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Re: monome as foot controller



I wrote to both Gas Pedal and Gordius last year inquiring about a  
custom pedal. But no one seemed interested.
Then I found Bob Charest who customized an FCB1010 for me.

Anyway, I found a willing maker nerd who is working on a custom pedal  
for me right now!









On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:33 AM, Sjaak Overgaauw wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Buzap Buzap <buzap@gmx.net> wrote:
>> Hi Zoe
>>
>> why don't you contact Xavier (Gordius pedals) and see if you can  
>> arrange a custom pedal with
>> him?
>
> I would certainly inform Xavier about your needs or idea's. I know he
> has added custom features to the Gordius, like 4 exp pedal inputs in
> stead of 2. I think it was Andy Butler who requested that.
>
> Second: Xavier is thinking of designing a successor for the current
> models. I have been thinking about what the specs would of be for my
> ultimate live looping foot controller. I haven't informed him about my
> ideas but the time is now. It be close to the current Gordius but I
> would improve the following:
>
> - new physical model, preferably a flat model like the FCB1010
> - support for more patches and presets in the editor
>
> Idea: offer multiple models but with same specs:
> - current model of little giant = 10 switches + up/down bank switches
> - new flat model with 10 switches + up/down bank switches but without
> the exp. pedals
> - custom layout model containing the switches and a separate module
> containing the Gordius "code"?
>
> Btw: the Gordius module also works in combination with the Roland
> FC-200 and FC-300, which are a little smaller than the FCB1010. Other
> than that, you can connect it to any MFC but I'm sure which
> functionality you can use.
>
> -- 
> Sjaak Overgaauw
> http://premonitionfactory.com/
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>