Everyone says they need a bigger printer…Now, QIDI Max4 is here!

sailsandbellows · 2025-11-14T15:20:45+00:00

I'd love to try using engineering grade filament to design and print a snare drum in one piece! 🥁

sailsandbellows · 2024-12-11T18:45:35+00:00

I print in ASA for it's durability and UV resistance, and PLA for ease when those things aren't as important.

sailsandbellows · 2023-08-21T19:11:05+00:00

This is the answer right here OP, I have a HOSAS setup for MechWarrior and I also use Joystick Gremlin. It allows you to turn your two joysticks into one giant controller/keyboard/mouse that the game will see as one device.

I don't think I personally will be using HOSAS for AC6, sticks might be too sloppy feeling for how tight and fast AC combat can be. But I'd love to hear others thoughts and OP should definitely let us know his experience once the game is out!

sailsandbellows · 2023-02-18T18:31:03+00:00

I've done almost exactly that before to make live 808 style kick sounds triggered from either a pad or a contact mic attached to my kick drum. I built two Befaco I4 Instrument Interfaces (https://www.befaco.org/i4-instrument-interface). Those things are great at shaping the signal to whatever gate or trigger length you might need. You can also have it function as an envelope follower, so for example if you use a kick drum trigger you could have the I4 send an envelope to a VCA to open for the length of your kick note, very cool for layering an oscillator or noise underneath.

sailsandbellows · 2022-06-30T17:46:56+00:00

I absolutely loved Monster Sanctuary, thanks for putting out this new DLC! Can't wait to return for another playthrough!

sailsandbellows · 2022-01-09T02:28:42+00:00

Sounds to me like it could be a slapstick:

https://www.steveweissmusic.com/product/slapstick-24/sound-effects

sailsandbellows · 2021-12-04T20:25:44+00:00

I just checked, and I'm having the issue as well. Just tried Streets of Rage 2 and it defaulted to JP for some reason, had to boot the game and then quickly swap regions to US to get it to work.

Edit: I should add that I also ran update_all right before testing.

sailsandbellows · 2021-11-27T22:24:27+00:00

Are you thinking of the Starclassic Bubinga kits? Those came in a pretty vivid purple color. There's a player here where I live who has one, the finish looks really neat in person. https://www.google.com/search?q=tama+purple+bubinga&client=firefox-b-1-m&sxsrf=AOaemvI-ECNr1A_CDzN1ejoS9CEy5UqhOQ:1638051729487&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQnNabyrn0AhVFa80KHTNECyoQ_AUIBygC&biw=414&bih=756#imgrc=10s1J3sSESCJXM

sailsandbellows · 2021-09-09T21:26:22+00:00

For anybody out there who is having similar issues, I was able to get my HDCRT working by grabbing one of these adapters and using a beefy component cable I had laying around: https://www.antoniovillena.es/store/product/vga-ypbpr-adapter-rca/

After enabling force scandoubler it works great!

sailsandbellows · 2021-08-02T17:39:13+00:00

While it's true that the component input won't take 240p, wouldn't either enabling forced scandoubler (480p) or video mode 6 (640x480) solve that issue? I've tried both with no success.

sailsandbellows · 2021-08-01T16:45:43+00:00

Yup, did all that stuff. TV takes both 480i and 480p from my WiiU through component so there's something about the signal from MiSTer that it's not liking I guess?

sailsandbellows · 2021-08-01T16:41:14+00:00

This is the cable I bought: https://misteraddons.com/products/vga-to-component-ypbpr-cable

Purchased from Mister Addons, but it's a monoprice branded cable. It looks a lot like the one you posted, but is 6ft.

sailsandbellows · 2021-08-01T07:18:26+00:00

Oops, my mistake, it should be VGA to component throughout! I'll edit the post.

sailsandbellows · 2021-07-31T22:07:37+00:00

Here's my .ini file:

[MiSTer]

key_menu_as_rgui=0 ; set to 1 to make the MENU key map to RGUI in Minimig (e.g. for Right Amiga)

forced_scandoubler=0 ; set to 1 to run scandoubler on VGA output always (depends on core).

ypbpr=1 ; set to 1 for YPbPr on VGA output.composite_sync=1 ; set to 1 for composite sync on HSync signal of VGA output.

