Re: craft project

["T.W. Hartnett" <hartnett.t@apple.com>]

>By the way, MIDI Solutions will reportedly be shipping the R8 in
>February--it's a 1U rack-mounted midi-controlled giz with eight relays 
>that
>open and close eight 1/4" jacks.  Thus, you can control stuff that uses a
>1/4" phone-plug footswitch via midi.  (http://www.midisolutions.com).  
>That
>might be a solution to rack spaghetti for some of us.  (I want one for my
>Mesa/Boogie V-Twin, and there'll still be two jacks left over to run, 
>like,
>the fog machine and the disco ball...)

I've been using the Rockman MIDI Octopus for that.  I've got two, they're 
half-rack units, really easy to use.  They're out of production, but 
they're easy to find used for under $100.  And no wall-wart.

Travis Hartnett