After nearly 20 years of playing the majority of my games with xbox 360 controllers (first on the 360, now on PC) I'm finally forced to admit I need an upgrade. I've had some of these controllers for so long the housings have actually worn down. They're all on their second or third set of joystick sensors too. And it's annoying keeping up with rechargable AA batteries.
So, I'm looking for recommendations! I'd prefer:
Offset joysticks (eg, xbox) over symmetrical (eg, playstation)
Good, crisp input
Wireless, good range, either bluetooth or dongle (dongle slightly preferred)
Rechargable
Large-ish (I have fairly big hands)
Must work in Linux (primarily Pop_OS)
Extra back buttons are a plus!
I do have an 8bitdo Pro 2 controller, but I find it uncomfortable, undersized, and the d-pad is spongy. Cost isn't an issue within reason; I'd rather spend $75 on a really good controller than waste a bunch of time buying/returning junk.
Does anyone know of a decent #cello or #violin#midi#controller? So far I have only found so-called silent cellos/violins with built-in, synthesized and amplified sound engines. But I'd really be more interested in a pure #strings MIDI controller. The same goes for the #flute. If there's something well-built and reliable in that area, I'd be interested as well. 🤓️
I finally just installed the #emulators from RA itself. The #NES and #SNES ones work fine, but I had to map buttons on my #XBox#controller and they don't support filters.
Today the black cat brought me a brand new Nintendo Super Famicom wireless controller, sent by my secret agent in Hyōgo. I’ll be using it rather than the 8bitdo sn30 pro, which will now be dedicated to emulator duty.
Here it is next to a Nintendo Famicom/nes dogbone (wireless 8bitdo diy board equipped), & the revised controller that shipped with snes/Famicom jr systems.
Bah! Built another MIDI controller... This one allows you to change a parameter (note, program change, etc.) with the dial and then press the dial to send the change. The 7 segment display shows the chosen value.
MIDI is output via 5 Pin DIN port, but can also be via USB MIDI.
This is what I have: When you scroll the knob it shows the number on the display (with brightness set dim) and then when you press the knob/button
it sends that value via MIDI output and then flashes 4 time and shows the number at full brightness.
The flashing lets you know you've set the value and sent it.
And "dim" means you are selecting a value and "bright" means you have chosen the value to send.
The hardest part about working on the r-kontrol app is not programming, ux, testing, eleminate bugs, performance optimization, try to fit lots of stuff on to small screens... no no no... its to adjust the damn handbook ;)
Over the course of the past few days I've read through and rated 104 proposals for the Platform Engineering track at #KubeCon EU 2024. There were so many fantastic proposals. Really looking forward to the conference and especially this track. Most mentioned: #Backstage#IDP#Crossplane#Kubernetes#Controller#MultiCluster