Ideal ground controller of my dreams for A-FX...

Spawn-X

Spawn-X

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P'tit lu all...

I know Cliff is working on his future MFC1, and I know this project is probably really advanced.

But, my 2 cents:

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Imagine what possibilities we can have with a midi foot board like that... ;)...

Controlling AMP bloc directly from the board...
Assign each rotary knob to parameters of you choice...
etc...

I'm dreaming of it!!!
 
Rotary knobs on a foot controller doesn't make much sense to me.

Instead, why not buy a midi controller with rotary knows and put it on a stand of some sort. Then you could control the rotary knobs with your hands, without "bending over", hehe..
 
JesperB said:
Rotary knobs on a foot controller doesn't make much sense to me.

Instead, why not buy a midi controller with rotary knows and put it on a stand of some sort. Then you could control the rotary knobs with your hands, without "bending over", hehe..
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Yes, but, why not? ;)...
 
A good reason is that knobs like that can be a bit sensitive to people dancing close to the stage (drunk dancing people have stepped/fallen over my gear plenty of times, hehe)... Unless it's the type of rotary knobs on the G-System controller, but they're pretty big and possibly expensive.
 
JesperB said:
A good reason is that knobs like that can be a bit sensitive to people dancing close to the stage (drunk dancing people have stepped/fallen over my gear plenty of times, hehe)... Unless it's the type of rotary knobs on the G-System controller, but they're pretty big and possibly expensive.
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It's possible to add a couple of metallic bars over knobs.

I was using a lot of ground effects like GT6 or other, and I never have any problem with drunked dancers on stage ;)...
My Strat is really loud while used as a baseball player :mrgreen: ...
 
Tom said:
Not a terrible idea, but I'd rather have the knobs on a 1u rack unit extension.
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Hmmm... Interesting thought.

Man I need to learn how to build MIDI interfaces.

Sounds like I've found my new hobby. :D
 
JesperB said:
A good reason is that knobs like that can be a bit sensitive to people dancing close to the stage (drunk dancing people have stepped/fallen over my gear plenty of times, hehe)... Unless it's the type of rotary knobs on the G-System controller, but they're pretty big and possibly expensive.
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Agreed. I think the G-System controller is the state of the art in integrated functionality. A midi based controller that works that well is a cool idea indeed.
 
I like the 1U MIDI knob controller idea. I was thinking of this very thing last week. If for no other reason, it would make tweaking without the editor easier.
 
Spawn-X said:
P'tit lu all...

I know Cliff is working on his future MFC1, and I know this project is probably really advanced.

But, my 2 cents:

159608.jpg


Imagine what possibilities we can have with a midi foot board like that... ;)...

Controlling AMP bloc directly from the board...
Assign each rotary knob to parameters of you choice...
etc...

I'm dreaming of it!!!
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Very very Nice.
And under the switcher are displays, whitch shows you what effekt is configurate on the switcher. ;)
And a chance to upgrade with an Expander (like Axess or Skrydstrup)
That´s the HighEnd-Version. :cool:

Grettings from Germany

Ralf
 
aalrh said:
And under the switcher are displays, whitch shows you what effekt is configurate on the switcher.
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If I where building a custom MIDI board that would be pretty high on my list, especially with something like the Axe-FX, where you have the ability to totally reconfigure what each button does per patch.

The more I think about it, the more I think I need to make my own MIDI board.

In fact, It would be really nice if Cliff had the 2 way control scheme he has built into the Axe-FX, posted somewhere, so that people that wanted too, COULD build their own, and have a tuner, and such. I don't know how realistic of a request that would be, but you never know, Cliff is a nice guy. :D

If not, I'm still thinking about reading up on building my own...
 
I would be happy with a 1U with six knobs that I could dedicate as live controls for the amp sims. You know.... gain, bass, mid, treble, presence, master volume. Just like a real amp would have. I always find myself wanting to tweak things to the room or to the way the song feels on that prticular day :roll:
 
groovenut said:
I always find myself wanted to tweak things to the room or to the way the song feels on that prticular day :roll:
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Why do you thing I was open this thread? ;)...
 
Um.... sounds like we're trying to turn the axe into a Vetta (at least in terms of controls).
I had a vetta laying around for awhile as a backup rig to my main rack, not a bad piece of equipment really. I didn't like the lack of spillover and of course the axe has much better modeling and effects... but the line6 longboard foot controller was actually pretty cool. And they had a good idea using ethernet cable rather than midi to run the floorboard.
 
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