I used the joystick port on my SoundBlaster:
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It facilitates two analog joysticks. Each joystick is two buttons and two potmeters.
I had a defunct 4-channel mixer which I converted to a controller. There was software which converted joystick readouts to midi messages.
I think the special 15-pin connectors plus cables costed as much as a second-hand midi controller.
This was far before USB when technology was much simpler.
It facilitates two analog joysticks. Each joystick is two buttons and two potmeters.
I had a defunct 4-channel mixer which I converted to a controller. There was software which converted joystick readouts to midi messages.
I think the special 15-pin connectors plus cables costed as much as a second-hand midi controller.
This was far before USB when technology was much simpler.
Statistics: Posted by BertKoor — Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:00 pm