From: kerry.beach@gmail.com   
      
   On 2015-04-15 19:02:39 -0500, Jim D  said:   
      
   > Odd that bass pedals would get mentioned.  Coincedental even :-)   
   >   
   > I've recently gotten interested in Arduinos.  Little programmable micro   
   > controller things.  Originally I thought about making a decent midi   
   > controller from one.  Decent being .... more usable than a Beh FCB1010.   
   >  That shouldn't be very difficult :-)  Kind of setting the bar really   
   > low there. Ok, seriously, the 1010 is a fine controller, it's just not   
   > ideal for my purposes.  And it is tremendously difficult to program   
   > without specialized 3rd party software.   
   >   
   > But time is tight, and there's always something more important I need   
   > to deal with. Truck ignition comes right to mind :-)  That's fixed,   
   > btw. Got the new key mechanism this afternoon, it's in and works fine.   
   >   
   > Back to bass pedals.  It occured to me last week, while perusing junk   
   > on CraigsList, that if I had a set of those old organ style bass   
   > pedals, I could add and Arduino and turn the thing into a nice midi   
   > floor pedal bass unit.   
   >   
   > and that's where it lays ... if I find a mechanical unit that would   
   > work as switches this might just happen.   
   >   
   >  Jim   
      
   I have checked out ebay over the years for some decent bass pedals, and   
   there are usually some pretty cheap hammond pedals from an old organ   
   that a person could turn into pedals.   
      
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