Nice!!!! It's the one complaint I have personally with the VCI, the buttons are way too stiff. I'm thinking this doesn't do too much for your warranty ;) Are you gonna post parts lists and suppliers for those that want to void theirs too?

Keep it up, this is good stuff.

Absolutely- in part 2 I will do a complete break down of how to do it. This was more of a teaser/intro. Its really quite simple. The hard part is getting up the nerve to hack apart the VCI! :-)

that's awesome!
you're now so fast that it sounds like crabs!

great :)

It would be great if you could do a step by step guide on how you did the mod.

cheers

That is crazy man, I bought one used for when I'm away from home so I can work on mixes.

You got me seriously thinking, man.

There is now a full step by step video with part list on the site! check it out :-)

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You said you used happ arcade buttons sanwa buttons are more sensitive and less clicky sounding assuming they'll fit in a VCI-100 I'd recommend them over happ buttons. Most arcade gurus say sanwa parts are the best. On a side note a arcade stick could be used for a quite nicely as a X/Y controller and button triggering.