Hauptwerk Experience2 - Randall Mullin Website

Now, you make it a reality!
After you have decided on the proper computer and midi keyboards, there are
several other things to consider.
Your Hauptwerk shopping list:
1. The Pedalboard. Yes, you can get a used pedalboard, but then you
have to midify it by adding reed switches. Otherwise, you can get a
Classic Midi Works pedalboard and then can consider their swell
shoes. (For a pedalboard light, there are all sorts of under-the-counter plug-in
light fixtures available in the states at Lowe’s and Home Depot. Should you
need it, there are lots of possibilities to choose from.)
2. Swell Shoes and Toe Studs. First, I should mention that you can get
fine looking and feeling swell shoes from Classic Midi Works. (If you
want to buy Classic Midi Works’ Swell Shoes – make sure that you buy their
pedalboard. The Swell shoes are specifically designed for it and may not
work on any other.) However, if the feel of the swell shoes is not that
important to you, but you would like to have a few toe studs, you can
get two swell pedals thrown in with the extremely reasonable
Behringer foot controller FCB1010.
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/FCB1010.aspx
Thank the guitarists of the world for the toe controllers that are on the
market today. If you want to buy toe stud bolsters with studs (like on a pipe
or digital organ) from an organ service man it is certainly possible, but you
may be shocked at the expense. The trick is figuring how to mount these
toe controllers so that you can easily access them from the pedalboard.
See examples in the Midi Gallery pages on the MidiWorks website.
http://www.midiworks.ca/gallery/index.asp
3. OK, so you want the Classic Swell Shoes, and don’t want swell shoes
combined with your toe studs. There is another option which you can
consider -- from another guitar accessory source: Rocktron.
http://www.8thstreet.com/product.asp?ProductCode=20142&Category=MIDI
_Controllers. Although the All Access is considerably more expensive
than the Behringer, it is far easier to program, and it can do anything
you ever dreamed of doing with a toe stud. (The Behringer offers you
10 banks of 10 toe studs and the Rocktron offers you 12 banks of 15 toe
switches. Try finding that in a toe stud bolster! Even though the
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