Super Simple MIDI Board -- IDEAS

    So I'm looking at my options for MIDI control of my new Kemper while the heat simmers down on the Remote rollout.


    I'm considering using an EZMIDI board (http://www.ezmidicontroller.com/) wired up to a bunch of soft touch switches to enable control of the Kemper. You can VERY easily "program" the board to output all the needed MIDI commands.


    The advantage is that I can have as many switches as I need with virtually zero setup or programming. I love the idea of complete access to all stompboxes/effects (8 buttons), tuner/tempo (2 buttons), performances (2 buttons for up and down) and rigs (5 buttons) all at the same time. You can pretty much add as many buttons as you wish.


    The immediate disadvantage is the lack of LED status feedback. Of course, you can add that with a MIDIWidget board (http://www.midiwidget.com/) or MIDICPU (http://www.midicpu.com/) pretty easily but then you're into the $200 territory.


    Anyway, I'm just curious what you're thoughts are on some kind of primitive DIY project like this and how important you think LED feedback is in a $125 board?


    As an aside, I'm secretly hoping Kemper decides to make the looper functions MIDI addressable. ?(

    When calculating the cost for this kind of project, I suggest you also consider the amount of time it will take away from playing your guitar and spending time with friends and family. If it will cost $200 in parts, how much time could you save by getting a Ground Control Pro for $399? Or, if really ends up being a big project, the extra money for a Remote might have been worth it to you.

    Quote from benvigil

    Paul, since you're a former GCP owner, what is the latest info on bi-directional MIDI with the GCP? Does the latest version read stompbox state from the Kemper?


    if you want the GCP to have the effects lights correspond with the KPA, the answer is "yes" it can do this. For each patch you need to set the state for the switches you want on.