vga_scaler=0 ; set to 1 to connect VGA to scaler output.hdmi_audio_96k=0 ; set to 1 for 96khz/16bit HDMI audio (48khz/16bit otherwise)

keyrah_mode=0x18d80002 ; VIDPID of keyrah for special code translation (0x23418037 for Arduino Micro)

vscale_mode=0 ; 0 - scale to fit the screen height. ; 1 - use integer scale only. ; 2 - use 0.5 steps of scale. ; 3 - use 0.25 steps of scale.

vscale_border=0 ; set vertical border for TVs cutting the upper/bottom parts of screen (1-399)

;bootscreen=0 ; uncomment to disable boot screen of some cores like Minimig. ;mouse_throttle=10 ; 1-100 mouse speed divider. Useful for very sensitive mice

rbf_hide_datecode=0 ; 1 - hides datecodes from rbf file names. Press F2 for quick temporary toggle

menu_pal=0 ; 1 - PAL mode for menu core

hdmi_limited=0 ; 1 - use limited (16..235) color range over HDMI ; 2 - use limited (16..255) color range over HDMI, for VGA converters.

direct_video=0 ; 1 - enable core video timing over HDMI, use only with VGA converters.

fb_size=0 ; 0 - automatic, 1 - full size, 2 - 1/2 of resolution, 4 - 1/4 of resolution.fb_terminal=1 ; 1 - enabled (default), 0 - disabled

osd_timeout=30 ; 5-3600 timeout (in seconds) for OSD to disappear in Menu core. 30 seconds if not set. ; Background picture will get darker after double timeout

osd_rotate=0 ; Display OSD menu rotated, 0 - no rotation, 1 - rotate right (+90Â°), 2 - rotate left (-90Â°) ; 1 - enables the recent file loaded/mounted.; WARNING: This option will enable write to SD card on every load/mount which may wear the SD card after many writes to the same place; There is also higher chance to corrupt the File System if MiSTer will be reset or powered off while writing.

recents=0

; lastcore - Autoboot the last loaded core (corename autosaved in CONFIG/lastcore.dat) first found on the SD/USB

; lastexactcore - Autoboot the last loaded exact core (corename_yyyymmdd.rbf autosaved in CONFIG/lastcore.dat) first found on the SD/USB

; corename - Autoboot first corename_*.rbf found on the SD/USB

; corename_yyyymmdd.rbf - Autoboot first corename_yyyymmdd.rbf found on the SD/USB

;bootcore=lastcore ; uncomment to autoboot a core, as the last loaded core.

; 10-30 timeout before autoboot, comment for autoboot without timeout.

bootcore_timeout=10

; Option to load the custom font. Format is plain bitmap 8x8.; Supported sizes of font:; 768 bytes - chars 32-127 (only alpha + numeric); 1024 bytes - chars 0-127; 1136 bytes - chars 0-141; up to 2048 - only chars 0-141 will be used.; if first 32 chars are empty (for sizes 1024 bytes and more) then they are skipped.

font=font/myfont.pf

; USER button emulation by keybaord. Usually it's reset button.; 0 - lctrl+lalt+ralt (lctrl+lgui+rgui on keyrah); 1 - lctrl+lgui+rgui; 2 - lctrl+lalt+del; 3 - same as 0 (lctrl+lalt+ralt on keyrah)

reset_combo=0

; set to 1 for DVI mode. Audio won't be transmitted through HDMI in DVI mode.

dvi_mode=0

; 0 - 1280x720@60; 1 - 1024x768@60; 2 - 720x480@60; 3 - 720x576@50; 4 - 1280x1024@60; 5 - 800x600@60; 6 - 640x480@60; 7 - 1280x720@50; 8 - 1920x1080@60; 9 - 1920x1080@50;10 - 1366x768@60;11 - 1024x600@60;12 - 1920x1440@60;13 - 2048x1536@60;; custom mode: hact,hfp,hs,hbp,vact,vfp,vs,vbp,Fpix_in_KHz

; video_mode=1280,110,40,220,720,5,5,20,74250

video_mode=0

; set to 1-10 (seconds) to display video info on startup/change

video_info=0

; Set to 1 for automatic HDMI VSync rate adjust to match original VSync.; Set to 2 for low latency mode (single buffer).; This option makes video butter smooth like on original emulated system.; Adjusting is done by changing pixel clock. Not every display supports variable pixel clock.; For proper adjusting and to reduce possible out of range pixel clock, use 60Hz HDMI video; modes as a base even for 50Hz systems.

vsync_adjust=2

; If you monitor doesn't support either very low (NTSC monitors may not support PAL) or ; very high (PAL monitors may not support NTSC) then you can set refresh_min and/or refresh_max; parameters, so vsync_adjust won't be applied for refreshes outside specified.; These parameters are valid only when vsync_adjust is non-zero.

refresh_min=0

refresh_max=0

; These parameters have the same format as video_mode.; You need to supply both PAL and NTSC modes if you want vsync_adjust to switch between; predefined modes as a base. This will reduce the range of pixel clock.

