Comments on: Big Knob controller in Boing Boing Bazaar http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 18:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Blaine http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775171 Blaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775171 Hey guys, just a heads up. Just because a joke is easy to make... doesn't mean it's not funny. he he he... big knob. Hey guys, just a heads up. Just because a joke is easy to make… doesn’t mean it’s not funny.

he he he… big knob.

]]> By: pauldavis http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775698 pauldavis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775698 How about just $150 for 24 endless rotary controllers that you can "Simply plug into your expression port and immediately have a 0..128 mappable control knob for use with Ableton Live, Reason, etc." .... http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHBCR2000 And if you prefer faders instead: http://www.zzounds.com/item--BEHBCF2000 I'm no fan of behringer, but these are actually incredibly great little units. You can use them with free software like http://ardour.org/ too. How about just $150 for 24 endless rotary controllers that you can “Simply plug into your expression port and immediately have a 0..128 mappable control knob for use with Ableton Live, Reason, etc.” ….

http://www.zzounds.com/item–BEHBCR2000

And if you prefer faders instead:

http://www.zzounds.com/item–BEHBCF2000

I’m no fan of behringer, but these are actually incredibly great little units. You can use them with free software like http://ardour.org/ too.

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775191 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775191 I'm not a musician so i have no idea what this sort of stuff usually sells for so i'm speaking out of general ignorance. But holy hell 225 bucks sounds a lot for a knob controller. Seems rather cool looking, though it'd be nice to see it in a nice enclosure of sorts, unless there's a good reason it's set on a bracket looking thing. I’m not a musician so i have no idea what this sort of stuff usually sells for so i’m speaking out of general ignorance. But holy hell 225 bucks sounds a lot for a knob controller.

Seems rather cool looking, though it’d be nice to see it in a nice enclosure of sorts, unless there’s a good reason it’s set on a bracket looking thing.

]]> By: synthsis http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775192 synthsis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775192 that absolutely RULES! I'm trying to justify buying one right now, just can't come up with anything. that absolutely RULES! I’m trying to justify buying one right now, just can’t come up with anything.

]]> By: NomadEngineer http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775199 NomadEngineer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775199 I want one. I have no idea what I'd do with it. Maybe put it next to a big shiny red button. I want one. I have no idea what I’d do with it. Maybe put it next to a big shiny red button.

]]> By: radge http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775204 radge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775204 $225 seems a bit pricy. I have a big knob and it was free. $225 seems a bit pricy. I have a big knob and it was free.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775207 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775207 Griffin PowerMate: $35 http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/ Granted it's only about half the diameter. Griffin PowerMate: $35

http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/powermate/

Granted it’s only about half the diameter.

]]> By: lorq http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775466 lorq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775466 Can I use this to play "Tempest"? Can I use this to play “Tempest”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775218 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775218 i imagine the cost is due to the fact that each is hand-crafted. mmm... hand-crafted knobs... i imagine the cost is due to the fact that each is hand-crafted. mmm… hand-crafted knobs…

]]> By: whisper dog http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775474 whisper dog Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775474 Tom Dolby used something very much like this on his Sole Inhabitant tour. Tom Dolby used something very much like this on his Sole Inhabitant tour.

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775233 wrybread Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775233 I've gone through a few Griffin Powermates over the years, they're not what you'd call "industrial quality". This button might go well with Big Knob: http://www.happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/954002xxxxz.htm I’ve gone through a few Griffin Powermates over the years, they’re not what you’d call “industrial quality”.

This button might go well with Big Knob:

http://www.happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/954002xxxxz.htm

]]> By: rak0ribz http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775248 rak0ribz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775248 Mark, I think the correct spelling is "detent." http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detent http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detente Mark,

I think the correct spelling is “detent.”
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detent
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/detente

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775249 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775249 "Currently there are 10 spring loaded detente positions" I have the same knob, but mine has 11 spring-loaded detente positions. You see... 11... it's one better. “Currently there are 10 spring loaded detente positions”

I have the same knob, but mine has 11 spring-loaded detente positions. You see… 11… it’s one better.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-776542 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-776542 I had a big knob once. But now I'm old and I don't always remember where I put things. I had a big knob once. But now I’m old and I don’t always remember where I put things.

]]> By: Wingo http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775276 Wingo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775276 Oh, man... that big knob is right up my alley. (sorry) Seriously - DO WANT, but it is a little out of my price range at the moment. Oh, man… that big knob is right up my alley. (sorry)

Seriously – DO WANT, but it is a little out of my price range at the moment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775795 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775795 Christ, what a big knob! Christ, what a big knob!

]]> By: sapere_aude http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775286 sapere_aude Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775286 Can you get one that goes to eleven? Can you get one that goes to eleven?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775546 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775546 I'm having a hard time resisting my own big-knob gag! (see what I did there!) Having said that. Hercules Muse is a $40 big knobbed USB device with its own 5.1 sound card built in. I’m having a hard time resisting my own big-knob gag!

(see what I did there!)

Having said that. Hercules Muse is a $40 big knobbed USB device with its own 5.1 sound card built in.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775319 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775319 I have no idea what this does or what it's for. I have no idea what this does or what it’s for.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775868 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775868 Totally awesome. I got one and am going to get another to use as bookends. Totally awesome. I got one and am going to get another to use as bookends.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-776135 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-776135 That knob is kind of big, but not really big. I've seen a couple of really big knobs, and they were bigger than that one, bigger than that big knob. That knob is kind of big, but not really big. I’ve seen a couple of really big knobs, and they were bigger than that one, bigger than that big knob.

]]> By: Lady Katey http://boingboing.net/2010/04/30/big-knob-controller.html#comment-775412 Lady Katey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-775412 @ Anon 13: It's for knob-tweakers to tweak, while standing hunched over folding table covered with home-made electronics, delay pedals and MANY, MANY wires. (I had a boyfriend once who took me to many "Noise" "Shows") @ Anon 13:

It’s for knob-tweakers to tweak, while standing hunched over folding table covered with home-made electronics, delay pedals and MANY, MANY wires.

(I had a boyfriend once who took me to many “Noise” “Shows”)

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