Worship Musician February 2019 | Page 144

GEAR REVIEW X-TEMPO DESIGNS POK BLE | Mitch Bohannon KEY FEATURES So many worship teams (just like artists) are variety of keyboard shortcuts that enable you running a click track and enhancements to to get around much more quickly. • Wireless Bluetooth LE Foot Controller add to the live Sunday morning team. I know I’ve tried a variety of methods to get this done. So, what makes this so helpful in recording? • Stage or Studio Use Currently, I’m using Ableton Live 10 to run my Great question! Do you ever record at home • 8 Programmable Pedals tracks. Sometimes I will purchase the actual without an audio engineer? You set up and tracks of a specific artist and sometimes I will arm a track, hit record, grab your guitar and purchase tracks that another worship leader play perfectly in one-take, right? Can’t tell you has made. However, there are some that I’ll how many times I have banged my guitar on just record myself. Whatever tracks I’m using, my desk while reaching over it to hit “record” BLUETOOTH FOOT CONTROLLER I need to be able to fire them when I’m leading all-the-while wishing I could be recording in worship. That’s where the pok (pedal operated another room because it’s usually right then Ready for some problem solving? How about a keyboard) from X-tempo designs comes in. that the dog starts barking or the phone goes • No USB receiver or USB ports required foot controller that is equally at home on stage as it is in the studio? As a guitar player, there is not much more frustrating than needing to push buttons on a computer when I’m trying to play music. Also, as a worship leader, if I have the ability to control the start/stop of the click track and loops, I am able to flow better from song to song rather than having to coordinate hand signals with another team member. 144 to ringing… With wireless control programmed The pok has 8 separate pedals (each with directly to my DAW, I can seamlessly record, single-tap, double-tap, and FN-tap strings) stop, backup and re-record all with my feet separated on two levels making them very without having to run back and forth to my easy to access. Each pedal can be programed computer. So nice! with any keyboard shortcut that your DAW can read. Each shortcut can be up to six- The pok has been around for a while. I reviewed keys in length and can even have a variable the first edition back in 2010. The upgraded pause programmed between the keystrokes! BLE edition adds some cool features. With Depending on your DAW (ProTools, Studio the Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity, there is no One, Ableton Live, Cubase, etc.), there are a USB dongle needed which saves space on February 2019 Subscribe for Free...