I also use an FCB1010 with pretty good results.
Mine has never failed and I have used it extensively and travelled with it with no problem whatsoever.
My own experience with the expression pedals is very positive: not sure if I'm set up differently but the pedals are completely linear and they will give me nearly the whole range (probably around values between 5 and 127). I'm not sure I understand that 80% of the range giving 10% of the values comment. The exp controllers only use 7 bits and not 14, but I never found it to be a problem.
I have an FCB1010 abstraction that I've made. If it's useful to anyone, email me and I can send it to you.
On another note, I have had very good success building my own pedalboard based on an arduino. Right now mine has twelve carling momentary footswitches, and I'm planning to put in 6 jack sockets to connect expression pedals. The carling switches are not cheap (they cost me about £3ukp each) but they are very robust and they feel right to a guitar player. I had a metal fabrication company build me the casing from a drawing. The box is wedge shaped (lower towards me than the back) , and about 50cms long, 20cms deep, with two rows of 6 switches. That cost me about £60ukp. I'm very happy with it, and it responds better and faster in my estimation than the FCB1010. I loaded the arduino with HC Steiner's brilliant pduino firmware, and read the data with the pduino object.
- martin
On 07/08/07, Frank Barknecht fbar@footils.org wrote:
Hallo, adam armfield hat gesagt: // adam armfield wrote:
I think the DIY route is a good one, depending on your abilities, you can get a fairly pre-made board from doepfer & attach (screw on) jack sockets for up to 16 pedals (or more with expansion), or you might look at an even more DIY solution if you are good at soldering & building stuff
For example with the Arduino.
Ciao
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
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