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Re: MIDI Foot controllers
Kim, Thanks for the round up. Now I've got to make my choice and make it
work
for me! Ian.
At 03:47 09/02/03 , you wrote:
>At 01:45 PM 2/4/2003, Daryl wrote:
>>ADA made (makes?) a couple of them. The MC-1 is similiar in size and
>shape
to
>>the EDP pedalboard, with 10 small switches in a long row. They also made
one
>>that had a single row of 5 switches, but had really nice big, round
>buttons.
>>However, neither of these offered programming capabilities I don't think.
>>
>> > >> ...a good MIDI foot controller with just one row
>
>note that those old ADA pedals (like many midi pedals, unfortunately)
>only
>sent MIDI program change messages on a single MIDI channel. It didn't
>offer
>any programmability, so switch 1 always sent PC 1, switch 2 always sent
>PC
>2, etc. In other words, it is only useful for changing patches on a
>single
>device.
>
>Ian's requirements were:
>>I use a MIDI Wind controller with a couple of modules, a synth with
>>arpegiator and fx units and am saving for an EDP (I currently use a
>trusty
>>DL4) -. I need/want to be able to send MIDI clock, prog changes, set up
>>drones, start/stop arpegiator and transmit chord info to arpegiator, + in
>>the future control the EDP.
>
>the ADA pedal would not be able to do that. In fact, most pedals can't do
>these things. Sadly, only a relatively small number of midi pedals have
>ever had the functionality to do more than just change patches on a
>simple
>multi-effect.
>
>As far as I know, the only pedals that could meet this range of
>functionality would be the Digitech PMC-10, Rocktron AllAccess, Roland
>FC-200, Yamaha MFC-10, Lake-Butler Midigator, and the Behringer FCB1010.
>I
>think the Phil Rees pedal you mentioned can also do these things, but
>I've
>never been able to verify that.
>
>Those pedals all have their pros and cons too, but at least they have a
>reasonably complete MIDI implementation. None of them is a single row of
>buttons except the Phil Rees. The Behringer seems less capable and harder
>to program than the others I listed, but it could do the job and has the
>lovely advantage of actually being available for a low price. Personally,
>I
>like the digitech pmc-10 best, but they are hard to find since they are
>long out of production.
>
>kim
>
>
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