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

[Ken Restivo]

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On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 09:03:45PM +0200, N. Gey wrote:
> Chuckk Hubbard schrieb:
> >
> > I could be wrong, but I'd suspect a pedal for a MIDI keyboard would be 
> > cheaper than a USB gamepad, and intended for just that.
> 
> For a sustain pedal, thats true. But there are other factors like 
> portability and additional hardware. Without modifying the hardware the 
> sustain pedal can't be connected directly to the pc. You have to use a 
> midi keyboard, I think. So you can't carry these things with you around.
> 
> A sustain-pedal to usb would be fine, but I am no hardware guru, so I 
> don't have a clue.
> 

Well the cheapest hack I could think of, is to dig out an unused/broken USB keyboard, and just hook up a cheap footswitch from a MIDI keyboard up to the wire for the "pause" key:
http://www.instructables.com/id/EI34R6HWSREP2874NM/

Not much hardware hacking expertise required there, just know how to solder and to use a multimeter really.

Hmm, could probably build a whole pedalboard that way. For next to zero cost. Intriguing.

- -ken
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