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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: keyb_gr on Wed, 10 March 2010, 09:49:36

Title: Trackball sighting
Post by: keyb_gr on Wed, 10 March 2010, 09:49:36

So it seems Pat Metheny has one of the usual suspects in terms of trackballs in the studio - but which one is it? CST? Kensington?

(Check out his Orchestrion project, too, it's pretty cool.)

Title: Trackball sighting
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 10 March 2010, 10:14:03

I don't know about the trackball, but it looks like he's got a pair of AT cans.

Title: Trackball sighting
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 10 March 2010, 10:21:20

I wonder how he gets his headphones over the helmet on his head.

Title: Trackball sighting
Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 10 March 2010, 10:38:53

Maybe you guys can work out some sort of trade.

Title: Trackball sighting
Post by: kishy on Wed, 10 March 2010, 11:46:32

I've got that variety of Kensington Expert Mouse. Now that's an old pointing device that tracks slow. Useful in GMod though.

Title: Trackball sighting
Post by: sethstorm on Wed, 10 March 2010, 22:43:02

Quote from: kishy;162942

I've got that variety of Kensington Expert Mouse. Now that's an old pointing device that tracks slow. Useful in GMod though.

How so? If you're talking about Garrysmod, I've gone through it w/ the usual multibutton suspects.

However, that does make me intrigued enough to want to get a trackball(see other post in same section).

Title: Trackball sighting
Post by: kishy on Wed, 10 March 2010, 23:32:15

Quote from: sethstorm;163071

How so? If you're talking about Garrysmod, I've gone through it w/ the usual multibutton suspects.

However, that does make me intrigued enough to want to get a trackball(see other post in same section).

Garry's Mod indeed.

It's useful for precision positioning of props. Would never use INSTEAD of a mouse, just in addition to one.