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I've been trying out my Gordius Little Giant footcontroller. So far, there's a couple of problems with it, but these are to do with the special modifications that Xavier did for me. ( 4 expression pedals insted of 2) So I spent a day with Gordius already...and no looping :-( These problems are not going to be around for long, Xavier is on the case, ..............................................and so am I ;-) Anyway, report so far As previously mentioned, switches and their arrangement are completely satisfactory, item is well built. It has a wallwart. Programming is very easy with the supplied (pc only so far) editor application. It does take a bit of getting used to:- first you have to program the function you want (Patch Change, Momentary Function, or Expression ped assignment). Then you have to add that to something called a 'preset' (usually one function per preset, but you can combine stuff in one preset as well). Then create a bank, and add your presets to it. That's 3 steps where you might expect one,so it seems a long way to go about adding, say a Prog Ch to a single button within a bank, but then it's incredibly flexible. If you have long strings of commands that you want to call from more than one bank, you only have to enter them once. Xavier is working on the manual, it gives all the info but he wants to add some simple HowTos some details Expression Pedal assignments:- You have a default assignment for each pedal, but can use a switch to change them at will. I tried the Bespeco 18-L, an EV-5 clone, and this works perfectly. Should be possible to use other pedals with similar wiring. It's a very responsive pedal setup, fast acting, and accurate enough to pick a number between 0-127 and set a control to it. (edp displays the number). Momentary Functions These are what we'd use to control a looping device. It seems any string of Midi commands you can dream up can be sent on push, and the same for release. (I haven't tried every single midi command) Sysex is possible with the pc only editor. (editor for mac promised). The only drawback with Momentary functions is that at the moment there's only 32 of them available. Xavier's looking in to that though. I suggested 128 would be enough. (it would be possible to use Patches instead, just nowhere near as neat) Patches.( Prog Change + ) These have the functionality of Momentary functions, but Gordius displays the name of the last selected patch and keeps the LED of that switch alight. There's a nice bright screen display which gives assorted information, like the last Patch selected, or the current Bank ..and as you get to enter the names you want this works great. My LG4 at the moment has problems with a couple of buttons not behaving, so it's not useable yet, but I'm pretty certain that it's specific to my unit to which Xavier did some mods. the LG range have a number of functions I didn't mention so far, including another function called a "Stompbox", which can be added to a bank in the same way as other functions. A stompbox gives you a way to turn on (or off) effects by whatever midi commands are needed, then while that FX is 'on' the LED above the switch will be lit. (ie. press for on, the "on" string of commands is sent and the led lit, press again for off and the "off" string is sent and the led turned off)