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phanophish:
I'm in the planning stages of a MAME build and am looking for some advice on control interfaces.  I understand what most of the marketing/features for the various control interfaces means, but I have no idea if any of it matters.  Are there any of the control interfaces that are really better than the other for building a control panel? 

I'm planning to go with the TurboTwist spinner and  Electric ICE-T trackballs so don't need a separate spinner/trackball interface correct?  So then which control inter=face is the way to go.  Price seems within $5-10 and I care much more about functionality and ease of use.

Thanks in advance for the recommendations!
Ryglore:
As far as the trackball and spinner go, you can hook them both up to the same opti-wiz interface. Since the opti-wiz allows for up to 3 separate optical devices to be connected to it.

As far as the KeyWiz vs Ipac I am wondering the same thing. At this point I am planning on of using the Ipac2 for my control interface but it doesn't seem like the two really differ...
Endaar:
Both the TT spinner and the trackball have USB interfaces, so you don't need the OptiWiz. I can't really help with the encoder choice; I personally went with an IPAC 4 which does what it's supposed to.
mwong168:
Based on what I have read about the IPAC4 I don't think you can go wrong with it or what RandyT from GGG is offering.  I went with:

KeyWiz40-ST (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_80&products_id=303)
GP Wiz40-MAX (http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76_81&products_id=235)

Since my control panel is a 4 player control panel or 5 player if you count my dedicated 4 way stick.  As for the TurboTwist spinner and Electric ICE-T which both comes with it's own interface which can be either PS2 or USB.  Just make sure when you are placing the order you pay attention to the USB Device Number pull down menu for the TT and ICE-T.
phanophish:
Do they both use the same encoder so I need to be sure that I order the trackball with a different USB ID than the spinner?
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