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Topic: Pedal-Ometer |
Don E. Curtis
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St Louis, Missouri, USA (deceased)
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Posted 25 Jun 2006 8:18 pm |
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I've always wanted to know about how many times in a gig that I push the Pedals down, so I took a pedometer that I got for free at Micky D's. I broke the cover off and I tried hooking it to my A Pedal...but it's too mushy I guess so then I hooked it to my B Pedal and then played a gig. Once I was finished the number readout was 286...
How many times a night do you think you push yours? Curious minds want to know!
Don E. |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 26 Jun 2006 2:11 am
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Steve Hitsman
From:
Waterloo, IL
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Posted 26 Jun 2006 3:51 am
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| Micky D's, huh? I see you're back on that macrobiotic diet. |
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Don E. Curtis
From:
St Louis, Missouri, USA (deceased)
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Posted 26 Jun 2006 4:03 pm
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No Steve, you don't get the pedometer with a Super Size Whooper Meal...you get it with the "salad"...so I threw the salad away and just kept the toy...but I'm serious here, I've been trying to do this for a long time.
I really need a better method of counting the pedals. Any ideas?
Then we can put one on the Bass Drum Pedal too...
Actually first I forgot that I play the "Day" setup and put it on my C Pedal but the number only came up 1.
Need to practice my B&C combination!
Don |
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Don E. Curtis
From:
St Louis, Missouri, USA (deceased)
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Posted 29 Jun 2006 7:45 am
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| Anyone...anyone...Bueller...Bueller? [This message was edited by Don E. Curtis on 29 June 2006 at 12:57 PM.] |
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Gary Shepherd
From:
Fox, Oklahoma, USA
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 29 Jun 2006 1:23 pm
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At one time I had this crazy thought that I could take a small uProc of some sort with sufficient I/O and write a simple embedded app to just scan a bunch of switches or sensors and keep a log of how many times each pedal/knee was used. You could also keep track of pedal & knee combinations pretty easily. I have all the development tools to code and debug the SW, access to some really nice Freescale 32-bit stuff (PowerPC)...piece of cake....
Then I thought about the 'logistics' of figuring how to connect a bunch of sensors and/or switches and associated harnesses and decided do I really care? :-)
In theory you could actually 'record' a performance as pedal/knee lever parameter data, even the nuances of 'squeezed' pedals, half pedals, etc. and have the micro recreate the performance by actuating stepper motors or something. Then you'd have a 'player piano' steel guitar???? You could order a Millenium with the 'auto play' option, should still be under 15K..... maybe.
Of course you'd still have to pick the strings.. never mind. |
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Rick Nicklas
From:
Verona, Mo. (deceased)
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Posted 29 Jun 2006 6:28 pm
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Boy, the pedal steel guitar is the ultimate nightmare for those ERGOnomic people. There #1 rule and goal is to do away with repetitive motion. Before I retired I used to freak them out when I described my part-time job playing the steel. They could not believe that I could get enjoyment from moving my fingers, feet and knees up and down and sideways for hours and have a blast doing it. This was against everything they were trying to teach people to do. I told them if followed their rules, I would be out of a job.
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Rick
Kline U-12, Nashville 112 and 1000, Hilton Volume Pedal
[This message was edited by Rick Nicklas on 29 June 2006 at 07:31 PM.] |
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Don E. Curtis
From:
St Louis, Missouri, USA (deceased)
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Posted 7 Jul 2006 8:40 am
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Well, I'm going to try again tomorrow as I have a double booking and will end up playing 2 one hour sets along with 6 forty-five minute sets...
My calves with be tight but at least I'll know how many times I pushed the "B" Pedal.
I remember when Peter Doolard from Germany had each of his ten strings going to ten different amplifiers with a light on each one. Then you could tally how many time you hit each string too!
Oh well, simple things for simple minds...
Don |
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