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Re: A quieter, gentler footswitch?...
At 11:10 PM 9/27/2006, Jeff Kaiser wrote:
>To entirely avoid clicks: I route an EV5 pedal to trigger record and play
>when at or near the "toe" position.
>
>Perfectly quiet.
but not at all accurate?
>It is all done in max/msp.....so you'd have to use a laptop.
no, anything requiring a momentary switch can work with a cc or volume
pedal in this way.
In my experience designing looping pedals, I've found a few critical
features needed in the switches to make musicians happy:
1. Acoustically silent
2. short throw for accurate tapping
3. Good tactile feel for the contact point, again for accuracy
4. Low force required for contact. (more force = less tapping accuracy)
there are switches that meet these requirements, but in my experience it
took a lot of trial and error to find them.
kim
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