Hello!

Anotheer n00b question unfortunately

I have a playstation controller plugged in via the hid object. I want btn 14 ( x button ) to activate a bang. This works but also pings back data when i release the button... Is there anyway around this ?

ps . Im creating a drum machine using the ps3 controller as the interface. Currently one press of x equals 2 kicks

also, it doesn't seem that responsive

try this

http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/2=1.pd

wicked, thanks skatias!

works a treat Would you know how to fix the responsiveness?

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what do you mean "fix the responsiveness"?

Thanks for the reply skatias

The X button on the PS3 controller is connected to a osc ~ through and ADSR. When i press X , it's hit and miss if pd receives it.. if that makes sense

@PeteIDM said:

it's hit and miss if pd receives it..

sorry man, I can't understand what do you mean...

i guess he means there is a delay between pressing the button and the sound... if it's not your fault by introducing a large delay through some effects you can try to reduce the audio delay in media->audio settings
but this can lead to more trashed audio if you have some computationally intensive things going on... which could be smoothed out by the delay

Is it more responsive if you just use the X button to send a bang to [print]? If so, it might have to do with how you are triggering the [osc~]. Also, it seems weird to me that it would send the same message for pressing and releasing the button. You should just be able to use [sel] to convert the press to a bang and ignore the release. Haven't used [hid] in a while, though.

It might help if you could post an example patch.

I looked at Skatia's patch and indeed it at times sends a bng only when you release the button. I tried it as I just need to use a PS3 controller myself and [sel] is much better as it reacts immediately when you press and not only throws out every 2nd keypress. Maestorm suggests the same thing and you should go for it.