cephallus Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hey all, Does anyone know off the top of their head what exactly the plug-in pen for the touchpad does? I get readings on the pad using a generic stylus (my finger, even)...does the pen have some enhanced functionality that I'm missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defender II Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hey all, Does anyone know off the top of their head what exactly the plug-in pen for the touchpad does? I get readings on the pad using a generic stylus (my finger, even)...does the pen have some enhanced functionality that I'm missing? The button on it for the click/select/pen up-down function is the only difference from using any other sylus or your finger, unless you've added a button to your finger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cephallus Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hey all, Does anyone know off the top of their head what exactly the plug-in pen for the touchpad does? I get readings on the pad using a generic stylus (my finger, even)...does the pen have some enhanced functionality that I'm missing? The button on it for the click/select/pen up-down function is the only difference from using any other sylus or your finger, unless you've added a button to your finger. I'll think about it! Would that be considered a hardware mod? I sort-of suspected it was something like that. I am using it with my own software (I don't have any of the Atari s/w that came with it) so I didn't have an easy way to test... Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hello cephallus I am using it with my own software (I don't have any of the Atari s/w that came with it) so I didn't have an easy way to test... The CX-77 is connected to the computer via the joystickports. Testing the joystickports shouldn't be a problem. Greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cephallus Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hello cephallus I am using it with my own software (I don't have any of the Atari s/w that came with it) so I didn't have an easy way to test... The CX-77 is connected to the computer via the joystickports. Testing the joystickports shouldn't be a problem. Greetings Mathy Hi Mathy, I wasn't too clear...I meant that I didn't have an obvious way to know exactly what the original pen for the pad did, since I didn't have the Atari software to check and see what features I was missing without the pen. The pads I have seem to work great - I wrote some software to read the inputs from the paddle registers and produce sounds. So far it's very basic - adjusting pitch/volume from the x-y of a single pad. I'm planning to add the ability to switch voices/octaves, add effects/chords/etc (possibly by reading areas of the second pad), and record the output to machine code that can be triggered by the keyboard or other apps as pseudo-samples. I had the idea to be able to print mylar overlays for a second pad with colums like intervals (min/maj 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, etc), sound effects (stereo echo with 2nd pokey, distortion, fade, etc), pads, that kind of stuff...tapping a row in one of the columns would turn the effect on/off. All for fun...I'll post whatever I come up with, if anyone else is interested in playing around with it. Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Philsan Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 All for fun...I'll post whatever I come up with, if anyone else is interested in playing around with it. Yes, we are very interested! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irgendwer Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 (edited) Hey all, Does anyone know off the top of their head what exactly the plug-in pen for the touchpad does? I get readings on the pad using a generic stylus (my finger, even)...does the pen have some enhanced functionality that I'm missing? The click on the pen-button equals a 'joystick-up-signal' while the shoulder buttons of the table equals joystick left & right. AFAIR there is no difference in Atari-Artist between pen & left click, while the right click has a slightly different meaning. CU Irgendwer Edited August 19, 2008 by Irgendwer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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