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Re: Repeater Foot Controller
Title: Re: Repeater Foot Controller
>i'ave been looking to replace
my
>midigator before my last two
die...
I bought a used MIDI Mitigator, and it started to flake out
and lose its presets. This proved to be a worn out battery. I ordered
a replacement from Lake Butler and installed it myself. This fixed my
problem.
A problem that may be more difficult to fix is contacting the
Mitigator manufacturer Lake Butler Sound Company. They appear to
have gone out of business. Lake Butler itself is apparently still
there, and Emmett Bradford had a
residential listing last I looked, but I didn't pursue it
further.
I agree that it is a solid and flexible piece of gear. My major
complaint is that it has only five registers per bank (lots of banks
though). The Digitech PMC-10 (also discontinued) has much greater
flexibility but is extremely fragile. The switches in particular are
funky and easy to break, and replacement parts are not to be
had.
My choice is usually to combine a solidly built but basically
"dumb" controller with a computer running Max. The advantage
of this is unlimited control flexibility, since you can program what
you need. The disadvantage is that you have to use a computer (not a
big schlep if it's a Powerbook or iBook) and that you have be able to
program. Neither of those is a big problem in my book. You can buy a
serviceable older Powerbook for $100 and a MIDI interface for $50.
Programming in Max is easy.
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