All I want is to be able to is hit a foot switch and have the VST amp in my DAW switch from distorted to clean and vice versa. I imagine a simple MIDI foot pedal is what I need. Does anybody have any advice on how to get this done???
Recommend me an affordable MIDI footswitch
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Seems like a cool device, but I have a MIDI input on my interface. What I believe I need, is a simple footswitch with a MIDI out. That I am sure I can find with a little bit of research, but the tricky part seems like it would be getting the VST amp to change channels with MIDI events from the footswitch.
I am just wondering if there is anybody here who does this already that has some tips?
I am just wondering if there is anybody here who does this already that has some tips?
abigor731
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i did this with a digitech rp-1, i think the important thing is you need to do it via continous controller messages as opposed to program change messages,
the catch is you need to program a switch to act like an expression pedal, only that it just jumps between 0 and 127, omitting the value range inbetween
that can then be assigned inside the DAW to the parameter that switches the channels, should be pretty similar to automating it
the problem is not all midi controllers support this, and there is virtually no small midi foot controller around, they are all retardedly big with at least 6 switches or something
if size is an issue, i think MIAnn's solution is probably your best bet, you just take a regular footswitch, and let that thing convert it into control change messages
the catch is you need to program a switch to act like an expression pedal, only that it just jumps between 0 and 127, omitting the value range inbetween
that can then be assigned inside the DAW to the parameter that switches the channels, should be pretty similar to automating it
the problem is not all midi controllers support this, and there is virtually no small midi foot controller around, they are all retardedly big with at least 6 switches or something
if size is an issue, i think MIAnn's solution is probably your best bet, you just take a regular footswitch, and let that thing convert it into control change messages
Thank you so much for the explanation abigor!
I was misunderstanding how MIAnns's recommendation works. Now that you put it into a little bit of detail it seems like I'm in even farther over my head than I had first imagined.
Time to research :Smokin:
I was misunderstanding how MIAnns's recommendation works. Now that you put it into a little bit of detail it seems like I'm in even farther over my head than I had first imagined.
Time to research :Smokin:
