Re: Echoplex Footpedal not responding

["joe rut" <joerut@lycos.com>]

Hey Doug

How did you mod your echoplex foot controller to switch between 2 EDPs?  
Toggle switch?  No false triggers when switching, etc?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Cox" <dougcox@pdq.net>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Echoplex Footpedal not responding
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:54:03 -0500

> 
> I use the native EDP controller, on a pedalboard, live onstage with 
> a band.  Never had an issue.  I have even modified my native EDP 
> controller to swtch between my 2 EDPs.  Still no issues.
> 
> The FCB1010 is 27 inches wide.  The EDP controller is approximately 
> 18 inches (don't have one in front of me). I agree - design and 
> adapt to what you need.  But operate on the facts.
> 
> Doug
> 
> Adrian Bartholomew wrote:
> 
> > 1---u need PERFECTION onstage. period. reliability is key. who 
> > wants to be embarrased or have to compromise creativity? anything 
> > less.... is a "bad" design, whatever the reason.
> > 2---if u dont have floorspace for the edp pedal, u wont have it 
> > for the 1010 either. neither will fit into any conventional 
> > pedalbox. design and adapt to what u need for ur act.
> >
> > ___*
> > Adrian Bartholomew
> > *Leawood KS
> > On Aug 31, 2005, at 12:00 PM, Travis Hartnett wrote:
> >
> >     The EDP footpedal isn't badly designed, but it's not perfect. The
> >     resistance based control method isn't as fragile or error prone as
> >     you
> >     might think and it does allow for people to easily make custom
> >     controllers in different form factors (although few people did so),
> >     and also allows for easy end-user repair of the foot controller.
> >
> >     Remember that the footpedal design is about ten years old, and 
>there
> >     were no cheap Behringer MIDI controllers back then. For people that
> >     want immediate access to the most of the core features of EDP 
>without
> >     the programming issues of a MIDI controller and/or who can't spare
> >     the
> >     floorspace the Behringer requires, the EDP footcontroller is a very
> >     useful tool.
> >
> >     It also helps to remember that "stompbox" is a nickname, not an
> >     operating instruction.
> >
> >     TravisH
> >
> >     On 8/31/02, Adrian Bartholomew <adrian@bartholomusic.com> wrote:
> >
> >         the edp footpedal is badly designed. i have seen posts that
> >         suggests
> >         that it uses different resistances in the switches that the 
>brain
> >         translates to decide which function to perform. dumb idea.
> >         anything
> >         could throw that off. dirty switches, interference etc. maybe
> >         its not
> >         even debounced adequately as someone also had some luck with
> >         putting
> >         capacitance across it. either way its very unreliable.
> >         frightening to
> >         depend on onstage.
> >         all u can do is clean it with contact cleaner and say 3 hail
> >         marys.
> >         GET A MIDI FOOTPEDAL.
> >         the behringer FCB1010 is the choice of most including mine for
> >         versatility, price and reliability.
> >
> >         ___
> >         Adrian Bartholomew
> >         Leawood KS
> >         On Aug 31, 2005, at 6:32 AM, Frederik Leroux-Roels wrote:
> >
> >
> >

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