Comments on: Hack Media: Monome

By: reece

reece — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:20:32 +0000

Would the aluminium be strictly necessary though? Wouldn’t a self-built model be based purely on functionality instead of asthetics? If I were to make one (which I have neither the funds nor knowledge to do), I would be more concerned with whether it works properly than whether the panel is aluminium or plastic.

By: Crash

Crash — Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:27:59 +0000

Where do you get 100-125 bucks from? I can get a 12x12inch 6061 .25 inch thick aluminum plate, more than what they had, for less than $40.

By: aegis

aegis — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:32:47 +0000

Quote:
I definitely couldn’t do that with a $10 microcontroller and $20 worth of parts.

Oh wait, I could.
>>>>>>
Sorry, but no you couldn’t. An aluminum panel like the one shown will cost you about $100-125 USD alone. Then, have fun trying to find you backlit buttons – you’d not find any commercial manufacturers of them; instead you’ll have to order a custom run, so look forward to $500 in tooling costs and about a dollar per part. Now, go get some fecl to etch your plates, there’s another $20-30. Then spend a few months most likely working out the details – perhaps your time is worthless though so maybe that isn’t a cost to you.

If you claim you can do it, DO IT, or at least offer evidence of how you WOULD DO IT. Otherwise, shut it.

By: ben

ben — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 01:27:24 +0000

I had a version of Lights-Out that was cube-shaped with 9 buttons on each side. That would be neat to use.
http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/collection/Other%20Puzzles/images/Lights%20Out%20Cube%20%20Tiger.jpg

Though 9 would be annoying to work with.

By: yeha

yeha — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:26:42 +0000

check this out: http://www.zefrank.com/sequencer/index.html

seems to be clearly the same

By: Vrogy

Vrogy — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:25:24 +0000

Very nice. Classy.

By: kenny

kenny — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:53:32 +0000

i also immediately thought of “lights out” when i saw this article.

pic of lights out:
http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/collection/Other%20Puzzles/images/Lights%20Out%20Clasic%20Tiger.jpg

i wouldnt know how to go about rigging that up, but the interface of individually lighted rubber keys is definitely cheap enough to buy.

By: one

one — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:13:23 +0000

i temporary mirrored the file (12kb/s downloads suck)
http://oneko2.ath.cx/one/monome40h.mov
it’s a good project ;) – one

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:47:28 +0000

Pretty cool. I have no interest in music, but I could see it in use by any computer power user.

But $500? Forget it. Even that 3 button OLED input device is only $100.

By: Sp`ange

Sp`ange — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:55:42 +0000

It would be interesting to use this equipment with some of Bludgeonsoft’s Audio Apps.

http://www.wizardmaster.com/bludgeonsoft/audio.html

By: JIMMYD

JIMMYD — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:08:23 +0000

dang… so simple yet so fun to play with. 150 dollar price tag and that thing would sell like no ones business.

By: steve

steve — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:03:55 +0000

OMG that is sexy. That would be awesome for live music mixing, like the stuff bt does. Makes me want to get one just to play with it. If only it weren’t so expensive.

By: andrew

andrew — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 07:28:51 +0000

really really good idea and a great implementation… i love it :D

By: acidrain

acidrain — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 05:54:24 +0000

#11 beat me to it. This is nearly identical to the lights out game. I still have one from my LSD days. You hit a button, and it toggles the light on that button and the 4 lights around it (or 3 lights around it for an edge, 2 for a corner). The object was to clear the board, so all the lights were out. Fun. Very cool looking on acid. Found it in the bargain bin at Kaybee toys.

For anyone interested in that sort of thing, I also recommend a game called “Light Wars” also by Tiger. It is a circular ring of lights, with 4 “control pad” type things. It is a multi play game, where each play has 2 buttons. The object was to “bounce” the light “ball” around, hitting it with your left or right button “paddle”. The light would move faster and faster, and if it hit the light in front of you, you lost a life (3 total I think). There was another mode called lockdown, where you had to hit both paddles when it was in the center, to “lock” the light there, and you get a point. You release the light and it starts moving faster. Another mode was like the first but with 2 light “balls”. The 4th mode was a 4 player game, with the player opposite you as a partner, and you both had to hit the same paddle at the same time.

Very interesting social game to play on drugs. All huddled around this 80′s looking space game tripping out of your skull.

Sorry. Resume hacker talk now.

By: generalformat

generalformat — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 04:26:29 +0000

Reminds me alot of the Tenori-on, but having more practical uses.