Gigantic Ambassador controller built to handle Ableton Live
By Darren Murph 
posted Mar 26th 2008 10:42AM
posted Mar 26th 2008 10:42AM
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"I'm givin her all she can take captain, I DON'T- HAVE- THE POWER!"
Kind of reminds me of the original Xbox's Steel Battallion controller...
Was that the game where you drove the mech and needed about 7 hands to use the controller, plus both feet?
I remember playing that once... Starting your mech took like 7 presses of buttons that were then used for nothing else... there was even a windscreen wiper button!
yes
http://www.golem.de/0212/23214-steel%20battalion%20controller.jpg
That game always looked really fun... Had a lot of cool features- definitely wish I could have tried it out.
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There are so many buttons on there it makes more sense to just use the keyboard.
I would like to see this with OLED keys
Optimus-Ambassador.
Looks like an arcade controler... from SFII
Where's the joystick....????
Daft Punk would be all over this shits
nah, they have Lemurs. Much better
they also have a light up pyramid which is awesome
they have a light up pyramid with Lemurs mounted in it! It's like the best thing ever!
Try doing a hard reset on this baby!
If the keys lit up, it would be one hell of a game of SIMON.
Is Windows Vista capable, there is the ctrl-alt-del button!
Do these keys change colors, or did they just arbitrarily make some red because they ran out of white stickers?
If you've used Ableton Live then I think this controller makes more sense.
I'm no expert user but I see huge potential in this interface. I want one!
I've found a better DIY Ableton controller. If you use Ableton for DJing, you'll understand.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x-mob/2342982455/
Where's the any key? I cant even find esck, citarle or pigup!
He said "ganked"...sweet.
Where's the steampunk version? If you're going to do something like this, there should be lacquered wood, brass 'n stuff. Except for the OLED keys.
but can it play... chinese checkers?
I wonder how many people on here are actually Familiar with Ableton Live? Its an awesome software, ive used it for DJing and creating loops for various bands ive played in.
this is so ghetto, come on engadget, can do better than recycled arcade buttons!
http://www.jamespatten.com/audiopad/
This one is 5 years old now, and blows this controller away!
Does it play Street fighter II as well? Those look like arcade buttons.
Does it play DOOM?
Looks more like nerd art.
Those are standard arcade pushbuttons in the middle. They are 1.32" across so if you measure that and figure the rest of the width it comes out to around 15 1/2" wide.
i want one. bring it to the club w/ my laptop and rock up dem loops