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Midi devices. I have lots of the cheap ones for controlling my software with hardware wheels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umO-Bwzl3f0 https://www.youtube.c

Midi devices. I have lots of the cheap ones for controlling my software with hardware wheels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umO-Bwzl3f0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umO-Bwzl3f0 I also control software like blender using those, even my emacs use that. It is always in the same place and once you learn it, you are so fast. I also use sheets of paper and color pens.

n4bz0r 5y ago
That's MIDI devices as-in devices with MIDI port (like synthesizers), right? The video looks interesting, haven't seen joysticks/controllers being used in such a fashion. What kind of devices (brands/models) do you use if you don't mind sharing?
- crtasm 5y ago
  I see a korg nanokontrol2 in the video clip, not sure about the others. midi controllers run over USB nowadays.
awiesenhofer 5y ago
I'm intrigued - how do you control emacs with it?
laserlight 5y ago
Can you give some pointers? I’m interested in using non-traditional input devices but don’t know where to start.
- hiptobecubic 5y ago
  At least in linux, midi devices can be read just like any other character device. It's not a ton of work to read the midi data and translate it to keypresses or whatever else you want. I used to have a Griffin Powermate and did something similar with it. It was a ton of fun.
  - laserlight 5y ago
    Thanks for the suggestion. I looked up some devices, but all of them cater to musicians -- obviously -- and therefore don't have many different types of input. Korg nanokontrol and nanokontrol studio seem to be the best ones in this regard. I wish there was a device made for hackers with small and large knobs and buttons, horizontal and vertical sliders, touch panels, etc. For Mac users, BetterTouchTool [0] allows assigning system-wide actions to MIDI inputs. I haven't used its MIDI capabilities, but I happily use its other features. [0] BetterTouchTool. https://folivora.ai https://folivora.ai
    - hiptobecubic 5y ago
      They cater to musicians because that's what midi was invented for. At the end of the day it's just a protocol and you can interpret it however you like. Any random midi controller will work great. My relatively cheap keyboard has midi over USB and I was able to dump raw midi into a terminal after five minutes of googling.
anfractuosity 5y ago
I've played a little with a Behringer X-TOUCH MINI for controlling Darktable (I think midi support is now in stable), was pretty cool altering the exposure etc. with the wheels.

n4bz0r 5y ago

That's MIDI devices as-in devices with MIDI port (like synthesizers), right? The video looks interesting, haven't seen joysticks/controllers being used in such a fashion. What kind of devices (brands/models) do you use if you don't mind sharing?

crtasm 5y ago
I see a korg nanokontrol2 in the video clip, not sure about the others. midi controllers run over USB nowadays.

awiesenhofer 5y ago

I'm intrigued - how do you control emacs with it?

laserlight 5y ago

Can you give some pointers? I’m interested in using non-traditional input devices but don’t know where to start.

hiptobecubic 5y ago
At least in linux, midi devices can be read just like any other character device. It's not a ton of work to read the midi data and translate it to keypresses or whatever else you want. I used to have a Griffin Powermate and did something similar with it. It was a ton of fun.
- laserlight 5y ago
  Thanks for the suggestion. I looked up some devices, but all of them cater to musicians -- obviously -- and therefore don't have many different types of input. Korg nanokontrol and nanokontrol studio seem to be the best ones in this regard. I wish there was a device made for hackers with small and large knobs and buttons, horizontal and vertical sliders, touch panels, etc. For Mac users, BetterTouchTool [0] allows assigning system-wide actions to MIDI inputs. I haven't used its MIDI capabilities, but I happily use its other features. [0] BetterTouchTool. https://folivora.ai https://folivora.ai
  - hiptobecubic 5y ago
    They cater to musicians because that's what midi was invented for. At the end of the day it's just a protocol and you can interpret it however you like. Any random midi controller will work great. My relatively cheap keyboard has midi over USB and I was able to dump raw midi into a terminal after five minutes of googling.

anfractuosity 5y ago

I've played a little with a Behringer X-TOUCH MINI for controlling Darktable (I think midi support is now in stable), was pretty cool altering the exposure etc. with the wheels.