Using a PS-Controller for resolume...

Furionic · Post by **Furionic** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 13:49

There is a possibility to connect a PS-controller via a converter to usb...but does anybody know if it is possible to use a Playstation Controller to controll different parameters in resolume?
If it works, is it possible to asign it that i can chose my videos via controlling-cross on the joypad?

Greez out
furi

levon · Post by **levon** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 09:33

there is a site that shows you how to convert a PS2 controller to something you can use on a PC, and there is software that converts controllers into midi, i dont know where either of these are though

continuity-B · Post by **continuity-B** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:22

I did it once, very jittery. Maybe avoid older pads tho. Smooth control is quite difficult but it was good fun for kneejerk visuals like for dnb.

Get MidiOX I think it was?

continuity-B · Post by **continuity-B** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:27

Just read your post more carefully...

...as for selecting vids, you can assign a clip to any button (including d-pad) but I doubt you can 'browse' the deck using the d-pad if that's what you mean.

[Edited on 23-6-2005 by continuity-B]

Furionic · Post by **Furionic** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 16:44

At least i wanted to buy one of these dance-mat controllers (you know, these mats where you can jump on and have to solve some dancing steps) and connect it to my pc via an USB-Converter.
After this i planed to asign some videos and effects to the fields on the mat so that people could jump around on it and have a kind of interaction.

@ continuity-B
Do you think this will work with the MidiOX - Programm you have posted?
I only found a programm for MacOS called junXion to convert the signals from a PS-Controller to Midi-Signals.

VJair · Post by **VJair** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 17:53

http://www.midiox.com

continuity-B · Post by **continuity-B** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 18:03

Yes it would, a dance mat is just a psx pad squashed flat. You can use any USB input device (I plan on trying a pen+tablet) and anything you can plug into the psx pad adapter. I heard of a guy using a skateboard controller once but that's probably a bit unneccesary.

Furionic · Post by **Furionic** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 22:15

Hi there back again...
i have to take this issue up again now.
Now i got everything i need (2 dance mats, one ps2usb converter box and midiox)...but i donÂ´t get is. Maybe iÂ´m not intelligent enough to use midiox or getting the right settings...

Does anybody know which settings have to be made, that i`m abled to convert my signals to midi.
Midiox is allways asking about a midi-input-device...but i donÂ´t have a f***ing midi-input-device, i just got my f***ing mats and want to use them as midi-inputs.
Be the way: the mat is being recognized by my pc so i can exclude this as possible source of error.

If anybody has some information about thins for me i would be so thankfull that i would run into the next church and burn some candles for you!!!
I need this mats on friday...so time is running!

asbach · Post by **asbach** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 22:24

hi,
try this sw:
http://vellocet.com/software/VMIDIJoY.html

greets
asbach

Furionic · Post by **Furionic** » Tue Jul 26, 2005 10:03

Thanks,
i also had tried VMIDIJoy...no effect
after hours of searching, trying and beating my head against my computer screen i finally found this:
http://krypt.dyndns.org:81/joy2midi/
It is very easy to handle so i was abled to configure one of my mats for resolume. Since now i havenÂ´t tried to do it with both of my mats because it got allready late yesterday. I will try it today, but my feeling is wispering me, that it will only work with one controller.
So maybe iÂ´ll have to go deeper in midiox...
WeÂ´ll see.
I will leave my results here for later generations of dissapointed vjÂ´s