Well, there is a nice knobs thread, why not buttons?
indeed, a “The Nice Buttons” thread would be a must too 
my contribution:
the second is cheaper, but pretty, fmo
Idon’t know which one I’ll choose
If that one at the top is a real P3, they’r friggen expensive ($5 each).. If it’s not, it’ll probably a cheap knock-off, and best suited to low budget projects.
Anyway it should be easy to decide - do you want to panel mount or PCB mount?
I don’t suppose you have links to them?
I don’t suppose you have links to them?
… click the pics 
I got a bag full of the second one for one of my projects. Personally I quite like them and they don’t rely on perfectly machined holes
Phil
EDIT: And it is available in Red or Green as well!
I got a bag full of the second one for one of my projects. Personally I quite like them and they don’t rely on perfectly machined holes
Phil
EDIT: And it is available in Red or Green as well!
Phil, that’s a sweet looking button. I got the data on it and I see you can get the coloured ones with an LED in it for a pretty good price. Have you tried the illuminated ones? Got any pics of a lit up one?
I will use these Omron B3W with green leds for my mono 6581 sid. Comes in many other colours aswell. Price is not their strong point though…
I will use these Omron B3W …
I used The Omron R+G last year for my pcb test montage. They are very smooth and nicely built.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2761673706_a7a2129060_b.jpg
I will use these Omron B3W with green leds for my mono 6581 sid. Comes in many other colours aswell. Price is not their strong point though…
Very nice buttons
would maybe be nice for a monome-style BLM, although not soft silicone. how much do they cost? 
would maybe be nice for a monome-style BLM, although not soft silicone. how much do they cost?
Go on any web site like Mouser, Farnell, Newark, or Digi-Key, and search for B3W-9000.
sry4lazyness… 3-5€ apiece, bleh…
I bought them from elfa.se for 27 swedish kronor (approx. 2.90 euro). I love them but they cost as much as they look and feel great!
Very nice buttons
yeah definitely not off-topic here!
Yes, those B3W-9000 are the best I’ve seen by far. Distinct but low noise, very short
travel and great looks. There is also a duo color version available (red and green).
I use them in my Seq and the buttons alone set me back about 250 Euros though 
The only negative I have to say about them is the pin spacing. They are metric, but will
with some bending of the pins fit standard 0.100" veroboard.
I think the search for the perfect button is like the search for the holy grail.
If money doesn’t matter at all:
CONRAD part# 701880 (could not manage to get a working link at least her is a pic.):
http://media.conrad.de/m/7000\_7999/7000/7010/7018/701880\_BB\_00\_FB.EPS.jpg
But 7,70€ is the best price I found for such an full metal eyecandy.
But something stopped me from ordering 120 of those beauties for my SEQ
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Here a link to many, nice illuminated buttons on ten pages, can not say anything about it as I had bookmarked this link form a thread here in the forum some time ago:
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Also an interesting thread about soft tact switches that is worth reading:
http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.php/topic,12283.15.html
EDIT: chaned link, hope it works better
That link is too complicated to be true. Conrad does not seem to know the concept of permalinks (which probably says a lot about them Could you repost a working link? Thanks!
I hope the new link(s) work better
I’m pretty sure ebay’s HKSS sells those buttons, but cheaper.. (Well I think they are exactly the same)
Do have in mind, that those buttons were generally made for industrial / vandal proof installations, and have quiet a firm action to them.
Regards
Mike
Do have in mind, that those buttons were generally made for industrial / vandal proof installations, and have quiet a firm action to them.
These aren’t the buttons you are looking for. Move along.
