RE: A quieter, gentler footswitch?...

[Charles Zwicky <cazwicky@earthlink.net>]

This could be related to the switch debouncing routine built into the 
EDP. This is a simple subroutine in the interface software that 
causes the device to wait a number of cycles before registering the 
position of a switch after it detects the switch state change.

It could also just be a crappy switch.


At 2:01 PM -0400 9/28/06, hazard factor wrote:
>
>>  1. Acoustically silent
>>  2. short throw for accurate tapping
>>  3. Good tactile feel for the contact point, again for accuracy
>>  4. Low force required for contact. (more force = less tapping
>>  accuracy)
>
>Funny thing with #4, I always had a problem with my EDP footswitches- I
>would always double tap them. I switched them out for ones I bought from
>Digitech, who used them in their old Johnson modeling amp line for the
>footswitches. They are metal, and stick up more, but pretty silent if you
>don't stomp em.
>Occasionally I will still double press Record (it *feels* like I am 
>pressing
>it once) which can really suck if you are trying an unrounded multiply.
>Other than the switch itself, would there be a reason for this?
>
>Dave Eichenberger
>http://www.hazardfactor.com/collectives    <--- 50 CDs, 50 hours, no 
>copies


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