At Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:29:58 -0400, Paul Davis wrote: IIRC, Frank Neumann has already shown his tablet controller working as a MIDI device at the last linuxtag, and it was quite impressive. so, the gamepad support must be easy as well. Takashi

On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 12:29:58PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: I would like something which accepts plugins for different controller types (serial-port controller kits are widely available, GDAM supports rangefinders on parallel port which allows filter cutoffs to be adjusted moving hands through the air, GDAM supports a ps2 keyboard on the mouse port for a very cheap 120-key trigger/toggle solution) and plugins for different outputs (OSC would avoid having to cram everything through MIDI) and hopefully the ability to split data to a socket so controllers can be used by more than one piece of software. Controllers are an important aspect of computer music, and i think this is another area where peoples' efforts are not reused or shared (guilty myself) -geoff