Pad Suggestions

wardrich · Trick Member Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada

Ok, this site is WAYYY too organized and I'm always posting in the wrong spot... so I'll just apologize in advanced

Alright... I've pretty much killed my 2 MadCatz Beatpadz (all I could find) They both have a 5 year warranty... I've only had them for a max of 3 months. Anyway, I'm thinking about purchasing some metal pads (although I hear they're like $300us per pad!?!?)

So, I just want to know if anybody has had any luck with brands of soft mats (or metal ones)

-Richard-

*Please don't lock this thread... I'm REALLY interested in it. If there's already one around, PM me w/ the link. Thanks a lot!
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Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

IF YOUR INTERESTED:
I can give you a softpad mod thats under $10. Just say so and I'll post some pics.
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Narsil · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2004

There are 2 stickies up at the top of the thread list, one about hard pads, one about soft pads. Might want to check those out a little bit.

Metal pads can cost from $200 to $300 (to $129 off ebay - not really recommended) depending on what you get.

Soft pads cost from $15 to $100. Redoctanes are good in the $100 pricerange, BNS are good in the $50 pricerange, and you can get 2 lower-end pads shipped @ ebay for $20

The choice basically depends on personal preference, willingness to mod the pats, and how much you plan to keep playing. Again, check the other 2 threads for lots more hard/soft pad info.

Btw, you can build your own hard pad too for about $130. Look in the Homebuilt pad thread for more info on that.
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wardrich · Trick Member Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada

Knee-ill: Lemme check it out! Sounds interesting

Narsil: I vagly remember that home-made metal pad, I'll check it out again

Any reason as to why I can't just by a used PS2 controller and mod it into a metal-pad? Or is there something imprinted in the chip that identifies it?

-Richard-
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Narsil · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jan 2004

YmkFX · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Location: California

Go with the Flux.
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wardrich · Trick Member Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Location: Ontario, Canada

Ok, I'm gonna go with this. Even if it's a flop, I'll still have A LOT of fun making it.

--> Metal Frame
--> Lexan Buttons
--> 3rd Party, Used PS2 Controller.
--> Pressure Switches
--> LED's

Gonna open the controller (to get the board out), make a metal frame, and use Lexan (S T R O N G & clear) to make the button 'covers'. I'm going to wire the pressure switches to the board, and also wire up an LED (or more) to create that Arcade-esque Lighting effect. I figure it shouldn't be much over $200 (CAN)

That's my basic plan... in REALLY basic form. I reall don't think it'll be any harder than that though...

-Richard-
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tap tap tap->normal people playing DDR
thud thump ouch dammit thump -> me playin DDR

Current Completion: Healing Vision
Difficulty: Light
Grade: B
--> Laugh if you want... I'm proud of it.

check my stuff out at wardrich.deviantart.com

VxJasonxV · Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:43 am Post subject:

If you require any further assistance, I believe the Homebuilt Metal Pad Thread could help.
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