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Silhouette:
Lik-Sang has Rave Discman controllers for $15 each, with 36% off if you order 5 or more.
I was considering using one of those old handheld PSX steering controllers, with the 1 1/2" 270 degree spinner, but the Discman's turntable would just be easier to use.
hooded_paladin:
Woah, woah, woah.  You need to keep in mind the correct formats.  A spinner or 360 (optical encoder-based) steering wheel would not interface with the PS controller without special circuitry.  The Konami Official controller and the Rave Discman have optical encoder wheels in them, but they translate the information into digital signals like this:  When the turntable is spun one way, up is held, and the other way is down.  The signal is maintained for a 1/3rd of a second or so, even if the rotation stops, because you are not supposed to be able to scratch twice rapidly in the same direction.  When the turning is reversed quickly, one signal is cut out and the other is turned on because the way to perform rapid successive scratches is to go back and forth.

That's a little too much information but I hope it showed at least one thing:  that analog axes, like in a potentiometer-based steering wheels, are unacceptable.

And keep in mind that making a homemade one out of a Rave Discman and official Sanwa Beatmania buttons is a lot more expensive than buying a Konami Official controller.  There are a lot of handmade controller "companies" started up over on www.bemanistyle.com (I'd check out that site's forums before doing a homemade controller) so I don't really know that Sanwa's are still that expensive or that substitutes haven't been found, but last I checked it was.  Round buttons and even rectangular poker buttons don't have a good feel to them - keep in mind that the button layout of the Rave Discman is not how it's meant to be.
Silhouette:
Actually, I was just going to use Happ posilock poker buttons, they're $3.05 each. Sanwa buttons are WAY too expensive.
hooded_paladin:
Okay, I thought you might have some really bad ideas on how the thing works and is laid out.  I HAVE heard that poker buttons have too deep of a required push, or something, so they won't feel quite right but maybe you'll be okay.
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