Nintendo Muff

[CaptainCrunch]

You want some nerd cred?

Figure out how to use the Power Glove as a master effects controller, and throw an e-bow in while you're at it.

[FireAarro]

Midi power glove? Brilliant!

[chrisjedijane]

does the power glove transmit MIDI messages, or is it just Voltage control? I don't really know much about the workings of console controllers.

[pullover]

Sort of, only it's not a MIDI message (midi is a language specific to musical instruments-Musical Instrument Data Interface), but its a message none the less. What happens... do you really care, and am I a huge nerd for knowing this? Anyway, it's all just carbon switches that get fed into an 8 bit serial parallel in/serial out chip. When you press up, and A, the serial chip codes it into 1's and 0's for the appropriate move. The Game unit sends the controller a clock pulse message like a hundred times a second (I don't know really but it's fast) that tells the chip to dump the serial information back into the game unit. So in order to use a controller, non modified for an effect controller, you have to find the proper input voltage, generate a clock pulse, and then have a way to decipher the serial data dumped from the controller.

[chrisjedijane]

i do really care! I know quite a bit about MIDI and control voltages, and I was thinking that it would be really cool to use the controller if it output MIDI messages.

So basically each console has its' own system for data exchange from controller-console? it sounds like too much of a pain in the ass to modify. I was thinking that you could have used the controller to alter the parameters on the BM (tone, volume, sustain) and have the joystick's centre position as a "neutral", where the stick was swtiched out, and the pedal worked as a normal BM.

I guess I'm getting ahead of myself, though!

[aen]

Gah!  I forgot to mention I finished the nintendo muff!

It wasn't a complete success, though.  If I were to do another big muff mod I would keep it al in the original housing and use momentary pushbuttons for the feedback loops.

[pullover]

Yeah, I agree, I think I am going to do it again with another controller and just put a "Feedbacker" jack in the side of the pedal like I talked about in one of my earlier posts in this thread. Maybe I will build a clone and do it. It makes more sense to have the controller on the outside of the pedal, rather than putting the pedal inside the controller.