GUITAR BOARD

> Im looking for a flexible, general purpose MIDI pedal board to control
> MIDI-enabled guitar effects units.
>
> My primary multi-fx unit is a Pod XT Pro, and I would buy the Line 6
> pedal board, but that appears to be tied solely to the Pod. I also use
> an old Zoom 9030 in my practice rig and it would be nice to control this
> with the same pedal board.
>
> Looking at the MIDI spec of the two units, it appears that I can do
> everything I want to by using the units MIDI interfaces, including
> turning FX on and off, altering parameters, wah/volume pedal position
> and tap tempo. Question is, which MIDI pedal board is sufficiently
> configurable to allow me to send the required byte sequences (theres no
> sysex involved as far as I can see, although some commands do require
> some slighty obscure controller values - turning the delay effect on in
> the Pod requires controller number 28 with a value in the range of
> 64-127, turning delay off requires a value of 0-63)?
>
> Im looking for at least four footswitches and a wah/volume pedal
> controller - two would be good. And, of course, loads of configurability
> when it comes to what MIDI data each switch and pedal can output. Any
> recommendations?
>
> Ta.
>
> PJ.

> On 10 Apr, 19:43, PJ wrote:
> > Im looking for a flexible, general purpose MIDI pedal board to control
> > MIDI-enabled guitar effects units.
> >
> > My primary multi-fx unit is a Pod XT Pro, and I would buy the Line 6
> > pedal board, but that appears to be tied solely to the Pod. I also use
> > an old Zoom 9030 in my practice rig and it would be nice to control this
> > with the same pedal board.
> >
> > Looking at the MIDI spec of the two units, it appears that I can do
> > everything I want to by using the units MIDI interfaces, including
> > turning FX on and off, altering parameters, wah/volume pedal position
> > and tap tempo. Question is, which MIDI pedal board is sufficiently
> > configurable to allow me to send the required byte sequences (theres no
> > sysex involved as far as I can see, although some commands do require
> > some slighty obscure controller values - turning the delay effect on in
> > the Pod requires controller number 28 with a value in the range of
> > 64-127, turning delay off requires a value of 0-63)?
> >
> > Im looking for at least four footswitches and a wah/volume pedal
> > controller - two would be good. And, of course, loads of configurability
> > when it comes to what MIDI data each switch and pedal can output. Any
> > recommendations?
> >
> > Ta.
> >
> > PJ.
>
> A lot of folk swear by the behringer FCB1010

> Im looking for a flexible, general purpose MIDI pedal board to control
> MIDI-enabled guitar effects units.
>
> My primary multi-fx unit is a Pod XT Pro, and I would buy the Line 6
> pedal board, but that appears to be tied solely to the Pod. I also use
> an old Zoom 9030 in my practice rig and it would be nice to control this
> with the same pedal board.
>
> Looking at the MIDI spec of the two units, it appears that I can do
> everything I want to by using the units MIDI interfaces, including
> turning FX on and off, altering parameters, wah/volume pedal position
> and tap tempo. Question is, which MIDI pedal board is sufficiently
> configurable to allow me to send the required byte sequences (theres no
> sysex involved as far as I can see, although some commands do require
> some slighty obscure controller values - turning the delay effect on in
> the Pod requires controller number 28 with a value in the range of
> 64-127, turning delay off requires a value of 0-63)?
>
> Im looking for at least four footswitches and a wah/volume pedal
> controller - two would be good. And, of course, loads of configurability
> when it comes to what MIDI data each switch and pedal can output. Any
> recommendations?
>
> Ta.
>
> PJ.

> On Apr 10, 7:43 pm, PJ wrote:
>> Im looking for a flexible, general purpose MIDI pedal board to
>> control
>> MIDI-enabled guitar effects units.
>>
>> My primary multi-fx unit is a Pod XT Pro, and I would buy the Line 6
>> pedal board, but that appears to be tied solely to the Pod. I also
>> use
>> an old Zoom 9030 in my practice rig and it would be nice to control
>> this
>> with the same pedal board.
>>
>> Looking at the MIDI spec of the two units, it appears that I can do
>> everything I want to by using the units MIDI interfaces, including
>> turning FX on and off, altering parameters, wah/volume pedal position
>> and tap tempo. Question is, which MIDI pedal board is sufficiently
>> configurable to allow me to send the required byte sequences (theres
>> no
>> sysex involved as far as I can see, although some commands do require
>> some slighty obscure controller values - turning the delay effect on
>> in
>> the Pod requires controller number 28 with a value in the range of
>> 64-127, turning delay off requires a value of 0-63)?
>>
>> Im looking for at least four footswitches and a wah/volume pedal
>> controller - two would be good. And, of course, loads of
>> configurability
>> when it comes to what MIDI data each switch and pedal can output. Any
>> recommendations?
>
> as others have said, the Behringer FCB 1010 is a pretty flexible unit.
> You can programe it to do just about anything. I happen to have one
> which Ill happilly sell/barter if youre interested? Its been in
> its box in a cupboard for about 3 years now and I no longer have any
> midi gear to control with it. Im not looking for a lot of money,
> would probably be more interested in a swap for some other gear.

> Im looking for a flexible, general purpose MIDI pedal board to control
> MIDI-enabled guitar effects units.
>
> My primary multi-fx unit is a Pod XT Pro, and I would buy the Line 6
> pedal board, but that appears to be tied solely to the Pod. I also use
> an old Zoom 9030 in my practice rig and it would be nice to control this
> with the same pedal board.
>
> Looking at the MIDI spec of the two units, it appears that I can do
> everything I want to by using the units MIDI interfaces, including
> turning FX on and off, altering parameters, wah/volume pedal position
> and tap tempo. Question is, which MIDI pedal board is sufficiently
> configurable to allow me to send the required byte sequences (theres no
> sysex involved as far as I can see, although some commands do require
> some slighty obscure controller values - turning the delay effect on in
> the Pod requires controller number 28 with a value in the range of
> 64-127, turning delay off requires a value of 0-63)?
>
> Im looking for at least four footswitches and a wah/volume pedal
> controller - two would be good. And, of course, loads of configurability
> when it comes to what MIDI data each switch and pedal can output. Any
> recommendations?
>
> Ta.
>
> PJ.

> Im looking for a flexible, general purpose MIDI pedal board to control
> MIDI-enabled guitar effects units.
>
> My primary multi-fx unit is a Pod XT Pro, and I would buy the Line 6
> pedal board, but that appears to be tied solely to the Pod. I also use
> an old Zoom 9030 in my practice rig and it would be nice to control this
> with the same pedal board.
>
> Looking at the MIDI spec of the two units, it appears that I can do
> everything I want to by using the units MIDI interfaces, including
> turning FX on and off, altering parameters, wah/volume pedal position
> and tap tempo. Question is, which MIDI pedal board is sufficiently
> configurable to allow me to send the required byte sequences (theres no
> sysex involved as far as I can see, although some commands do require
> some slighty obscure controller values - turning the delay effect on in
> the Pod requires controller number 28 with a value in the range of
> 64-127, turning delay off requires a value of 0-63)?
>
> Im looking for at least four footswitches and a wah/volume pedal
> controller - two would be good. And, of course, loads of configurability
> when it comes to what MIDI data each switch and pedal can output. Any
> recommendations?
>
> Ta.
>
> PJ.

>
> A lot of folk swear by the behringer FCB1010