VCV sketches of modern prog rock lead sounds.

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Not finding it. The one I’m seeing is: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/adafruit-industries-llc/3102/6152821

Did you mean this? https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/parallax-inc/27808/4700913 Not sure it has spring centering.

I did add the “in-stock” filter though.

I just realized I have a scrap drone RC controller that could be cannibalized for parts. Two real joysticks. One with centering on both axes, and the other with centering on one and detents (can those get smoothed out?) on the other.

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yeah, that one. But you are right, it may not be sprung. And for sure your idea of cannibalizing something is a good idea.

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I’m cheap! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Me, too. That’s why I only get a new computer every 10 years. And don’t have any fancy synth hardware.

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The detents were just an area of toothed plastic with a metal clip, so I sanded it down, and now it’s not notchy, but holds position.

The sticks don’t cover the full travel of the pots, but enough to give me 300+ change on Arduino’s ADC either way on both axes. Joystick.cpp (1.0 KB)

This is really an “.ino” file.

BTW: that joystick with the red bat can optionally recenter, and it’s available a bit cheaper at some RC specialty shops. Still not free like parts from my junk heap.

https://www.robotshop.com/en/hitec-2-axis-joystick-gim-01.html

And now cheaper and perhaps better:

Since this has diverged from prog lead patches to performance controllers, maybe I should stop now. Thanks for your eyes, folk.

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