From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maarten de Boer Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 14:45:09 +0000 Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: streaming from disk to terminatorX added (via mmap) Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org Any wrote > Here's my idea of a cool plugin. Put a representation of a Vinyl record on > the screen. Add 'artifical' markers to the surface so you can actually see > the record moving at 33RPM, 45RPM or whatever. Now grab the record with > your mouse and start scratching! I know it's not going to be very accurate > but it's gonna be hella cool nonetheless ;-) I'd say it is fairly easy to take an old turntable and a mouse, and connect one of the 2 mouse sensors to the turntable. Or, I guess this should also work: place a turntable-dish on the step-motor of a 5 1/4 inch disk drive. I think you can get pulses from the motor when you move it. Maarten