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Dance Pad build for cabinet
« on: July 02, 2003, 03:59:20 pm »
I'm just starting to build a metal dance pad using the ddrhomepad plans so I can play stepmania on my cabinet.  I'm wondering how many people have done this and if they can offer some advice.

My plan is to wire the four arrows through my IPAC so I don

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2003, 04:33:22 pm »
First off, I AM NO EXPERT, and I haven't attempted this, and I've done some Q&DT (Quick-n-Dirty-Tech) that has worked out fine...here are my suggests/opinions/etc.

1)  I want to be able to move or put away the dance pad easily when I

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2003, 04:55:03 pm »
1)  I want to be able to move or put away the dance pad easily when I

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2003, 05:58:47 pm »
Thanks for the link SirPoonga, exactly what I needed. ;D

Why are you doing lights?

No reason in particular.  I know that some pads have them, and I thought it would be easy to add and not to expensive.  Its not that I have to have them, but I think it would be a neat addition.  If I need a separate power supply and whatever for them, then I don't think I will go ahead with putting them in, but if I can just run them off an IPAC switch circuit, why not?  Most of the superbright LEDs only pull around 20 milli-Amps, but I'm not sure if if thats too much for the IPAC.

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2003, 09:20:28 pm »
This is the link for the ddrhomepad that bionicbadger is talking about:
http://www.geocities.com/ddrhomepad/
Hope it helps for anyone with the same idea!

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« Last Edit: July 02, 2003, 09:20:50 pm by jhsmith321 »

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2003, 09:21:40 pm »
No, the keyboard leds won;t do anything for you for a dance pad.

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2003, 01:55:31 pm »
I had some free time at work - made new arrows in VECTOR format.  They are uploaded to the vector library.

I'll work on the green arrows and the other ones next week.  Time for a Holiday!!

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2003, 02:02:46 pm »
posibly make it slide out like a keyboard drawer.
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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2003, 02:51:23 pm »
Which program do I need to open the ".ps" files which Frostillicus supplied in the vector library?

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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2003, 03:26:31 pm »
Which program do I need to open the ".ps" files which Frostillicus supplied in the vector library?
It's an EPS - I know it says ".ps"  Your computer thinks it's just a  postscript file.  If you had Acrobat Distiller it would turn it into a PDF.

Anyway - just drag it into Illustrator or another vector program.  Might work in photoshop.



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Re:Dance Pad build for cabinet
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2003, 05:27:34 pm »
Which program do I need to open the ".ps" files which Frostillicus supplied in the vector library?
It's an EPS - I know it says ".ps"  Your computer thinks it's just a  postscript file.  If you had Acrobat Distiller it would turn it into a PDF.

Anyway - just drag it into Illustrator or another vector program.  Might work in photoshop.


I believe gimp can handle it too.  If I remember I needed a plugin to do it though.