Re: Boomerang with Sidecar

["Brian Carabee" <compguy2@comcast.net>]

I have actually tested if there is any kind of delay, and I have found the 
buttons to respond virtually instantaneously. If I flick a button with my 
finger at lightening-speed I can cause the function to not trigger, but if I 
just slow down that flick an imperceptible hair, the function will trigger.

I can't tap with my foot fast enough to get it not to trigger. I have to use 
my finger with an ultra-quick slap. So that tells me there is an absolute 
minimum de-bounce delay, well below the ability of the foot to out-run. 
Apparently the Rang makes the calculation within a couple of milliseconds 
whether it's a Tap or a Hold.

The second thing is that the flat Rang foot switches have a tiny throw 
distance. Unlike most foot switches (especially those long-throw vacuum 
cleaner switches), the Rang's switches are designed to require the bare 
minimum of travel distance to fire. My switch throw distance is about 1 mm 
or slightly less. I've never seen a pedal of any kind with more precise 
response.

For those reasons I'm able to get pristine timing on my loops, and I am very 
critical about that. There is no way to program the buttons for only short 
presses, aka "Taps". Of course, since the Sidecar communicates through a 
midi cable (though I'm not sure it transmits actual midi data), the 
ultra-fast response of the Sidecar (and even the main Rang unit **could** be 
affected. I'll have to see when it comes in.

Brian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Matthews" <gtmatthews@gmail.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: Boomerang with Sidecar


I believe what Andy is saying is the fact that since there is a long press 
and short press function on the same button………. then the software has to 
execute the function when you release the button. If the software executed 
the short press as you depressed the button it would be impossible to ever 
have a long press.

There is noway, to my knowledge, that you can change that behavior on the 
rang3 but since we are talking about milliseconds from the click of your 
foot down to up on the boomerang style buttons it would be easy to learn to 
time the function yourself with a little practice. Especially if your armed 
with the knowledge of it's behavior.

All that said, I don't have a rang3 to test on now (but I've used one 
before) so I could be blowing smoke. Just trying to help