Try hacking some gamepads ... its cheap and easy. Try [hid].<br><br>My project, <a href="http://www.robotcowboy.com/">robotcowboy,</a> makes use of hacked gamepads and a custom joy -> OSC daemon in Linux. I'm getting ready<br>
to release it soon, so if you use Linux you could try that.<br><br>For instance, I cut a gamepad up and wrapped it around my old trumpet. <a href="http://www.robotcowboy.com/dump/P1070845.jpg">pic1</a>, <a href="http://www.robotcowboy.com/dump/P1070846.jpg">pic2</a>, <a href="http://www.robotcowboy.com/dump/1-5-2008_21-30-1_Bleet.mp3">a short pd session with it</a><br>
<br>There's lots of cool stuff you can for cheap. Also, old console gamepads (psx, ps2, gamecube) are readily available and all you need is a usb converter. I've found aftermarket playstation controllers the perfect hackables.<br>
<br>-- <br>Dan Wilcox<br>danomatika<br><a href="http://www.robotcowboy.com">www.robotcowboy.com</a><br>