Who here does any amp channel swtching via MIDI?

[mars_hall]

When I ask this, I do not mean who sends MIDI commands that are decoded by the amp at the end of the path, but rather are decoded by a device that converts the command to discrete TRS or TR signal levels that are plugged into the amp's 1/4" footswitch jacks.

I know Voodoo Lab makes the Control Switcher for this function, but was hoping to find a less expensive alternative.

Disaster Area Design makes a solution more geared to signaling pedals via smaller TRS cables that are not footswitch output jacks but rather replacements for the much larger 5 pin DIN connector.  In other words, the same MIDI command is transmitted through a smaller physical interconnect yet it  is still undecoded from a footswitch input point.

I would be OK with a solution that did the decode and put the signal levels out on a 5 pin DIN connector, as this is what my Groove Tube Trio preamp can accept as an alternatie to the the normal 1/4" jacks.  See the 5 pin DIN foot switch connector below.

What I am working on...  The intellifex processors are gone with a TC Electroni G-Major/2 in their place.

What do you know and/or use?  Thanks in advance

 

[JeffB]

Sorry, I cant help.
That all looks really great. I want stuff like that.

The thought that I had while I was reading your post was - if I had that sort of question, I would ask mars_hall.

[DetroitBlues]

You lost me at Midi...I just plug a guitar cable into an amp.

[mars_hall]

1 hour ago, DetroitBlues said:

You lost me at Midi...I just plug a guitar cable into an amp.

That is the same end game for me.  Getting there, though, is a little more involved.

Did an Amp and MIDI controller for my Sr Design Project while in undergrad at Purdue.  Everything was designed, fabricated, and coded from scratch, so I had to get familiar with the entire system in order to get the grade. 

I was kind of really hoping to shorten that cycle a bit with something closer to ready-made/off the shelf.

[Genericmusic]

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[TalismanRich]

If I want to change channels,  I have to unplug from the first and plug into the second.    No rack, no midi.  Just a pedal board and a chord to the amp.  I found the RP355 to be confusing... having a rack system would scamble my brain!

 

[bolero]

So you want to control everything in that rack with a MIDI controller? and the GT amp has no MIDI input?

try a MIDI to CV converter & hook it up between your controller & the GT amp

I'm assuming you want to save configurations on your main controller, then have it send commands to multiple rack units via MIDI