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Apogee Gio Stomp Box Brings Garage Band, Logic Studio and MainStage Controls to Your Feet

by Jay Garrett on July 26, 2009

apogee-gioApogee’s GiO is a pretty cool looking instrument controller is aimed at you Mac users that are looking to get a little bit more out of GarageBand 09 – it will also play nice with Logic Studio 9 and MainStage 2.

The Gio is designed to give you full hands-free recording – the stomp box is kitted out with five buttons that are dynamically colour coded to match software effects, plus five Transport control buttons that are dynamically lit when engaged.

The device is also sporting all the ports you’d expect, including a 1/4″ instrument input, a 1/4″ MIDI Expression pedal input, a headphone jack, and that all-important USB port, which is also how the box is powered.

This handy home rig is due out in September and will cost $395 – check out their site for more details.

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Open Source Stomp Box Effects Pedal For Geeky Guitarists – Coyote-1

by Jay Garrett on June 20, 2008

Coyote 1Now here’s a thing.

To get your own custom effects pedal can be a little on the expensive side – so why not do a Brian May and build your own?

The OpenStomp Coyote-1, whilst still in the prototype phase, seems a pretty well thought-out open source guitar effects module.

It has a Parallax Propeller 8-core processor running at 80MHz that can even generate basic video. 

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A companion Windows application (OpenStompTM Workbench) allows users to combine effects into patches graphically, and to move patches and effects between the Coyote-1 device and their PC’s disk.

Combined with a 44kHz 24-bit sampler, two foot switches, and a two-line LCD screen for feedback it’s like a mini diy POD or similar.

The main brain behind it, Eric moyer, says he wants the pedal to serve as an “audio sandbox” with totally open-source software and fully documented hardware.

Although some feedback is anti the Windows requirement I’m going to keep an eye on how this goes forward for the future.

Via Make

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StompIO – Revolutionary Modelling?

January 24, 2008 Click to read more →

I have been prodded and asked “why don’t you review more amps/effects/cabs, etc here as you’re a musician?”
So – here’s  a noteworthy piece of gadgety goodness that has recently caught my eye.
It’s the StompIO- which is a USB connected interface for AmpliTube and the makers, IK Media, call it a “Revolutionary stage controller”.
I think “revolutionary” may [...]