Patch (and JTV model) change with one FS button press in FS5-8 mode

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Motivation & question:

 

I love the FS5-8 mode in HD500, thus to have 8 effect Foot Switches. That's because I hate if FS for boost, overdrive, reverb, delay, chorus or so change their places from patch to patch. They have to be consistent. So let it be the FS5-8 mode.

 

In some songs I (will) need to switch between JTV models, e.g. acoustic to electric and back to acoustic. That seems to be possible only by switching patches. But in FS5-8 mode that would require two button presses per patch/model switch, which is far from ideal, in middle of a song.

 

Was wondering if there is a way to do jtv model/patch switching with one button press. Actually fell in sleep while thinking for that (I was a bit tired, too)...

 

 

Solution:

 

Finally got an idea (which actually seemed to be already presented in POD HD forum to solve a bit different challenge):

- It is possible to assign MIDI Program Changes on FS. (Select other MIDI channel than what is used by L6 Link to control DT25, e.g. ch 5.)

- So in patch A (program 0) I set up FS1 to send Program Change to switch to patch B (program 1).

- And the same in opposite direction in patch B (FS1 switches to patch A).

- Then you need to connect a MIDI cable between HD500 MIDI in and out.

- By pressing FS1 I can now toggle between two patches (or three or more, using one or more FSes, or however I set it up).

 

I made a short test (just with POD HD500 since I'm still waiting for the JTV to arrive and was too lazy to connect the DT25 for this) and the idea seems to work.

 

Anyone tried the same. ?

 

Also have been wondering if it would be possible to switch JTV models with MIDI, e.g. Program Changes from HD500 footswitches. That would be great.