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- I have two of these, near-permanently affixed to my Zynthian .. but now I think I want another one for the desktop. Anyone know of similar devices available currently?by aa-jv
- Used one for the GPT-3 Leta Series back in 2021 (all 60+ episodes!).
Still got mine!
by adt - The powermate driver still works. My powermate is hooked up to my mac studio. I'll try this one; the real one doesn't init on restart, so I have to open it to get the throbbing.by mannyv
- I have one of these all I need to do is find it.by detourdog
- >Of course, modern controllers exist that offer many more literal bells and whistles...
Anyone have a favorite 'modern controller' for those of us who no longer have a PowerMate?
by maroonblazer - I have one of those, but never used it too much—if the button got pressed while my Mac was asleep, it immediately woke up and kernel panicked. I don’t know if there was something odd about my machine or my particular PowerMate or what?by mcphage
- Yippy! I feel like I'm 15 years youngerby dmwood
- Would be great if it could do other things, like be a volume knob, or do media play/pause, given that scrolling and mouse button press seem like things you already have a mouse to do?by zdw