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| ARTIFACT:
Is it possible to assign Shift Button + Spinner to the Computer's Audio Volume control? I have this neat bluetooth keyboard that has a built-in endless dial to control volume - of course I won't use that on my cab when it's built, but this gave me an idea... Why shouldn't I use the spinner that's already going on my CP for that... hold a button and dial volume up or down, voila! I am thinking of buying the Turbo Twist BTW (still not set yet), if that makes a difference. I believe MAME or MaLa (I use both) has some options to assign volume controls to buttons/joysticks already - dial is possible? Thanks! |
| ahofle:
I doubt it's possible using a keyboard interface's shift key, but that is a great idea if you could get it to work some other way. |
| SavannahLion:
Yes, you can. Most of the tools I've Googled for in the past, such as WheelOfVolume, Soundwheel, VolumeTray and Volumouse come from some really hinky sources. Not something I want to deal with with the risk of Trojans, Adware and other ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- nonsense. With such a proliferation of software that all essentially do the exact same thing makes me to believe that, with a little research and a copy of VB, anybody can write their own custom utility. |
| ARTIFACT:
well, at least I know I can setup mame (or mala - cant remember which) to assign volume control on the joystick ... I do it with my X-Arcade. I'll do some experiments to see if it lets me assign from the spinner. if not, it'll be from Joystick 2 (+ press a button under CP or something) SHare your volume control ideas! |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on August 07, 2007, 03:47:38 pm ---With such a proliferation of software that all essentially do the exact same thing makes me to believe that, with a little research and a copy of VB, anybody can write their own custom utility. --- End quote --- Doing something like this probably isn't as simple in code as one might first think. It would seem necessary to hook the keyboard (as a keylogger spy app might do) in order to watch for a specific keypress. When that keypress is sensed, the app would then need to seamlessly take focus away from the current app and restore it when finished (or hook mouse events) in order to see by how much and in which direction to adjust the volume. I can't think of a different, or particularly simple way of doing this. But if anyone else has another way, I'd be happy to be contradicted. As for other volume control ideas, why not just a stereo speaker volume control? I've been thinking of stocking some of these that would handle about 15watts RMS. Any interest? RandyT |
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