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  • e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago +1
    I would use the pedals as a video editing controller to do common things in Premiere Pro such as playing the video and trimming video.
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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago +1
    I would use one pedal for copy/paste (very usefull) and the other to access to Element 14 and Ben's youtube channel (also useful ) faster !
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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago +1
    i would use it for minecraft duhhh
  • drewr
    drewr over 12 years ago

    I Would use it for working in Pro Tools 11 to make certain tasks such as record arm, faster.

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  • jferio
    jferio over 12 years ago

    Zoom in and out in various graphics programs, and perhaps a tool select in the 3d modeling program I use. Oh, and gaming emulation. Sometimes you just need an extra set of hands to handle some of the controls.

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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

    As an electrical engineering student at Memorial University, I would use them to further show the possibilities of electrical engineering and add them to the creations I have and will make. As a former co-captain of a FIRST robotics team (and now mentor for my team) I would also try to integrate them into some sort of robotic creation and make a "hands free" robot or a robot that uses the added controls for further functions when two hands cannot control the robot enough. Ultimately I wouldn't just use them for gaming, I would use them to show others what is possible to create and use them as part of future projects. If those projects are as simple as a robot which drives around the room with bright lights or a robotic arm that can sort components into bins, I would put them to use and maybe even improve or replicate them with my further ambitions.

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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

    I would use them for nothing very creative right.

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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

    I would love to try these out for titanfall and other types of PC games.   Sounds like so much fun!  Driving games too even.   They're one of my favorites

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    wilsonkins over 12 years ago

    I would use them to help make a driving simulator that I can use in my high school (and lend it to other local schools) so that I can have students experience just what texting while driving does to their reaction times.

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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

    I'd love it to use for Gaming and using it for shortcuts in apps, e.g back/forward in chrome.

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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

    I would use it instead of the scroll wheel (i don't like the feel of it) or use it in google sketchUp for shortcuts and zooming.

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  • drallred
    drallred over 12 years ago in reply to element14Dave

    I am an original COD player...

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    e14 Contributor over 12 years ago

    I would use it to play the new Standalone version of DayZ. The default keys for voice chat and vaulting are TAB and V. I have been killed so many times looking down at my keyboard to find the TAB button to yell "friendly!"

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