I've tried searching for this but I can't think of the right terms! Basically I want to start gigging, playing guitar over chillout backing tracks, probably in a pub/restaurant environment while people eat. Think unobtrusive songs like Samba Pa Ti by Carlos Santana and Riviera Paradise by SRV.
Basically I'll be running an Atomic Amplifire into a PA Speaker and I could just make a playlist on my iPod but I want a little more control. Im looking for a stompbox where the footswitch would trigger the beginning of the track (so I could do songs that had guitar instrumental intros and just stomp when I'm ready for the backing track to come in.) I would also need it to not autoplay the next track but require me to stomp it in. I don't really need anything else, no looper, no special controls, no through for a guitar. I'm happy to run it in its own chain as the PA speaker I'll be using has 2 inputs.
Does anything like this exist?
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It's got 9 pads, six of which are easily hitable with your feet, use say pad 1 for timing ref, start the intro then when your ready hit pad 2 to bring in the track ........ I always use the last pad as a kill everything pad
The first few YouTube clips were all about reading church music but this one uses airturn to control iTunes playlists.
( play, pause, go back a track, go forward a track ,etc) There are several different airturn pedals so you'd need to check which one did exactly what you wanted.
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the jamman is interesting as I tried to look into that but couldn't find out if it did do that. It's a great option too! Does the Boss RC-3 have a similar function?
i also found this which is certainly the least aesthetically pleasing of the options but I like its functionality. Sometimes you don't want to stick rigidly to your set and this would allow me to go to whatever song I wanted
http://baktrakpedal.co.uk/
i suppose the argument would be however, at that price, that I'd get more for my money with a jamman as I'd have a looper too
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You can balance the recorded loop level with your guitar 'through' level with a volume knob on the pedal. For what you're planning, I'd recommend the optional FS3 footswitch (or make your own like I did - a very simple circuit) which will give you patch up and down footswitches to scroll through saved loops hands-free and a third footswitch for single press-to-stop loop (useful as the basic pedal requires a double press to stop).
Alternatively, if you could find one of the older 4-footswitch JamMans that will do everything you want in a slightly larger (but all in one) package. A saxophonist friend of mine uses one of these for exactly the task you have described - playing over stored backing tracks.
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"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein