Re: Behringer FCB 1010 or Digital Music Ground Control?

[David Trenkel <improv@peak.org>]

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for writing, it was your video on the Ableton site that made me 
start thinking about the Ground Control. I had for some reason been of 
the opinion that they were no longer made.
On Thursday, August 11, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Andrew Chaikin wrote:

>> I'm looking into a foot controller for
>> hands-free operation my laptop /
>> Ableton Live setup.
>
> I believe I'm a bit late in this discussion,
> because you've already received your
> Behringer, but...

Well, actually, I'm staying around the house waiting for the big brown 
truck with my FCB to show up today. Then I have a flurry of programming 
and practicing to do.

>
> I love my Ground Control Pro. I've done
> about 175 shows with it since November
> 2003 -- including 9 shows in the harsh
> Nevada desert conditions of Burning Man
> (65-mph duststorms!) -- and it has never
> failed me.

That's a great endorsement fro the GCPro!
>
> When I first started looping with Ableton
> Live, I bought the Behringer FCB 1010, but:
>
> a) It was too long in my rolling carry-on bag --
>     a big drawback for touring.

We have slightly different touring methods, my band travels in a bus 
most of the time where one more case won't matter too much.
>
> b) On the unit I bought (new) from Guitar
>     Center, one of the two expression pedals
>     didn't work at all. This I took to be a bad
>     omen.

This does concern me. So far, the number of people who have emailed me 
whose FCB's haven't failed outnumber those who have, but I have yet to 
hear from ANYONE whose GCPro has failed...