On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 00:54, Paul Winkler wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 08:42:42PM -0400, Dave Robillard wrote: > > Speaking of touchpads, does anyone know of a (usb) touchpad that works > > with your finger, not just a pen? (The only ones I've seen just work > > with the stylus, which is no good) > > I'm guessing you mean a big one, like 15 or 20 cm on a side? > I've never seen one that big that wasn't a pen-controlled art thingie. > > ... on the other hand, google finds everything... check this out, > not cheap but looks very interesting and they seem to be linux-friendly! > http://www.fingerworks.com/igesture.html
Yeah, that's the only one I could find. All those stupid features make it expensive as heck, I just want two axis and that's it! It's a descent size though, maybe I should bite the bullet. It says it just emulates a USB mouse despite all the crazy extra features, so hacking out some software to MIDI-ize it shouldn't be too hard at all. > Currently I use a Fellowes (nee Cirque) touchpad as my primary mouse. > It's a bit bigger than a laptop touchpad, but not by much. > Like this one: > http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?RestartFlow=t&Section_Id=1795&Product_Id=813772&Product_Name=FELLOWES+99841+Internet+Glidepoint+Touchpad Yeah, that is small. On the other hand, it's also incredibly cheap. I don't think something that size would even be precise enough for controlling filter cutoff though.. Could always buy 10 and build a nice little finger drum kit! :) -DR-
