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You know, I was looking for something quite similar to this. For simple laptop looping, I could use my looper and a single (or two) buttons - although a compact 4-button footswitch could give me an amazing amt of basic functionality. Of course, on the opposite end of the spectrum, the biggest issue I have with my home-grown looper is how to map all the functionality to the limited 10-buttons and two pedals of the FCB! i think ultimately that the only satisfactory controller will be a microphone with voice recognition. (of course, without a footswitch input, i'd have no way to toggle because command mode and sound input mode, so i'd need to wear *2* headset mics....) On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 4:27 AM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote: > I have only one things to say... YOU GEEK! > > Why dont you write a bidule patch that recognises pressure and heat, and > have small sensors surgically implanted in your finger tips, you could >have > a USB socket implanted in a suitable place... say the elbow? > > :+) > > m > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:54 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> HI, >> >> One thing I wanted to do with my EDP, but wasn't able to because it >> could not hold enough programs in memory, was to have just one foot >> pedal button but change program in the EDP to have this foot button >> take on different commands. Now I have moved my looper and effect >> patches into a laptop I can finally make that old wish come true. But >> I don't know about any "one button foot floor pedal" that is available >> on the market. Any hints? >> >> What I need is one small box that sends just one MIDI event. I have no >> wish for any special MIDI event - it can be a midi note, a program >> change, a control value or whatever - I'll make a Bidule patch that >> redirects it to the event needed for the looper. >> >> Aren't there cheap USB buttons one may use? I'd actually prefer that >> before MIDI. >> >> Or what really would be cool is to use an analog foot button pad, just >> like those switchers that come with cheap synth keyboards, that are >> used for the sustain pedal function. If I could connect one such >> switcher to a phantom powered mic input on the audio interface and >> mock up something in Bidule that recognizes the change in voltage and >> creates an event in the software. Wow, I just don't know enough about >> electricity and cables and stuff, but wouldn't that work in some way? >> >> I'm thinking about rearranging my looping rig to get rid of the FCB >> and only use ONE tiny pedal button that only sends one MIDI event, >> accompanied by a hand button pad. On the hand button pad I press one >> button to tell the laptop what the next foot press means and when I >> kick the pedal my looper/fx is executing the command I armed it for by >> the the finger button pressing. I think that will be a feasible >> solution to traveling with light luggage and also setting up on stage >> in 60 seconds (... well, almost...). I will keep this mini rig in >> parallel to my FCB, so I can use both depending on circumstances. >> >> -- >> Greetings from Sweden >> >> Per Boysen >> www.boysen.se (Swedish) >> www.looproom.com (international) >> www.myspace.com/perboysen >> > > > > -- > www.markfrancombe.com > www.looop.no