Re: Help! not enough hands....

["Todd Pafford" <calenlas@gmail.com>]

(Forwarded to the list as my initial reply apparently went straight to 
Jon.)

As far as foot controllers are concerned, the Behringer FCB1010 will
probably take care of all your needs and is only $150.  Great value
there.  Throw in $50 or so for a USB<->MIDI interface and you're good
to go.  Chances are you could just control Battery with the FCB and
accomplish everything you want.  I'm not sure how complicated your
MIDI commands to Battery need to be, but each button of the FCB can
send 5 PCs, a Note, and 2 CCs at the same time.  You get 100 of those
buttons or patches (in banks of 10) plus the two expression pedals.

Good Luck,
Todd


On 3/19/06, jon attwood <jon@yellow6.com> wrote:
>
> I currently use a laptop running NI Battery which is loaded with loops.
> These are triggered externally using an ancient Boss DR-5 Dr.Rhythm using
> notes in patterns to MIDI trigger loops.  Seems a strange setup maybe, 
>but
> this is done as the DR-5 has footswitch control to move from one pattern 
>to
> the next.  This means that i can set the tempo on it and, rather than be
> stuck with a fixed 'backing track', can shift from one section / batch of
> loops to the next when it feels right by hitting the pattern advance via 
>the
> footswitch.
>
> So, the question... do any of you know of another way i could do this,
> removing the DR-5 from the equation.  Basically, some software which can 
>run
> the loops (either singly or overlayed) and be shifted from one loop to 
>the
> next with some sort of foot controller. (i also will be playing guitar 
>and
> using RC-20 and DL-4 on top so have my hands full!)
>