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From: Mike Curtis
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 10:11:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: New gig tonight!

On Mon, 26 Aug 1996 mstring~earst.com wrote:

> Have fun Ironman. I bet those pedals sound good. Yesterday I was playing my
> harmonica, guitar and piano all at the same time. I used my big toe to bang on
> the piano. Not so good for the foot which cramped up quickly. Who makes your
> pedals? What equipment do you need to run them?

I have three sets of bass pedals. My oldest ones (which badly need
overhauling) are Kreager. They're mechanical, and pluck a reed, similar
to some old electric pianos. My other two sets are made by Elka, an
Italian company, and are MIDI. These require a MIDI keyboard or sound
module to operate. One unit is one octave. The other is 1-1/2 octaves,
and velocity sensitive (loudness according to how hard or soft you play
them). I really like the extra half octave, and velocity enables me to
play MUCH more dynamically. I typically use a modified "organ" sound with
a fairly slow release.


-- IronMan Mike Curtis
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