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Hi Jim & Jody

Yes eleven years ago, the kid did not know how to answer me. See he never punched in using a pedal ion his life. So now he had to figure out what exactly I was talking about. Then here was the big catch what, softwares at that times interface had an input for a pedal? Or soundcard had it? Or how much more $$$ was it going to cost to have that input added to my set up?

I use a few ways of punching in and out Jim.. but none I mean NONE are faster than the $10 footswitch.
See when you are playing an instrument and you are alone your hands stay on your instrument. The right hand never leaves to touch the mouse that sets up the ins and out points to punch in and out. Your eyes neither...

Many times I'll just use my right hand to do in and out points, it's pretty fast also in that same time you can just put it in record and them hit loop and it will go back and record...

You know what else when recording alone, you keep moving to your computer, what's in front of you a Microphone and you acoustic guitar? Or a Computer? You keep moving out of position of the mic you set up...

When I'm rolling through a song I never heard before in one take or so basically, I sometimes slide that pedal out from under the console and record faster than anyone using any other way, anywhere, even faster than a trained professional sound engineer sitting at a board next to me...
See I don't have to convey any thoughts or any words to that person

Now when I'm drumming or use to be drumming, my feet are occupied so that remote control on wheels becomes the most important piece of equipment in the place. See it has the same face as the recording deck, every control and feature on the machine is on the remote...

So not only can I arm tracks from behind a drum set, I can reach over with my left hand and put in the ins & outs for punching the drums over sections.
Again, no talking to the engineer as he is me, and no computer to have to look at or touch. The remote is the whole deal...
I know they have remotes for computer set ups now they didn't match up to all I have now, then when I was asking about it.
Speed and ease is a part of what makes an effective studio. Those two simple things are part of what makes mine so fast and easy. So that makes it cheaper as well to the client.

Nothing is faster than you alone with a pedal