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Re: more thoughts about the FCB1010



Why not just UPS it to wherever you are going?
On Aug 1, 2008, at 11:28 PM, info at zoekeating wrote:

> one other thought about the FCB...
>
> i played a 3hr gig today at the SF Airport, and it was about half  
> improvisation (i was directly over the TSA security checkpoint and  
> thought uplifting ambiance would be a good thing to do rather than  
> "songs"). i realize that the FCB is so tied into my loopers (which  
> today was 4 instances of SooperLooper and 2 Electrix Repeaters)  
> that i think of the FCB as the instrument, rather than the loopers.  
> i like how direct it is. i don't even think about it, and in fact,  
> i hardly even have to look at it (er, because it is so LARGE, the  
> thing i complain about).
>
> it was really nice to be so fluid. i could just improvise freely  
> and build up endless structures, and my tools were transparent.  
> that was a nice place to be.
>
> i'm hoping this will also be true for any other foot controller i  
> choose...fingers crossed. but there is something important about  
> not having to think in "modes" (i.e. software modes, like tabs in  
> an interface) but instead being directly mapped to your devices.