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What Dance Pad do you have or recommend?
Zathras:
Another vote for building your own metal pads. I finally got around to installing DWI on my cab this weekend and hooked up the pads with a ps2 to USB adapter and it was like a whole new experience with the cab.
GGKoul:
Zathras, do you have any pics of the dance pad you made? How much did it cost you?
As I found a BYODP link on this site and the guy said it cost him @ $120 for him to create his own. And that's how much is cost for me to get one of via ebay. So I would save on the shipping charges.
Thanks!
-GGKoul
Zathras:
I PMed you GGKoul but just to share the info:
They were about $100 each if memory serves me correctly but they are tanks that will hold up to anything - I've used them for a couple of years now and haven't had a bit of a problem. They have been stomped on by all shapes and sizes.
For more info and ideas there is a thread on DDRFreak about BYODDRP
http://www.ddrfreak.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=59254
The main page I used when building mine is:
http://www.angelfire.com/d20/ddrhomepad/'
I have some old "in progress" pics of mine up at:
http://www.thatinter.net/ddr/
They are pretty close to what they are now but I replaced the pegboard bottom w/ MDF for some extra rigidity. The overhang was going to be for a backplate but after using them for a while I decided it wasn't really necessary so I dropped that idea when I switched to MDF
I'll try to take some updated pics with them hooked up to the cab.
riki:
if you wanna make a home built one.. I have a pretty simple one to build. 1.5" thick full size metal pad (no lights, ... yet).
http://www.mydancepad.com
take care
riki
Wirehed:
I'm thinking of building my own pad, specifically for use with Stepmania. What PS2 to USB adapter works well with Stepmania?