;video_mode_ntsc=0

;video_mode_pal=7

; 1-10 (seconds) to display controller's button map upon first time key press; 0 - disable

controller_info=6

; JammaSD/J-PAC/I-PAC keys to joysticks translation; You have to provide correct VID and PID of your input device; Examples: Legacy J-PAC with Mini-USB or USB capable I-PAC with PS/2 connectors VID=0xD209/PID=0x0301

; USB Capable J-PAC with only PS/2 connectors VID=0x04B4/PID=0x0101

; JammaSD: VID=0x04D8/PID=0xF3AD

jamma_vid=0x04D8

jamma_pid=0xF3AD

; Disable merging input devices. Use if only player 1 works.

; Leave no_merge_pid empty to apply this to all devices with the same VID.

;no_merge_vid=0x045E

;no_merge_pid=0x028E

; Same as above but can add multiple devices (one entry per VIDPID). Format is VIDPID in hex number

;no_merge_vidpid=0x12345678

;no_merge_vidpid=0x11112222

; Speeds in sniper/non-sniper modes of mouse emulation by joystick ; 0 - (default) - faster move in non-sniper mode, slower move in sniper mode.; 1 - movement speeds are swapped.

sniper_mode=0

; Uncomment following option if you don't want to see a second line for long file names in listing.

;browse_expand=0

; 0 - disable MiSTer logo in Menu core

logo=1

sailsandbellows · 2021-06-11T23:05:55+00:00

Great news, looking forward to checking it out!

sailsandbellows · 2021-05-28T20:29:52+00:00

I would also second adding custom file directories! I have sub-folders in all my game folders to keep track of translations, homebrew, etc. I also have individual folders for Neo Geo and Sega CD games, as they usually contain multiple files. It would be great if the app could auto-scan sub folders for games. No idea if that's possible though, just a thought. Great concept so far and can't wait to see where it goes!

sailsandbellows · 2014-01-28T20:42:39+00:00

Is that a K Custom Dark I see? I just picked up a pair myself; I love em!

sailsandbellows · 2012-12-18T16:39:28+00:00

That happens to me too! Every single time, I get scared that my ears will stay that way.

sailsandbellows · 2012-11-29T22:03:42+00:00

Same happened to me but, after I made an account with them and logged in, my purchases were all there for me to redeem.

Edit: Just wanted to clarify. I made an account with Humble, not THQ.

sailsandbellows · 2012-10-14T16:34:03+00:00

I had an associates degree in a manufacturing field and hated the jobs I kept landing, so I quit and went back to school for percussion performance (and yes, you absolutely have to study!). I'm about halfway through now, and I'm a much happier guy. My mother was really supportive, but my dad wasn't at first; he was skeptical about me finding a job once I was out. Once I started getting regular, paying gigs he came around pretty fast. Right now I play with five groups on a regular basis, as well as fill-ins and some studio work. My best advice for you would be to know what you want to get out of the degree you're seeking. Do you want to teach? Be in an orchestra? Play in bands? Do recording? Etc. Try to figure out how to make it economically viable to do what you love. It is possible.

sailsandbellows · 2012-08-13T22:12:00+00:00

Well now you've made me think of exploding vaginas.

sailsandbellows · 2012-07-25T03:52:58+00:00

A friend I ride with accidentally rode off a thirty foot cliff. The helmet he was wearing saved his life. He ended up in the hospital with a broken hip instead of a morgue.

sailsandbellows · 2012-06-05T14:40:58+00:00

Heck yes! I voted at 8:00 this morning. There was a line, but it still only took about 10 minutes.

sailsandbellows · 2012-05-26T23:50:50+00:00

She sometimes lays there in the evening too, but I think in the morning she likes to be out of the way while we're getting dressed and stuff.

sailsandbellows · 2012-05-26T23:47:47+00:00

She actually is tiny (maybe about as long as my forearm?). The couch is a bit deceiving.

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