RE: Even crazier thoughts about ideal footcontrollers

[Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>]

Yeah, but it's not exactly built into a footcontroller, is it?

Best wishes,
Warren Sirota


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Edmondson [mailto:edmondson5@comcast.net] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 6:45 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: Even crazier thoughts about ideal footcontrollers
> 
> 
> I think the RME multiface is the best analog/digital i/o box 
> out there. it connects to the laptop via firewire thru a 
> cardbus (or pci card). For under $1000, you get 
> 
> - 8 analog line I/Os with 24 Bit/96kHz conversion
> - 1 ADAT digital I/O
> - 1 SPDIF digital I/O
> - 1 x Word clock I/O
> - MIDI I/O high-speed MIDI
> - Hi-Power headphone output for independent submix
> 
> _very_ low latency (needed for guitar processing in realtime) 
> and _very_ reliable! I love mine.
> 
> http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MultiCardBun/
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Sirota [mailto:wsirota@wsdesigns.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 5:59 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Even crazier thoughts about ideal footcontrollers
> 
> This is really dreaming, but do you think that, for enough 
> $$, it would be possible to build in a 
> very-sturdily-cushioned 8-in/2-out computer audio interface 
> (OK, 4 in would do in a pinch, 6 would be better), and let me 
> connect the whole thing up to the computer with a single 
> firewire or usb cable, and forget about midi cables and 
> external interfaces altogether? I'd sell my MOTU 828 and find 
> a way to come up with $1000 or more for that combination. I 
> wouldn't even mind if it was a bit heavy. I could just go to 
> a gig with my guitar, the fc/interface, laptop and plug into 
> a sound system.
> *That* would be awesome. Probably a pretty limited market, I guess.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Warren Sirota
> 
> 
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