Display MoreHi Daan!
Are you on FW 3.3.0? If not I think you have to upgrade..
Cheers,
Mats N
No I'm still on FW 3.2.1. That might indeed be the case. I'll try that tomorrow.
Daan.
Display MoreHi Daan!
Are you on FW 3.3.0? If not I think you have to upgrade..
Cheers,
Mats N
No I'm still on FW 3.2.1. That might indeed be the case. I'll try that tomorrow.
Daan.
Did anybody else encounter issues with these rigs? My Kemper just doesn't see them on a USB stick. Previewing the rigs using Rig Manager gives the following error:
[Blocked Image: https://www.dropbox.com/s/s93b9hv15tv04dd/Mats%20Nermark%20Rigs%20Issue.jpg?raw=1]
I already contacted Support.
Display MoreJust a little end comment on this thread..
I managed to connect my Arduino Pro Mini to my Kemper.
The Arduino had the program running kindly supplied by DaanJM, and it works like a charm :0)
So all I need now is to install the Arduino Pro Mini inside my Digitech FS3X box.
Actually I bought two Digitech FS3X - one for the looper project and one for another Arduino project in order to have better control over the overdrive stages on my Fuchs ODS amp.
Buying the Digitech FS3X not only saved me time building a box - it also comes installed with three switches which I then don't have to buy separately.
Anyway thank you again DaanJM for kindly supplying the program for the Arduino. I really appreciate it.
TF
Glad to hear it worked out for you!
Daan.
Display MoreMKB, you're right. The HW part realy takes an effort.
I think I will buy a Digitech FS3X and mod it for the looper. It has 3 momentary footswitches.
According to DaanJM's looper project the use of four swatches are :
Switch 1 : Rec/Play/Dub
Switch 2 : Stop/Erase
Switch 3 : Undo
Switch 4 : Trigger
I think I can omit switch 4 in my version using the Digitech FS3X.
I honestly don't think buying the FS3X will save you much time. You still have to drill holes for the MIDI connector and power connector. Furthermore, you also still have to do all connections from the momentary switches to the Arduino and from the power plug and MIDI jack to the arduino. The only thing it saves you is drilling of the holes for the switches. I agree that you can omit the Trigger switch, as it is not of much use to me.
It might be a cool feature to include regular jack outputs that connect to the momentary switches, so you can also choose to connect the pedal to the pedal inputs (with TRS) on the Kemper, omitting the MIDI capability.
Display MoreHi DaanJM.
Thank you for your reply and your link to the files.
My first mission is to have the simple looper working using the Arduino Mini Pro. I might even stick to that.
I already have an FCB1010 with a Kemper4Uno chip to control the rig changes.
I truly understand that you can only dedicate limited time if I run into problems.
I'll begin with the simple one for starters. but thanks again for the files.
/Carsten
Isn't the FCB1010 capable of merging MIDI signals? Then you could still use it for program changes and use the separate looper pedal for the NRPN messages simultaneously. I think you have to activate this feature in some kind of menu on the FCB1010.
Display MoreHey DaanJM.
I have just ordered a couple of Arduino Pro Mini boards and a FTDI interface (for programming)
I hope you could help me out if I run into problems..:0)
BTW is there anyway you would share the schematics and sketches for the combined program controller / looper controller you mentioned earlier.
I will start off building the simple looper controller, but I could be tempted to go for the combined one as well..
Best regards
Carsten
Hey Carsten,
I'll be glad to help you out if you encounter any problems when building the simple looper.
I added all documentation of the combined switcher/looper to the Dropbox folder. Please note that the documentation was made for the programmable loop switcher (which it used to be). I kept the hardware almost the same though. The wiring is a complete overkill for a pedal, just sending MIDI commands. Also, the code is a mess and not completely working 100%. You're free to try if you can get it working, but I'm not enthusiastic about helping you out if you cannot get it working.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eai…ziI1vxsjdL6NrTDZ8dua?dl=0
Display MoreHi,
Thanks for excellent midi chart. I tried it with my Boss ES-8 looper and it works perfectly.
One thing though;
Even though Boss ES-8 can send 16 midi CC# commands in one batch, I'm not able to get around of sending both V1 and V0.
It just doesn't…
I think the problem might be that it sends the button press and release commands right after eachother, like you would have pressed and released the button within one millisecond or so. Maybe the Kemper expects a little delay between both commands.
<a href="http://www.kemper-amps.com/forum/index.php/User/43191-DaanJM/">@DaanJM</a>,
thank you so much. But i think you are right. It is too complicated for a beginner.
But if you have those things (only for controlling) to download (please don't do much effort)
i would give it a try.
I put the code in the same Dropbox folder. I doubt if it's going to be of any help, as the wiring can not easily be derived from just the code.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eai…ziI1vxsjdL6NrTDZ8dua?dl=0
Thank you so much. I thought it could be used as a complete midi-board, but it is only for the looper, right?
I never did anything with controllers. Would it be difficult to expand the possibilities and add normal
midi commands?
I also made a MIDI controller with 6 footswitches. It was originally meant to be a loop switcher for 8 effects. Now I don't need a loop switcher anymore, so I made it into a controller for the Kemper. It has two bank switches to change performances and four buttons for accessing slots (with a way to access the fifth slot as well). It also has a looper mode, you can go to by pressing both bank buttons simultaneously. Wiring and code is pretty complicated though, because I needed to use shift registers (a chip to control LEDs) as the amount of pins on the Arduino is not sufficient to control this many switches and LEDs.
However, you can neglect the 8 LEDs on top and the two small switches on the bottom left corner. You would need Arduino pins for the slot indicator LEDs (4), stomp switches (6), 7-segment display (7, neglecting the dot) and MIDI communication (1): 18 pins in total, which is possible to do without shift registers. I'm willing to help you out, but it might be quite a tough project to start out with if you have no experience with controllers at all.
Oh yes. That would be a great Christmas present if you do so.
Thanks in advance an happy christmas for you all...
The Arduino code and wiring can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/eai…ziI1vxsjdL6NrTDZ8dua?dl=0
Let me know if you encounter any problems.
Hi MKB,
is it much effort to share that Arduino stuff?
I made a simple MIDI controller using an Arduino Pro Mini, four stomp switches and a DIN-5 connector. Total cost is about $15. I can share the Arduino code and wiring if you're interested.