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Re: midi foot controller for loop triggers manipulation et al

Why not just set one pedal to trigg selected sample on each channel in
Ableton and then 2 pedals to controll scroll select up and down.

That should give room for pretty nifty foot-work on the FCB.. ;)

/Tias

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <boye@chello.se>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: midi foot controller for loop triggers manipulation et al


> Yes, the FCB is quite big, but there's nothing like it in the same
> price range.
>
> If you are planning to loop live with Ableton Live, triggered by a foot
> pedal, you will need a lot of midi pads for your tap dancing. This is
> because you have to address each loop on each audio channel directly.
> So you need a dedicated midi message to start or stop each loop. One
> way to get around this is to use the little software ControlAid. Can be
> downloaded for free at http://www.charlie-roberts.com/controlAid/. This
> software will let you manipulate Ableton Live from a FCB1010 in a way
> similar to how you work a Repeater from the FCB.
>
> All the best
>
> Per Boysen
> ---
> http://www.boysen.se
> http://www.looproom.com
>
>
> On 2004-05-18, at 13.22, mick ritchie wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > sorry to start here with a basic question - Ive looped for a long time
> > with samplers computers and minidiscs but have gone back to some
> > guitar in a duo and need to find a decent little midi footpedal to
> > trigger AbletonLive and other software - both loops and control
> > changes
> >
> > I picked up an fcb1010 for another job and found Id got an older model
> > and couldnt get it working in time without the current eprom chip so
> > it went back - I also thought it a bit big for carrying about and
> > thought maybe someone out there could recommend something more compact
> > - like half the size with a contol pedal and some switches that I
> > could program without too much of a headache?
> >
> > Or if the 1010 is the most flexible beast Ive now sourced a current
> > model in a different shop
> >
> >
> > mick ritchie
> >
> > try out http://www.resonancefm.com for loops insanity and plaster
> > casts fm artradio for London UK
> >
>