[chuck-users] Retractable string controller for Chuck

Robert Poor rdpoor at gmail.com
Wed Mar 18 12:55:10 EDT 2009


For the record: Dan Trueman **rawks**.  Total elapsed time between  
receiving his message (with crystal clear instructions on modding the  
Catz/GameTrack box) to seeing output of all six axes on my screen: 20  
minutes.  A significant part of that was spent trying to find the  
storage bin with my Weller Soldering Iron and small tools.

Now I can start to get really silly with this thing.  Anyone got a  
great chainsaw patch?  :)

- Rob

On 18 Mar 2009, at 09:16, dan trueman wrote:

> from my earlier post:
>
> http://x37v.com/x37v/post/2008/08/madcatz-gametrak-mod.html
>
> dt
>
> On Mar 18, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Robert Poor wrote:
>
>> Well.  All this talk of the Ondes Martinot and chainsaws have made  
>> me reconsider the performance art potential for the Catz / Gametrak  
>> controller.   When I plug it in, the OS X USB device manager knows  
>> its name, but (not surprisingly) chuck --probe doesn't show it.   
>> Can anyone offer pointers on what I have to write to make it  
>> recognized as an HID device under OS X?
>>
>> - Rob
>>
>> On 18 Mar 2009, at 08:47, Kassen wrote:
>>
>>> Jukka;
>>>
>>>
>>> There is a musical instrument where the pitch can be controlled,  
>>> as an alternative to using a keyboard, by how much string you pull  
>>> out -- the Ondes Martinot. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy9UBjrUjwo 
>>>  for a very good demonstration. Perhaps this controller could be  
>>> adapted to such use.
>>>
>>>
>>> Excellent example. Also; the Martinot was notoriously unreliable,  
>>> needing frequent repairs; in some ways you would be better off  
>>> with this controller and a decent MIDI keyboard.
>>>
>>> That, and you could "start" it like it were a chainsaw or  
>>> lawnmower; that would certainly get rid off the slightly dusty  
>>> image of the Martinot!
>>>
>>> Sorry, I can't resist trying to share my enthusiasm for such  
>>> concepts.
>>>
>>> Kas.
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