23 Oct
2007
23 Oct
'07
9:06 p.m.
Hello list,
The situation is that I often transcribe audio signals (music of course,
but also spoken words like interviews) to my computer. Its a good
situation when your hands are free so you can use both hands to write.
I recently read about some expensive usb-footcontroller (USB) which
somehow connects to an audio program to send start/stop signals.
This cant be this complicated... there a plenty of midi controllers out
there which you controll with your food, even the sustain-pedal is
suitable for the start/stop job.
Do you have any Idea or know of anything which do the described? Just
sending a signal to a audioprogramm (audacious, audacity, xmms etc.) to
halt?
greetings,
Nils
23 Oct
23 Oct
9:50 p.m.
Pure Data is the old standby for me. It's overkill, but it can handle it.
Anything that can take MIDI controller input and playback audio. I'm not
sure if Audacity does that, actually. Rosegarden and Ardour both could, and
now that I think of it you might be able to rig the Jack transport to start
and stop with a MIDI signal, and use that to play Audacity.
-Chuckk
On 10/24/07, N. Gey <ilfhi(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Hello list,
The situation is that I often transcribe audio signals (music of course,
but also spoken words like interviews) to my computer. Its a good
situation when your hands are free so you can use both hands to write.
I recently read about some expensive usb-footcontroller (USB) which
somehow connects to an audio program to send start/stop signals.
This cant be this complicated... there a plenty of midi controllers out
there which you controll with your food, even the sustain-pedal is
suitable for the start/stop job.
Do you have any Idea or know of anything which do the described? Just
sending a signal to a audioprogramm (audacious, audacity, xmms etc.) to
halt?
greetings,
Nils
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24 Oct
24 Oct
7:59 a.m.
On Wednesday 24 October 2007 00:05:52 N. Gey wrote:
Do you have any Idea or know of anything which do the
described? Just
sending a signal to a audioprogramm (audacious, audacity, xmms etc.) to
halt?
Work out which key you use for play/pause (space bar, maybe?)
Fit a 3.5mm jack socket to your keyboard, with the contacts wired across that
key
Plug a footswitch in, with a suitable adaptor cable.
Gordon
11:20 a.m.
New subject: foot switch for pausing/playing audio signals for better transcribing
On Wednesday, 24 October 2007 at 1:05, N. Gey wrote:
Do you have any Idea or know of anything which do the
described? Just
sending a signal to a audioprogramm (audacious, audacity, xmms etc.) to
halt?
xmms has a joystick plugin to control it; with a cheap USB gamepad
(optionally transplanted into an old stompbox or something else more
durable) that should do the job. audacious' evdev plugin should also be
able to do this.
4:18 p.m.
On 10/24/07, Christian Ohm <chr.ohm(a)gmx.net> wrote:
On Wednesday, 24 October 2007 at 1:05, N. Gey wrote:
I could be wrong, but I'd suspect a pedal for a MIDI keyboard would be
cheaper than a USB gamepad, and intended for just that.
-Chuckk
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Do you have any Idea or know of anything which do
the described? Just
sending a signal to a audioprogramm (audacious, audacity, xmms etc.) to
halt?
xmms has a joystick plugin to control it; with a cheap USB gamepad
(optionally transplanted into an old stompbox or something else more
durable) that should do the job. audacious' evdev plugin should also be
able to do this.
5:04 p.m.
New subject: foot switch for pausing/playing audio signals for better transcribing
Chuckk Hubbard schrieb:
I could be wrong, but I'd suspect a pedal for a MIDI keyboard would be
cheaper than a USB gamepad, and intended for just that.
For a sustain pedal, thats true. But there are other factors like
portability and additional hardware. Without modifying the hardware the
sustain pedal can't be connected directly to the pc. You have to use a
midi keyboard, I think. So you can't carry these things with you around.
A sustain-pedal to usb would be fine, but I am no hardware guru, so I
don't have a clue.
Nils
5:13 p.m.
On 10/24/07, N. Gey <ilfhi(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Chuckk Hubbard schrieb:
My bad, I thought you wanted a pedal. I guess you could even just put a USB
mouse on the floor.
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I could be wrong, but I'd suspect a pedal for a MIDI keyboard would be
cheaper than a USB gamepad, and intended for just that.
For a sustain pedal, thats true. But there are other factors like
portability and additional hardware. Without modifying the hardware the
sustain pedal can't be connected directly to the pc. You have to use a
midi keyboard, I think. So you can't carry these things with you around.
A sustain-pedal to usb would be fine, but I am no hardware guru, so I
don't have a clue.
Nils 
25 Oct
25 Oct
7:04 p.m.
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:03:45PM +0200, N. Gey wrote:
Chuckk Hubbard schrieb:
Well the cheapest hack I could think of, is to dig out an unused/broken USB keyboard, and
just hook up a cheap footswitch from a MIDI keyboard up to the wire for the
"pause" key:
http://www.instructables.com/id/EI34R6HWSREP2874NM/
Not much hardware hacking expertise required there, just know how to solder and to use a
multimeter really.
Hmm, could probably build a whole pedalboard that way. For next to zero cost. Intriguing.
- -ken
I could be wrong, but I'd suspect a pedal for a MIDI keyboard would be
cheaper than a USB gamepad, and intended for just that.
For a sustain pedal, thats true. But there are other factors like
portability and additional hardware. Without modifying the hardware the
sustain pedal can't be connected directly to the pc. You have to use a
midi keyboard, I think. So you can't carry these things with you around.
A sustain-pedal to usb would be fine, but I am no hardware guru, so I
don't have a clue.
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