Multi axis foot pedals?

[harry bissell]

the only Morley pedal I've seen used a small piece of rubberized fabric which
was bent in a "u" shape and rolled between the photocell and the light source.
This is real elegent, simple, quiet... cool !

:^) Harry

James Husted wrote:

> A friend of mine had a effect box that was a pair of multi-mode filters run
> by a two-axis footpedal. It was called a "Pluto Pedal" ad I think it was
> made in Great Britain. The pedal was roughly the size and shape of a
> Bomerang Wha pedal and did the two axis thing. I don't remember how the
> mechcanicals worked, but it was very smooth and responsive. The only easy
> way I can think of to make one (without the need of a machine shop) would
> be to make an optical pedal, moving a gradient film with two
> photo-resistors instead of pots. You could print out the film on a laser
> printer that can use overhead transparencies. Or you can do like the Morley
> pedals and cut a logrithmic shaped hole (or holes) in a metal panel and
> move it around with a modified footpedal. Looks like this method could be
> used to make a bunch of unique controllers.
> -James
>
> At 9:38 AM -0400 10/5/99, thudson at cygnus.com wrote:
> >Grant Richter wrote:
> >
> >> It seems to me that one of the pedal manufacturers
> >> used to make a multi-axis foot pedal.
> >> (like a joystick for your foot?)
> >>
>
> James Husted
> Art Director, Web Master, Symetrix Inc/Lucid Technology
> jhusted at symetrixaudio.com
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