[hidin] is included in the Pd-extended nightly builds. Work has just
started on [hidio], which is the next generation of [hid] It will
support Windows. No release date yet, we are working on it.
.hc
On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:26 AM, oliver wrote:
hi, list
sorry if this has been asked before, but i'm still not sure about it:
is there any working [hid] or [hidin] external for XP ? i learned olaf matthes has made one some time ago but
http://www.akustische-kunst.org/
seems to be down or closed. can anybody help ?
thankxalot
oliver
David Merrill wrote:
Chris McCormick wrote:
On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 12:01:32PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner
wrote:On Nov 23, 2006, at 8:20 PM, Chris McCormick wrote:
Since Hans pointed out it doesn't work under OSX, I think the
next best option is for me to write an external that uses SDL calls to
read from the joystick, since that library works on all platforms. Will
report back here when that's done.When I started [hid], I explored many options including SDL.
It provides a very limited interface to the devices, but is
relatively easy to use. I suppose an SDL object would be
useful in specific circumstances, like on obscure platforms.
Do you have a specific problem with [hid] besides not working
on Windows?Not at all. If [hid] was working on Windows, and easy to compile on Linux, I think I'd go with that.
You could also join Olaf Matthes, David Merrill, and I on
working on the next generation of [hidin]/[hid]/[input_noticer]
that will work on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows. By lucky
chance, David was in NYC so we met yesterday about this. And
by another lucky chance, Olaf is getting into NYC and we are
going to be meeting about this soon.That sounds really cool. I look forward to a time when it's easy to get joystick events into Pd in a cross-platform way. In the meantime I might write a very simple SDL external to do just what I need, or persue Frank's idea of wrapping [joystick] and [hid] depending on
the platform. I'd definately switch to what you guys are working on once it's working on all platforms though.Yes, being able to easily connect a joystick on any platform
should be a right, not a privilege within PD. :) We'll be getting
started asap. Also, in general I think that there are neat
possibilities for hacking other off-the-shelf hardware for
instrument-building - to build the sensor into another instrument.
Like many of the new wireless optical mice that have been released
for really cheap lately.. For less than $10USD, they present a
cheap, wireless 2D motion sensor that will also work with HID.
Also, I'm looking forward to the price coming down on these: http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/cut-the-cord-usb-runs- free-with-freescale-149775.php Power it with a battery and build
it into your device, and your instrument can have several such
hacked USB peripherals connected wirelessly back to your PC-as-synth. cheers, -DavidBest,
Chris.
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