Hello everyone!
I’m currently building a MIDI pedalboard for MODEP. I already have a working one, which you can see here: GitHub - fernando-inf/ARDUINO-GUITARIX-MIDI_PEDALBOARD: MIDI PedalBoard for Guitarix (GNU/Linux) or other software whit MIDI Input and Output.. I came from Guitarix and recently migrated to MODEP. My current MIDI pedalboard works excellent, and I really like its features.
However, when I connect it to MODEP, I run into some issues. The bank and pedalboard switching functions don’t work, and neither does the tuner function. Only the individual pedal control and effects loop functions are working.
I’ve done a lot of reading and it seems there isn’t a direct way to navigate through banks in MODEP, which is quite frustrating as it makes the workflow much heavier. I haven’t even been able to get it to switch between different pedalboards.
So, I’m reaching out to this forum to see if anyone can help me develop this project further. I’ve seen many people create much more complex setups, so I’m hopeful!
Greetings from Venezuela in advance! I’m really happy to be using MODEP and I want to solve this problem so I can fully fall in love with it.
That is a very cool pedal you have made.
I do not read Spanish (Castilian?) but Firefox translate helped.
I have a MIDI pedal that I bought on Ali Express here
The signal fires on release so it is a bit frustrating
I use mine to switch Jack pipes. I found mod-ui to be too slow using its web interface. The fastest I could switch between pedal boards was about 500ms, mostly 2000. Now I set up all the pedal boards (four, one for each pedal) in advance and switch between them using jack_connect in response to MIDI CC from the pedal
My software here is badly documented, currently, but I was using it live for a few gigs. I have been extensively rewriting it as a final parse using what I have learnt
I am very interested in switching simulated effects live. I am going to stick with switching Jack pipes, as it gives a lot of flexibility. I can use any effects that will expose Jack pipes.
I use Rust for my pedal driver and Perl (switching out to Shell) for the infrastructure
I use Pure Data for final mixing and my plan is to use more Pure Data for effects too
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“Well, I’ve actually made some progress. I managed to get the control mode working and can switch between presets or snapshots (depending on what you want to change in the code, as it’s not designed to handle snapshots). However, I’m still having trouble switching between banks and can’t use the tuner output. I don’t know how Modep handles the MIDI output from the tuner, and I can’t find any documentation on it. As for the banks, I found a guy here on the forum who managed to move between presets in bank 2, but he didn’t provide enough documentation, so I haven’t achieved anything yet. As soon as I finish this project, I’ll set up a GitHub for a Modep MIDI foot controller based on Arduino Nano, just like the Guitarix one. By the way, on GitHub, there’s a link with all the information about the foot controller, but it’s in English so you don’t have to use translators.”