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- Hubi's Joystick to MIDI converter
- V1.0 March 1995
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- Requirements:
- Joystick, Win 3.1, MIDI output
- Recommended:
- Hubi's LoopBack MIDI driver (MDLPBK11.ZIP)
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- Limitations :
- * only one two-axes Joystick currently supported.
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- Installation :
- * If you have no Joystick driver currently installed, you should install
- one now. The archive contains IBMJOY.ZIP, unzip this into an empty
- directory and use the Control-Panel->Driver icon to install.
- * Copy joy_ctrl.exe to a directory of your choice.
- * Drag and Drop joy_ctrl.exe from file manager to a program managers group
- of your choice.
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- Getting started:
- * Select the output of your choice.
- * Configure the MIDI Messages:
- Sett.
- - Resolution
- + the polling period specifies the polling rate of the joystick
- driver, in milliseconds.
- + the movement threshold is the distance the joystick must be moved
- before a message is sent. The full distance is from 0 to 65535.
- - X Axis
- Set the MIDI messages for moving left-right.
- Left position produces the lower MIDI data value, check the
- value-reverse check box to get the reverse behaviour.
- + None : no messages generated
- + Note : -
- + Key Pressure (Polyphonic Aftertouch) - Data 1 is Key Number
- + Controller: Data 1 is Controller Number
- + Aftertouch (Monophonic Aftertouch, Channel Pressure)
- + Pitch Bend (14 Bit Range)
- + Channel : Set the MIDI Channel from 1 to 16
- + Data 1 : used for KeyPressure and Controllers.
- - Y Axis:
- same
- - A,B Button: similar, but Up and Down (=processed) Messages will be
- set
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- Appendix:
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- IBM PC Joystick : Hardware Pinout
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- Joystick 2 Joystick 1
- ____
- / 1 o--+5V----------------+
- +---------------+5V--o 9 | __ |
- | __ | 2 o--A-o o-+ o--+
- +--o +-o o-C--o 10 | | ____/ |
- | \___ | | 3 o--X------|--[__/_] |
- | [__\_]--|------X--o 11 | | ^ 100k |
- | 100k ^ | | 4 o--0V-----+ |
- +--o +-----0V--o 12 | |
- \___ | | 5 o--0V-----+ o--+
- [__\_]--|------Y--o 13 | | ____/
- 100k ^ | __ | 6 o--Y------|--[__/_]
- +-o o-D--o 14 | __ | ^ 100k
- | 7 o--B-o o-+
- +5V--o 15 |
- \ 8 o--+5V
- \____/
- 15 pin D
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- all potentiometers are 100 kiloOhms, linear
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