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no this isn't a thread about cocks (thank you so much to the uk xlters who taught me that vernacular btw) so i've had my bitstream 3x midi controller for a number of months now and fucking love it, but i've discovered that after long sessions with it, my fingers tend to get a lil sweaty and slippery and i will occasionally lose my grip on one of the knobs. is there anywhere online that i can buy replacement knobs (just the knobs, i obviously don't need to replace the pots on a 9 month old piece of hardware) that have a little more grip? what kind of measurements do i need, and about how much should this run me (there are 32 knobs altogether). also, some color coding would be a plus, because finding the one you want out of a 4x8 grid of identical knobs can be a little haphazard in dimly lit areas. |
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mmm.... knobs |
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he said knobs *snigger* |
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when i worked in a kindergarden i learned one thing: never say what NOT to do. |
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DON'T give me advice on buying gear |
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Why not glue pieces of rubber tube to your knobs to make them more tactile? |
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can you explain how you would do that? |
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i have considered this, however i'm mainly worried about how well the rubber will stay on the knobs, as well as the fact that it would make the knobs significantly wider, and the finger space in the middle of the grid can already get a little bit cramped. |
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man, knobs are friggin expensive. i think i may send out a message on the interwebs and see if any of my friends in rl want to do a knob swap of some kind. it seems instead of different colors the best option would be just different designs of knobs. i've swapped the knobs from my oxygen 2 which i recently molested and they feel much nicer in me hands, but unfortunately the indicators face the opposite directions which would just be way too trippy to deal with. i think i gotta start digging through my back issues of make magazine for this one. |
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wear rubber gloves |
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this is now a thread about cocks. |
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heh, thats actually a decently viable option which i hadn't considered. good one. |
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phew, glad i used the follow up feature for that one. |
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wrap grip tape around the nobs......like the tape used to wrap around the handle bars of racer cycles. cut it up thin with scissors you can get diffrent colours too. or blue tack blue tack is lovely blue and grippy and will serve you well. |
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this is definitely going to become a bit of a maker project. tehehe :D |
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hedphukker likes knobs. |
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hedphukker needs to replace his knob. |
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hedphukker prefers knobs that he can get a good grip on. |
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hedphukker uses slippery knobs in dimly lit areas. |
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sorry. |
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you missed the best one... however i'm mainly worried about how well the rubber will stay on the knobs this always complicates things |
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impressive. you manage to miss the second r every time. and would someone please tell me another term to use instead of knob so you all can know when i'm talking about your bell ends and when i'm talking about twiddly midi thingies. |
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heh... wow I did... |
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Yeah, I only used his first post. Noticed that one later but figured I had derailed the thread bad enough and decided not to use it. |
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haHA! i've figured it out! rubber gromits are the key. i've always got a couple laying around since they fit both of my bongs, so i picked one up and it fits perfectly. it requires such a light touch now, lovely. also, i figured to swap some of the sliders from my hardware mixers, and i'm pleased with that too. instead of the teeeeeeny tiny crossfader slider that it comes with i now have a big fat black one. |
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*grommets |
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your using marigold rubber gloves really arnt you! y just dont want us to know.., its o.k , we all have our little secrets. :) |
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so i went a bit crazy last night and started pulling knobs and sliders of all my gear last night and really went to town swapping them all around to get the right, and i'm quite pleased with the result. my controller has gone from this somewhat vanilla design... |
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..to this bad ass array of knobs and faders: |
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just those little things that make you want to play more. feel is important. glad it worked. |
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hedphukkerr went crazy pulling knobs last night. |
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exactly. i've just been sitting with it in my lap twiddling the knobs without it even being connected to a computer because it feels so much nicer now. also i finally delved into the different ways to program the controller and boy howdy is it sweet. being able to change the curve the pot follows, switching up buttons between toggle and push on the fly, and all sorts of other stuff. i feel like i'm just learning to ride a bike and finally took my training wheels off. |
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I remembered the extra 'r' this time! I was starting to post like a bizarr(rr?)o-Anus_Presley for a minute there. |
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cool go for it ! keep your focus on that baby sweet thing will reward you ive got a kenton freak ( haha freq) sliders not very smooth tho but can do some cool things.`not as fancy as yours now anyway. |
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your avy is so funny sandy ! haha :P |
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He doesn't even have to be at the computer to do it. He just twiddles with his knob in his lap and it feels very nice. |
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