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RE: quest for Repeater foot control
Title: quest for Repeater foot control
Hey
Dan,
I use
the FCB1010 exclusively to control a Repeater. There are people on the list who
use it to control both Repeater and EDP (and seem happy with it), and others
which control Repeater and a myriad of effects and drum machines (and are not so
happy with it...for reasons I can understand):
First:
you can do anything you can do on the Repeater's front panel with the FCB1010
and more (and everything you mentioned in your post as must-haves). You can send
CC, PC and midi note messages, and it has a way cool tap tempo feature to
control effects which don't have this option but let you set the delay time
using CCs (like a Digitech StudioQuad). As I said, I control every Repeater
function with the FCB1010, and am quite happy with it. There are some drawbacks
I'd like to mention:
1.
sometimes the pedals "snap" to a value, sometimes they don't. I didn't take the
time to find out when they do and when they don't. But it works out nearly most
of the time for me.
2.
They included two relay switches, but you can't tap them. A pity, I would've
preferred to tap my Repeater and the Vortex with one foot press. (I know, time
to get an EDP, but on the other hand, the Vortex acts up strangely
anyway).
Apart
from that, it's hilarious fun to play with the FCB1010 and the Repeater: doing
varispeed effects, panning, pitching and volumeing tracks with your feet,
switching loops...it's comparable to having a repeater w/o foot controller and a
person sitting in front of it while you play who can guess exactly what you
want!
Rainer
Rainer Straschill
well, I've plundered the archives regarding the
fcb1010/ repeater combo, and some folks say they love it, and some folks say
they don't . . .
At the very least, I want to be able to use my feet to
operate the transport, choose which tracks to record onto, control track
volumes, and reverse tracks, without having to do crazy
tap-dancing.
Will fcb1010 make this possible or not?? Based on what
I've read in the archives, I can't tell.
If not fcb1010, what are
people's alternative recommendations?
thanks much for your
help,
Dan
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