RE: Problem with Echo Pro and MIDI foot controller...

["Brad Bohannon" <brad@mlsound.com>]

There is a way to make them momentary but it's really not THE solution.
You'd likely have to own the units to see my frustration, but a brief
explaination is that a value of 64 or greater is interpreted as record, and
63 or less is overdub. I programmed it as momentary as a work around, but
you have to hold your foot on the switch while recording because letting up
puts you in overdub mode. If I programmed a dedicated record and dedicated
overdub I'd make them momentary for sure. The problem there is that you
can't program a dedicated record button using continuous control, Line 6
left it out. Program change and note on, but no continuous control. That
pretty much alienates the Ground Control Pro users out there. Perhaps
there's an All Access in my future. All it takes is money!

Brad


-----Original Message-----
From: John Tidwell [mailto:wedgehed@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:45 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Problem with Echo Pro and MIDI foot controller...


I don't have either of the devices you mention; but,
maybe the Echo Pro is looking for commands from a
momentary switch & your Ground Control switches are
latching. Is there a way to program the GC to act as
momentary switches?

John


--- Brad Bohannon <brad@mlsound.com> wrote:
>
> I set my Ground Control Pro up to control the
> Record/Overdub and Play/Stop
> buttons on my Echo Pro. The problem is they don't
> exactly act like the front
> panel buttons with the same name. Specifically, when
> you go from record to
> play on the front panel and then hit stop, a press
> of the record button will
> immediately start you recording new material. Using
> a MIDI footswitch for
> the same function, a press of "Record" starts you
> the same. A press of
> "Play" works the same. "Stop" works the same. Now,
> if you press "Record"
> again you've really sent an "Overdub" command and
> nothing happens. You have
> to press "Record" a second time to initiate
> recording.


=====
John Tidwell




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