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Re: EDP switches for drummers
How about mouth or tongue controlled switches? I'm serious, I am not
saying this tongue in cheek.
bret
--- Matthias Grob <matthias@grob.org> wrote:
> >Here's a challenge.
> >
> >Has anyone considered a better way for a drummer to use the EDP
> footpedal
> >controls.
> >
> >Unless midi is involved, I think all of us use our hi-hat foot to
> control the
> >record, overdub, etc functions.
> >
> >My thought is to create switches that would respond to the down beat
> of
> >various crash cymbals. Double triggering seems to be a possible
> problem
> >though.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
>
> yes, you just called one, maybe its what you meant, I did not quite
> understand:
> I guess that the main problem with drum operation is that you usually
>
> want to hit a loop function at the very moment you also want to hit
> the cymbal.
> And you cannot have a cymbal for every function nor have the function
>
> happen at every cymbal hit ;-)
> So why not preselect the function you want on some pad and then have
> it executed at the next cymbal hit? Its similar quantizing, but you
> can do it anytime...
> Is that it?
>
> This could be done with the BeatSync input. But it would take a new
> quantize mode.
> Or you can implement it in MIDI, with Max or so...
> --
>
>
> ---> http://Matthias.Grob.org
>
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