RE: software based phrase sampler

[johnsrude@peak.org]

> PS: Back to your hardware.  If you understand hardware and device
> drivers well enough to build a small 12 button USB footswitch and make
> it appear to the system as a MIDI device, then provide software to map
> arbitrary MIDI messages to the down and up transitions of the switches,
> and can manufacture it for under $200, that would be a very attractive
> product for many laptop-based musicians.  You will make more money
> off that than you ever will with looping software :-)

As part of your market research for the USB controller, talk to Peter Kirn
over at:
CreateDigitalMusic.com

Cheers,
Kevin
www.TheNettles.com