[PD] Re: new HID

[oliver]

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,
> -David
> 
>> Best,
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>> -------------------
>> chris at mccormick.cx
>> http://mccormick.cx
>>
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