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Roll-up rubber usb keypads
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:51 am
by Patch
Anyone seen one of these or used one? I'm thinking it'd be pretty sweet for triggering clips with.
It'd be nice to hit a key with a bit of bounce to it, rather than clicking away like you're typing...
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:03 am
by Michael-SW
Saw a review in Computer Music (?). They evidently suck for playing on (no surprise), but they might be fine for clip triggering.
This:
http://www.gcn.com/print/vol19_no9/1802-1.html
might be even more useful, since you will get more keys.
Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:18 am
by Patch
Whoa! That's an expensive version! I've seen them on ebay for less than £10 brand new!
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:35 am
by littlepig
One of my collegues had one. I think there is a tendancy for the contacts to wear out when it gets rolled. Otherwise quite amusing but not really very bouncy because the rubber is quite thin.
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 7:49 am
by Louis
I was on craigslist and somebody had a posting for a "Roll-up MIDI keyboard" for $10. I went to the kids house as he was only about 15 minutes from me and the dumbass had one of these. He was like 13, maybe 15? I was kinda pissed. He asked me for a smoke, and I told him I would trade him the rest of my pack for the keyboard, and he agreed like a little ciggarette fiend. I fooled around with and amazed my friends... "look! It's a floppy keyboard"... "does it really work?".... "yeah". Stupid. It wasn't that great for typing, I guess it takes some getting used to, and it sucked for everything else too. So I gave it too my mom, who spilled coffee on it, and was all super amazed that it still worked. She was happy. We all laughed, we all had a good time. Rainbows and lolipops!
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:07 am
by mosca
^^^
that's a lol right there.
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:02 pm
by subterFUSE
And now that kid is going to be nicotine addicted, and will die of lung cancer in like 20 years.... thanks to you.
Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:12 am
by AndrewDuke
Michael-SW wrote:Saw a review in Computer Music (?). They evidently suck for playing on (no surprise), but they might be fine for clip triggering.
This:
http://www.gcn.com/print/vol19_no9/1802-1.html
might be even more useful, since you will get more keys.
I guess the one advantage beside portability would be that you wouldn't be worried about drunk punters spilling drinks on it!
Andrew