Am I the only one drooling over this keyboard?

Violette · December 05, 2006, 21:28:06

Velocity-sensitive, too!

from http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/7db4/

Snu · December 06, 2006, 03:36:55

Quote from: "Violette"http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/prodikeys.jpg

Velocity-sensitive, too!

from http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/7db4/

whoa... thats hot! not too expensive either (as i was afraid would be the case with such an unusual thing)...
lack of linux drivers is a killer tho :\

LPChip · December 06, 2006, 16:59:24

Creative has 4 of these too

It looks like this one has a sliding keys section... but I can be wrong ofcource

speed-goddamn-focus · December 06, 2006, 17:31:41

Quote from: "LPChip"Creative has 4 of these too

Well, this is a Creative Prodikeys thing, so... Don't think it slides tho, it seems there's just a lid.

LPChip · December 06, 2006, 19:10:58

You're right. But I didn't find any mention about creative, so I wasn't sure...

speed-goddamn-focus · December 06, 2006, 21:23:30

the lid will no doubt protect the keys from Violette's drool tho

anboi · December 06, 2006, 23:31:21

if i could play anything other than qwerty then this would be kinda cool.

Sam_Zen · December 07, 2006, 03:27:57

LOL

seventhson · December 08, 2006, 02:50:51

Seems pretty useless to me lol
I imagine you'd keep pressing the keys with your elbows and hearing sounds when you just want to type something on your keyboard,that's gotta be annoying at least.And it doesn't seem to have any sliders or knobs so i guess assigning any vst parameters to those isn't an option.

Sam_Zen · December 08, 2006, 05:49:15

Sliders and knobs, a strong one..
I can think of many extensions of the keyboard that would be a priority to me.
This input device doesn't have any inputs of its own. I have always wondered why, from the beginning, people didn't try to make a connection between the mouse and the keyboard, instead of the mouse to the motherboard.
Speaking about connections : A PC keyboard should have a 5-pole din-connector to the outside, like a 'midi thru'.
At least you have 5 volt at your disposal from the PC powerunit to feed some external device.
Other extensions I would like : A simple infra-red device in the KB, to be able to trigger e.g. the 'Enter'-key with any button of my tv-remote-control.

speed-goddamn-focus · December 08, 2006, 16:38:35

Quote from: "seventhson"Seems pretty useless to me lol

It's a space saver and pretty cheap, so I don't think it's useless... And you can always put your elbows on the lid.

Asharin · December 09, 2006, 23:27:59

I'd buy it if I could spare the cash right now. Sadly the new baby is eating up my spare money

Really Weird Person · January 01, 2007, 06:50:35

That is quite an unusual keyboard Violette's got there, but that is not quite as unusual as this one. It even has a mouse to boot (not sandal (That is a joke.))

http://www.grandtec.com/vik.htm

http://www.grandtec.com/vim.html

Happy new year everybody!

SoundCrafter · January 02, 2007, 01:58:24

Personally, I'd like to see the keyboard violette's got listed hacked for gaming. Imagine playing some Counterstrike:

"BOOM, C#-SHOT, BITCH!"

:lol:

LPChip · January 02, 2007, 08:54:17

Quote from: "SoundCrafter"Personally, I'd like to see the keyboard violette's got listed hacked for gaming. Imagine playing some Counterstrike:

"BOOM, C#-SHOT, BITCH!"

:lol:

ROFL, that'd be hilarious!!!

They'd probably call you a cheater afterwards though...

Huh, how the hell did you been able to kill me? No way thats possible...

you: Oh, easy... I pressed C# and F at the same time...