Guuuuys…
I was about to buy a Behringer FCB1010 to map to Ableton in order to live loop and control a vocal manipulation instrument I’m building in Ableton…
And then I looked at this Softstep… My mind is being blown, if it’s anything as good as it sounds, I’m pulling the trigger…
I actually had been seeing images of it, but was put off by the look of it, ie. Not that I had a problem with the aesthetic, but I thought there would be no expression control due to no expression pedals like the FCB1010… But now I find out that EVERY BUTTON is an expression pedal??? Capable of being mapped to several functions via pressure, and tilt (these functions were available on the first iteration, (now version 2) of the pedal in 2011) … On top of that, it sounds as though it will be easier to program, like A LOT easier to program than the FCB1010, even with the UNO chip…
Anyways, I’m posting to share, and to see if anyone has used one and can speak into the goodness, and the ease of programming… I’m aware it’s deep, but I want to go deep… Just want it to be as smooth as possible… Anyone have anything to say about how close together the foot switches are? I use a boomerang 3, and it’s switches are quite close together, but I am comfortable with it, even with my docs on (after a fair bit of practise;]) so if it’s a similar distance apart, then I should be fine with it…
Interestingly, I had a similar moment when I started having a proper look at the OP-1 after having purchased the microSAMPLER and being very disappointed, (Now I’m at peace with the MS-1, but at the time, I wanted it to do more than it does, and mostly to do what it does better)… I had up until then ignored this funny looking little white keyboard called the OP-1… “No velocity sensitivity? No thanks, what a joke…” I thought… I think I’ve learned a pretty big lesson in brushing a product off based on it’s looks, especially if it doesn’t look like what I THINK I need…
PS. Before finding the Softstep, I spotted the Looptimus (running out of cool names with “loop” in them, much? ;))… Anyway, just mentioning, cause the ease of programming looked nice, but didn’t dig on the flat form factor (not tilted), mainly that it would make it hard for accurate loop stomps… and also no expression… But just mentioning incase anyone would recommend this pedal or another for the kind of functionality I’ve mentioned that I need above. ie. Live looping, and other control in Ableton.
Much love,
