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Re: DRIVE the LOOP or be DRIVEN?



No-one thought the EDP was going to be a simple job.  Well, maybe
Electrix did...

On 11/18/05, Adrian Bartholomew <adrian@bartholomusic.com> wrote:
> normally yes but not in this case.
> remember im going to make it if its not available.
>
> and if u r saying that a device that could slave machines to a human 
>drummer
> is trivial and not commercially viable just cause no one MADE it yet, ur
> mistaken.
> certain things r just common sense no brainers.
> if everyone thought that way, there'd never have been things like the 
>EDP in
> the 1st place.
>
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> Adrian Bartholomew
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> (913) 660-6918
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>
> On Nov 18, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Travis Hartnett wrote:
>
> My guess is that they considered the market share they'd gain versus
> the amount of development, testing and implementation time (whenever I
> see someone say that "It would be SO EASY for SOMEONE ELSE to make
> something FOR ME", I know that it's almost certain that we're talking
> about a non-trivial problem) and decided that it wasn't worth it.
>
> TravisH
>
> On 11/18/05, Adrian Bartholomew <adrian@bartholomusic.com> wrote:
> thanks for the interest. im adrian by the way:-)
>
> im on the lookout for a hardware version for live purposes just like u 
>r. i
> was guided to a product called 34One that does tap tempo (with ur foot)
> while outputting the tapped tempo in midiclock.
> it also accepts continuous tapping while updating the changing midiclock
> tempo.
> so i was thinking that i could just electronically replace the switch 
>that
> ur foot taps with a pulse trigger  from a drum kit, say. i wrote to them 
>in
> germany and they told me that they actually have a sapce on the pc board 
>to
> insert that. GREAT!
> BUT
> they also said that it HAD to be ON the 1/4 note.
> what drummer only plays 1/4 notes!!! arrrrgggghhhhh.
>
> so what i may need to build (i AM quite handy with electronics), is an
> interface with the LOGIC logic built in and then feed the unit the 
>quarter
> note output of the translated tempo from the drummer.
> i wish, really wish they would do this. cause its VERY simple to do if u
> know anything about electronics and THEY DO.
> bummer. why do manufacturers always fall short. its like they dont 
>connect
> with real musicians.
>
> but hey, maybe ill get rich.
>
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> Adrian Bartholomew
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