[LAU] foot switch for pausing/playing audio signals for better transcribing

[arisstotle.54695488 at bloglines.com]

If you have a programmable midi keyboard, you can program a foot pedal to
send an mmc play/pause command to ardour, and there you have it.

--- Chuckk
Hubbard" <badmuthahubbard at gmail.com wrote:
Pure Data is the old standby for
me.  It's overkill, but it can handle it.
> Anything that can take MIDI controller
input and playback audio.  I'm not
> sure if Audacity does that, actually.
 Rosegarden and Ardour both could, and
> now that I think of it you might
be able to rig the Jack transport to start
> and stop with a MIDI signal,
and use that to play Audacity.
> 
> -Chuckk
> 
> On 10/24/07, N. Gey <ilfhi at gmx.de>
wrote:
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > The situation is that I often transcribe
audio signals (music of course,
> > but also spoken words like interviews)
to my computer. Its a good
> > situation when your hands are free so you
can use both hands to write.
> >
> > I recently read about some expensive
usb-footcontroller (USB) which
> > somehow connects to an audio program to
send start/stop signals.
> > This cant be this complicated... there a plenty
of midi controllers out
> > there which you controll with your food, even
the sustain-pedal is
> > suitable for the start/stop job.
> >
> > Do you
have any Idea or know of anything which do the described? Just
> > sending
a signal to a audioprogramm (audacious, audacity, xmms etc.)  to
> > halt?

> >
> > greetings,
> > Nils
> >
> >
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