suitability of Behringer FCB 1010 foot controller
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:11 am
Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere...
I'm in a duo with a drummer doing some space rock type stuff and I play guitar. I also have a novation launchkey, a launchpad mark 1 and a Yamaha hardware synth.
I'm looking at how to trigger 20 second synth wooshes, sweeps and effects that I have in Live 9. I can this withnthe launchpad but it requires me to stop playing guitar (not enough hands!)
Looking in to the range of foot controllers available, the Behringer FC1010 seems like it could be the answer to this.
However....there seems to be an issue with firmware chips needing updating as the unit can be unreliable/not work with Live.
This unit seems to have been around for 7 or 8 years. I can't work out if this is an issue with older models?
If I'm buying a new model in 2019 can I assume that this should have the new firmware chip in it? Do manufacturers tend to upgrade these things?
Sorry but I'm a bit behind the curve on firmware chips!
I don't want to do anything complicated with this - just trigger 1 or 2 samples at a time.
Many thanks
I'm in a duo with a drummer doing some space rock type stuff and I play guitar. I also have a novation launchkey, a launchpad mark 1 and a Yamaha hardware synth.
I'm looking at how to trigger 20 second synth wooshes, sweeps and effects that I have in Live 9. I can this withnthe launchpad but it requires me to stop playing guitar (not enough hands!)
Looking in to the range of foot controllers available, the Behringer FC1010 seems like it could be the answer to this.
However....there seems to be an issue with firmware chips needing updating as the unit can be unreliable/not work with Live.
This unit seems to have been around for 7 or 8 years. I can't work out if this is an issue with older models?
If I'm buying a new model in 2019 can I assume that this should have the new firmware chip in it? Do manufacturers tend to upgrade these things?
Sorry but I'm a bit behind the curve on firmware chips!
I don't want to do anything complicated with this - just trigger 1 or 2 samples at a time.
Many thanks