Repedal Survey
Above picture shows the first prototype. That's nothing yet! Below are my plans for the production version of the Repedal, followed by a little survey. If you contact me at this stage, you will likely be able to substantially shape the way the Repedal works. And, of course, the more people show interest, the faster I will be pushing a production version. Plans: . Have a display and a digital knob, sort of like the top of the updn LFO v3: . Have a row of N buttons. Each button is freely programmable (via knob and display) to do any given action. Examples for actions: - modify a parameter, - load a save slot, - tap, - frobnicate the zapcrank (whatever you ask me to implement before the device ships). . Have the option of plugging in a foot switch board, where the foot switch has N buttons again -- so you can have the main module on a table (or hidden away) if you like, or simply if you want to have more programmable buttons. . Add ways to synchronize: MIDI input/output, clock sync CV input/output. Survey: Below things can all be done very easily. The question here is, which options would you prefer not to have in favor of less clutter: (1) I'm thinking N = seven buttons. Is that reasonable? The foot switch board would probably be quite big with enough spacing for seven foot placements, so it might have to have less than seven buttons. Two or more foot boards may be chainable. (2) Some dislike menu navigation. Given you only need the menu in case you don't like the buttons' default actions: would you still drop the display and rather have a large amount of push buttons, knobs and LEDs? Even if that makes it much more expensive and larger? (3) Would you make use of MIDI? If yes, would you fancy a MIDI output? (For the Repedal being the clock source, or just to record and later playback your pedal motions and button presses...) (4) Would you fancy a CV clock sync input and output? (5) What do you use for CV, 3.5mm or 6.35mm jacks? (6) Would you buy a bare PCB like that prototype? The board and most components have three coats of transparent spray paint, but any sharp object duly applied will eventually penetrate and touch live wires. Then again, if you remove said sharp object the thing will probably work as before. There is no dangerous voltage, but I'm not so sure about fire regulations. So, if having no case halves both the price and the time until shipping, would you prefer a bare PCB? (7) Given a low level programming interface, is it likely that you will ever write your own software for the Repedal hardware? Over and above these questions, feel free to explore and ask for features. Please send an email with survey replies, feature requests and questions, preferably to the all@ mailing list. I am looking forward to hearing from as many people as possible. If you are interested in having the Repedal sooner more than later, maybe you can tell one or two others about it. Thanks! ~Neels
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