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REALLY surf your music
« on: May 08, 2008, 04:03:08 am »
i was waking up this morning (this is when i do my best thinking) and i came upon a brilliant idea i have a spare keyboard and skateboard that i never use so what if i took the membrane out of the keyboard and set up a rig with the skate board so that you would stand on the skateboard and tilt the board left or right to hit the S and D keys to move your ship left and right on the audiosurf track. thing is ive never done something like this so any pointers anyone has about this kind of hard modding would be much appreciated. :D


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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2008, 08:01:21 am »
Using your feet to hit the s and d keys would be... practically impossible. You could hit the keys, but a few others with it. :( good luck with your idea though, I'm sure you can figure it out. I have no tips though.

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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2008, 08:48:29 am »
thats what the riged up skateboard is for i plan to set up points on the bottom that when tilted will hit the S and D keys get it? kinda like the simulators they have in arcades for the snow boarding games.


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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2008, 09:07:48 am »
I still think this game would be fun with a DDR pad...I could theoretically try it, but I'm lazy...


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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2008, 09:11:10 am »
it is fun on a ddr pad i tried on my friends stepmania pad but i think my idea would be a bit more fluid if you know what i mean.


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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2008, 09:25:15 am »
being done already, about to come out for xbox360, follow the link to an article about it. but you could buy one and hack it to work on pc with audiosurf and post a DIY on instructables.com . that'd be great:

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/52482

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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2008, 09:37:36 am »
that might work but the way im doing this itl still be a fully functioning usb keyboard (need a new one before i can finish tho cuz the current one is kinda screwed up)


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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2008, 01:50:18 pm »
DDR pads would be annoying as crap for this game but the skateboard idea is really cool...well it will be when it is practical
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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2008, 05:56:35 pm »
wow... you guys are hella nerds.
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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2008, 06:03:01 pm »
wow... you guys are hella nerds.

You just used the word hella.  I think we win.

Do it NastySam, sounds inventive and fun.
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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2008, 06:48:43 pm »
wow... you guys are hella nerds.
quit bashing people for their ideas.
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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2008, 07:18:27 pm »
ok,

u'd have to use some type of resistance on the board that hits the ground at exactly the correct height to prevent smashing the keyboard but presses the key. any kind of wood or plastic could do that. then you'd have to have an attachment that presses the keys. this could be wood with foam on the tip as to not damage the keyboard. again, exact measurement is critical.

the hard part is the individuality of the board. anyone that tries to duplicate your 'recipe' will have a different board with a different amount of play in the lean.... that's the only thing that turns me off to the idea of using an actual skateboard, you can't put it out there and just have people follow a plan.

unless, that is, you get rid of the trucks and just build a base that sits between the keyboard and the board that allows you to replicate easily and slap any deck on it. that sounds like the best idea to me. this would allow anyone to reproduce it and be the most mobile (could use it on other's computers).

keep posting, i'd like to know how its coming along

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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2008, 10:43:55 pm »
hey i'm not saying it's a bad idea, i'm just saying that you are hella (yeah i said it, whatcha gonna do cyber rape me?) nerds.
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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #13 on: May 09, 2008, 04:30:48 am »
Explain what makes us nerds? I'm just kinda confused of why you are saying it.
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Re: REALLY surf your music
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2008, 04:42:54 am »
hey i'm not saying it's a bad idea, i'm just saying that you are hella (yeah i said it, whatcha gonna do cyber rape me?) nerds.
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