sam Hatami · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   Might give some more ideas. These are a bit more expensive though and no cool display. http://www.ergocanada.com/ec_home/products/programmable_1.html

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   Reply by Fingus · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   If you could control Hue, Saturation and Lightness with a MIDI controlled I'd be sold in a second. :O

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   Reply by Funky Bunnies · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   whoa this looks awesome, id love to hear more about experimenting with its use - those knobs sound amazing! finally we could live the dream of making art like mad scientists

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   Reply by SideEffect · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   I'm not sure. I've been wanting to try that but unfortunately I don't have a mixer or something with those kinds of knobs. Do you know if that gives a specific midi input? This is how this program does it: 1st number is the midi channel 2nd number is the controller number 3rd number is a velocity value If you have one of…

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   Reply by pior · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   Very cool! Will try it asap :D Can midi knobs be assigned through that software too ? Brush size/hardness would be so awesome on knobs !

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   Reply by ZacD · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   Best idea ever, nobs!

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   Reply by equil · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

   i've been thinking about stuff like this for a while, after hearing people use the powermate knob as a brush size/opacity controller. would be really neat to entirely replace the keyboard with some kind of mixertable.

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    Reply by GarageBay9 · Mar 2012 · Home› General Discussion

    Whoa, I'm sold. Ordering now.