Re: MIDI Foot controllers

[Ian Popperwell <popperwell@iname.com>]

At 21:32 04/02/03 , you wrote:
>
>>> ...a good MIDI foot controller with just one row
>
>I would consider using the FCB1010 anyway, and just forget about the
>upper/rear row of foot switches. Put some kind of barrier over them to
>prevent tactile confusion with the lower/front row. The unit is well 
>built,
>very inexpensive (and even cheaper on Ebay), and has a very active yahoo
>group with hundreds of members.

That's an interesting suggestion, I guess that the Behringer FCB 1010 
bottom
row would be fine. What functions would I loose by only using one row? How 
is
it configured and can the switches have programmable assignments? Ian.

>Half the yahoo list chatter is about how confusing the manual is, granted 
>:)
>
>But still, it is a good unit. Behringer has updated the firmware several
>times since the unit was released so that bodes well for continuing 
>support.
>
>Bob
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ian Popperwell" <popperwell@iname.com>
>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 1:23 PM
>Subject: MIDI Foot controllers
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have posted on this subject before but am still looking for what I 
>need
>> and could do with a bit of help.
>>
>> I'm looking for a good MIDI foot controller with just one row of
>> well-spaced foot switches - with or without a pedal. This is because I
>have
>> very little eye sight and can't hit the double-row controllers with any
>> degree of accuracy. I posted a couple of weeks ago about the Philip Rees
>> MM5 (now discontinued) but guess that nobody on the list has experience 
>of
>> using it. I've checked out as many makes and models as I can find but 
>they
>> all now seem to have two rows - Yamaha, Roland, Behringer, Digitech, 
>Zoom,
>> Rocktron, Peavey(?)...
>>
>> I use a MIDI Wind controller with a couple of modules, a synth with
>> arpegiator and fx units and am saving for an EDP (I currently use a 
>trusty
>> DL4) -. I need/want to be able to send MIDI clock, prog changes, set up
>> drones, start/stop arpegiator and transmit chord info to arpegiator, + 
>in
>> the future control the EDP. If I can't do all these things, my access 
>to a
>> pedalboard is more important to me than features - some of em would be
>> better than none.
>>
>> Any advice would be very helpful.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Ian.
>>
>>
>>
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