RE: Even crazier thoughts about ideal footcontrollers

[Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>]

I will contact you shortly, Brian. This would be way cool.

Best wishes,
Warren Sirota


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Cass [mailto:b@the0verclock.com] 
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 12:44 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Even crazier thoughts about ideal footcontrollers
> 
> 
> I started building a box very similar to the one Warren described.  
> But then I got this job with native-instruments and i should 
> be using  
> that rig kontrol 2 within a few weeks. (i will post on my 
> experiences  
> with it). So for now i am sticking with my current midi only foot  
> controller. Good news is the NI rig kontrol has midi i/o so my  
> current controller will still be part of the rig. As soon as 
> possible  
> i plan to rackmount a mac mini and get the whole rig boxed up 
> nicely.  
> To be honest my hope is to find a 15 or 17 inch powerbook with a bad  
> screen or otherwise broken so i can rackmount it's guts, that way i  
> can use an RME cardbus interface. Fingers crossed.
> 
> What your talking about (warren) is definitely possible, i 
> make those  
> sorts of things. If you want to contact me off list we can discuss  
> options.
> 
> - b
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Warren Sirota [mailto:wsirota@wsdesigns.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:59 PM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Even crazier thoughts about ideal footcontrollers
> >
> > This is really dreaming, but do you think that, for enough $$, it
> > would be
> > possible to build in a very-sturdily-cushioned 8-in/2-out computer  
> > audio
> > interface (OK, 4 in would do in a pinch, 6 would be better), and  
> > let me
> > connect the whole thing up to the computer with a single firewire  
> > or usb
> > cable, and forget about midi cables and external interfaces  
> > altogether? I'd
> > sell my MOTU 828 and find a way to come up with $1000 or 
> more for that
> > combination. I wouldn't even mind if it was a bit heavy. I could  
> > just go to
> > a gig with my guitar, the fc/interface, laptop and plug into a  
> > sound system.
> > *That* would be awesome. Probably a pretty limited market, I guess.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Warren Sirota
>