Patent ID: 7608776

Claim:
A customizable aggregated floor controller comprising: a plurality of individual foot controller modules, wherein each controller module of said plurality of individual foot controller modules is configured to generate a non-audio control signal in response to user operation of said individual foot controller module; a mounting frame comprising a plurality of predetermined mounting locations structured to simultaneously secure said plurality of individual foot controller modules in a reconfigurable mounting arrangement, wherein each foot controller module of said plurality of individual foot controller modules is positionable within various mounting locations of said plurality of predetermined mounting locations, and wherein each of said plurality of mounting locations is structured to define a separate aperture sized to receive an associated one of said plurality of individual foot controller modules; a control signal distribution infrastructure associated with said mounting frame, said control signal distribution infrastructure receives outgoing control signals from at least one foot controller module of said plurality of individual foot controller modules via a control signal interface associated with each of said at least one foot controller modules; an electrical power distribution infrastructure associated with said mounting frame, said electrical rower distribution infrastructure provides needed electrical power to at least one foot controller module of said plurality of individual foot controller modules via a separate electrical power interface associated with each of said at least one foot controller modules requiring electrical power; and a control signal interface adapted to transmit outgoing MIDI control signals to an external system, wherein said outgoing MIDI control signals are generated in response to one or more of said non-audio control signals generated by said plurality of individual foot controller modules.