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http://www.bonnersmusic.co.uk/buy/Hammond/PK25PXK_25_Note_Midi_Pedalboard
...uh, yeah, maybe I won't bother. O_O
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They say necessity is the mother of all invention. Well I've just
invented something truly absurd. I've found a way to play bass notes
even though I don't have a peddle board. The concept is quite simple:
play the note with my finger, and then hold it down with my foot, while
I play the rest of the music. The result has to be seen to be believed.
I should probably get out more...
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4a89c8c0$1@news.povray.org...
> They say necessity is the mother of all invention. Well I've just invented
> something truly absurd. I've found a way to play bass notes even though I
> don't have a peddle board. The concept is quite simple: play the note with
> my finger, and then hold it down with my foot, while I play the rest of
> the music. The result has to be seen to be believed.
>
LOL !
My father who plays organ at the church and has only an old piano to
practice home built a pedalbord which just pulls the lower octaves keys from
under with nylon strings.
Another way : http://www.orchetect.com/resources/midi-organ-pedals.php
Marc
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> http://www.bonnersmusic.co.uk/buy/Hammond/PK25PXK_25_Note_Midi_Pedalboard
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> ...uh, yeah, maybe I won't bother. O_O
>
Ooh, I want one!
...but I need a keyboard first :(
...Chambers
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> They say necessity is the mother of all invention. Well I've just
> invented something truly absurd. I've found a way to play bass notes
> even though I don't have a peddle board. The concept is quite simple:
> play the note with my finger, and then hold it down with my foot, while
> I play the rest of the music. The result has to be seen to be believed.
>
> I should probably get out more...
>
How hard would it be to get a couple of pressure sensors, and wire them
up to a MIDI plug so you could have your own?
Then you could go to the pub and tell some random girl, "Hey, baby, you
ever dated a guy who wired his own base?" :)
...Chambers
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> How hard would it be to get a couple of pressure sensors, and wire them up
> to a MIDI plug so you could have your own?
That's what I thought the moment I saw it. Or maybe simpler to buy a
standard cheap MIDI keyboard to get all the electronics and rig up some nice
wooden pedals to it.
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Chambers wrote:
> How hard would it be to get a couple of pressure sensors, and wire them
> up to a MIDI plug so you could have your own?
Harder than you'd think.
A peddleboard needs to not break when an 80 Kg person stamps on it. This
is non-trivial.
Where the hell do you buy pressure sensors?
You realise that MIDI is a serial communications protocol, right? It's
not like you just connect each sensor to a different pin on the plug;
you need some fairly elaborate electronics in there.
> Then you could go to the pub and tell some random girl, "Hey, baby, you
> ever dated a guy who wired his own base?" :)
*facepalm*
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>> How hard would it be to get a couple of pressure sensors, and wire
>> them up to a MIDI plug so you could have your own?
>
> That's what I thought the moment I saw it. Or maybe simpler to buy a
> standard cheap MIDI keyboard to get all the electronics and rig up some
> nice wooden pedals to it.
I guess that's a possibility, assuming I can find one that isn't
touch-sensitive. (For some reason, as soon as you buy a stand-alone MIDI
controller everybody automatically thinks you want the finest
weighted-key action with touch sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch...
Hence, keyboards that have MIDI are quite cheap, but MIDI keyboards are
surprisingly expensive.)
Assuming you find one that isn't touch-sensitive, so pressing a key just
closes a circuit, it should be possible to rig something up.
The next problem is going to be how to make it sturdy enough to not fall
apart. ;-)
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> I guess that's a possibility, assuming I can find one that isn't
> touch-sensitive.
Oh ok I didn't realise the pedals didn't need to be touch sensitive, even
simpler then!
> Assuming you find one that isn't touch-sensitive, so pressing a key just
> closes a circuit, it should be possible to rig something up.
Alternatively use another input method to a PC (you can get multiple digital
input to USB boards) and then generate the MIDI signals in software.
> The next problem is going to be how to make it sturdy enough to not fall
> apart. ;-)
The pedals are not going to be taking massive forces so you don't need to
worry about using bearings or anything fancy like that. I would just put a
hole through the pedal at the back and let it rotate on a bolt that is
secured to some base-plate. That way you can place each pedal at a
different angle. To provide the resistance just glue on a lump of stiff
rubber underneath each pedal and mount a micro-switch to trigger at the
correct position. Shouldn't take too much work.
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>> I guess that's a possibility, assuming I can find one that isn't
>> touch-sensitive.
>
> Oh ok I didn't realise the pedals didn't need to be touch sensitive,
> even simpler then!
I'm trying to simulate a pipe organ here. They're generally not
particularly touch sensitive. ;-)
[Although... the mechanical-action ones *are* very slightly touch
sensitive, which not a lot of people know.]
>> Assuming you find one that isn't touch-sensitive, so pressing a key
>> just closes a circuit, it should be possible to rig something up.
>
> Alternatively use another input method to a PC (you can get multiple
> digital input to USB boards) and then generate the MIDI signals in
> software.
I'm guessing generating MIDI signals in software is going to be intractable.
>> The next problem is going to be how to make it sturdy enough to not
>> fall apart. ;-)
>
> The pedals are not going to be taking massive forces so you don't need
> to worry about using bearings or anything fancy like that. I would just
> put a hole through the pedal at the back and let it rotate on a bolt
> that is secured to some base-plate. That way you can place each pedal
> at a different angle. To provide the resistance just glue on a lump of
> stiff rubber underneath each pedal and mount a micro-switch to trigger
> at the correct position. Shouldn't take too much work.
For one thing, it's going to take some big chunks of solid wood, and a
big iron bolt. Given how ludicrously expensive actual wood is, I guess
it might not even come out any cheaper than just buying the one in the
shop...
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