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The Joypad That Became A Rotary Controller

Posted by timothy on from the chaka-khan dept.

jaromil writes "Speaking of human/computer interface, so simple, so neat, a usb knob to switch among desktops can give us quite some feeling about operating a machine... how about such controls around the monitor?" The knob in this case is switching between different effects possible with EffecTV. This make me wonder what creative uses people are putting Griffin's PowerMate to.

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  1. Who cares by zerdood · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    /me fails to understand what the great benefit of knobs is. there is always an almost-as-easy (and perhaps easier) way to do things, so why waste your money?

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