Another band member would have to guess or be constantly expecting a roadmap change through the leader’s cues mid-song.Īll in all, you can certainly get away with having other band members run the loops. With a foot controller, you can much easier navigate a song through various markers, repeat a marker indefinitely, or kill a loop if things are going off. Even if someone else is vocally leading a specific song, you are still the set leader and can take a song in any direction. The main reason for this is that no one knows the songs/ set like you do. Advantages – You can do MUCH more by running loops as the front man with a foot controller.
Complexity – If you set up your foot controller correctly, it does not have to be complex! You can make it as simple as having one button advance to the next song and automatically begin playback (Mainstage setting: “Start on Patch Change.”) So, at the end of song, you press the bottom right button and the next song cues up and plays immediately.However, this one-time cost can result in longer product life and will make loops much easier to incorporate into your set.
“MIDI foot controllers are more expensive!”.Whenever possible, you (the front-man) should always run your loops from your feet! This is easier said than done, and you may have found yourself with one of the following excuses: