Re: SoftStep prests

[Zoe Keating <info@zoekeating.com>]

i'm quite good at frying fcbs...already did that once by connecting a  
US model directly to UK power!


On Aug 13, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Per Boysen wrote:

> Many thanks, Keith. As for me this was the last part of missing
> information and I can now see that SoftStep will be excellent for me.
> SoftStep totally owns the Behringer FCB1010. People - let's bring
> gasoline and fry all our old FCB's on stage at Rick's loop fest in
> October! That would be  awesome.... the ultimate way to celebrate the
> birth of The Softstep.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se
> www.perboysen.com
> www.looproom.com internet music hub
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:53 PM, keith mcmillen <keefer07@yahoo.com>  
> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A preset is the collection of the 10 key's worth of presets and how  
>> the
>> navigation keys are configured. It is likely you will configure the  
>> nav diamond
>> keys to recall presets and move decades. You can recall the presets  
>> from the
>> SoftStep this way - I think most people will do this. But you can  
>> also recall
>> presets for individual keys and also have the SoftStep respond to  
>> MIDI program
>> changes if you have big setup and knows what you want the presets  
>> to be and can
>> send to the SoftStep.
>>
>> Manual is in draft form - maybe a week.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Keith
>>  Keith McMillen
>> www.keithmcmillen.com
>> www.beamfoundation.org
>> "Music For A New Reason"
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 3:17:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: SoftStep Reservation list
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:39 PM, keith mcmillen  
>> <keefer07@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> Each key can have up to 6 outputs that can be notes, program  
>>> changes, CC#'s,
>>> OSC.
>>
>> Nice. BTW, all that is explained on the site and in the videos with
>> Barry Threw. However, something that is not explained anywhere is if
>> the "preset" handling happens on a full setup basis (as in "bank") or
>> just on a local pad basis. Barry just touches briefly on this in the
>> NAMM video by saying that "presets can be saved and recalled".
>>
>> For us on this list a kind of deal breaker would be to know (1) if
>> recalling presets can be done on-the-fly while performing (as opposed
>> to having to load the SoftStep editor software in order to recall a
>> preset) and also (2) if presets of full ten pad setups can be  
>> handled.
>>
>> Bottom line: In this product, WHAT EXACTLY IS "A PRESET"?
>>
>>
>>> http://www.keithmcmillen.com/products/softstep/reserve.php
>>
>> Well, that Reservation List form doesn't have a box for "country". I
>> added "Sweden" as a parenthesis inside the "city" box. Hope that will
>> do.
>>
>> Greetings from Sweden
>>
>> Per Boysen
>> www.boysen.se
>> www.perboysen.com
>> www.looproom.com internet music hub
>>
>>
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