clausiii

Hi! I modified my Electro-Harmonix Freeze so that it can be controlled by an external relay. I removed the original footswitch and soldered a cable directly to the footswitch contacts on the PCB. This cable is connected to the relay output of my Nektar Pacer. The relay simply closes the same contact that the original momentary footswitch used to close, so electrically it behaves exactly like pressing the footswitch. This allows me to trigger the Freeze remotely via the Pacer. Now I would like to control the Freeze through the EXT AMP output of my Line 6 HX Effects instead of using the Pacer’s relay output directly. My goal is to use MIDI from the Nektar Pacer to control the HX Effects, and have the HX Effects switch its EXT AMP relay, which in turn triggers the Freeze. is this possible? Thanks!

Allright. My main goal is to play certain songs with the four available snapshots of a preset. With the snapshots I save the blocks on/off status and the six stomp buttons status. the stomp buttons send (in my case) CC MIDI data to toggle on/off the six send/returns of the Voodoo Labs HEX Looper. example: my foot controller sends CC69 value 0 for snapshot 1 of HXFX this enables/disables the blocks in HXFX and enables/disables the six stomp buttons of the HXFX the six stomp buttons send CC toggles to the Voodoo Labs HEX looper (CC80-CC85, value 0-64 off, 65-127 on) to turn on/off the six effects loops so far so good - this works flawlessly and perfect. but now what happens when I want to enable/disable one of the six HEX effect loops without using snapshots? I need to use the CC49-54 to enable/disable the HXFX buttons but as the manual says: "NOTE: These MIDI CC 49~54 messages control the respective switch’s function while in Stomp, Preset, or Snapshot footswitch mode" That means that I need to be in Stomp mode to enable/disable the right thing, if I were in snapshot mode the CC49-54 would switch snapshots instead of the stomps or change presets in preset mode. That´s why I want to be in stomp mode. a sidenote: of course it's possible to send CC data directly from the foot controller to the HEX Looper but this would disturb my concept that everything after HXFX in the MIDI chain is controlled by HXFX...

it´s not about the blocks it´s about external effects and stomp boxes I am MIDI controlling. when I am in snapshot mode I will change snapshots, when I am in stomp mode, I am able to control the six buttons however they are programmed. mostly I use the six buttons to turn on/off the Voodoo Lab HEX Looper. there are six stomp boxes connected and I save the on/off status mostly with snapshots. sometimes I need to manually add an effect (block or stomp). this only works in stomp mode.

Hi rd2rk! momentary means that as soon as I press on a preset or snapshot HXFX returns to stomp mode view immediately but I need to press it directly on the HXFX. loading a preset or snapshot via MIDI does not change pages/views and do not go into stomp mode. my HXFX is in a rack so it is not possible to use it as a foot controller. my purpose for this is that I want to change my snapshots as usual and after that I want to be 100% sure to be in stomp mode. In most presets/snapshots the six buttons are MIDI CC programmed to enable/disable some (real) stomp boxes patched on a MIDI looper from Voodoo Labs.

Hi folks! I use the HX FX always remotely controlled with a MIDI foot controller (Nektar Pacer), which works great! However, there’s one problem. Regardless of whether I’m in stomp mode or manually editing something in another mode, I need to stay in stomp mode or automatically switch back to stomp mode. Once I press a snapshot or preset, it should switch into stomp mode. This is generally a feature (see quote from the manual, problem description after that). my problem is that I can´t use the "Momentary" feature when using the MIDI foot controller. When I change snapshots with it the mode does not change, it stays where it was and does not switch into stomp mode. what I am trying to accomplish is that after switching a snapshot I want to have the possibility to switch stomps individually also from the MIDI foot controller. But as long as the "Momentary" does not work with MIDI commands this workflow is not possible. It would be great if these behaviors of "HX FX auto Stomp Mode" would also work when remote controlled. I think there is no reason against it, isn´t it? Thanks Claus

Hi! under some circumstances I need to be sure that I am in stomp mode to enable/disable a button there instead of in snapshot mode when remote controlling it from my MIDI controller.. at this time the CC71 is a simple switch no matter what velocity value. Could this be accomplished to change that to a 0-63/64-127 switch? thanks Claus

and yes just like the tremolo, the blue status light is blinking in the correct tempo but not on bar/beat, there is nearly every time an offset...

Hi! I came across this problem too, getting MIDI beat clock from Pro Tools. MBC works perfectly fine with delays and modulation fx which can be synced with it, no problem at all. only tremolo fx don't work 100% right. They do sync to the incoming tempo but the effect is not on the bar/beat. it seems that it just snaps anytime to the incoming tempo but ignores bar/beat and so it´s a hit or miss if the tremolo is in time or shifted by 1/16th, 1/32th,...

Thanks for the suggestions and links! Will take a look!

Hi! i´m trying to have a tremolo synced to the tempo of an incoming MIDI beat clock from Pro Tools. MBC works perfectly fine with delays and modulation fx which can be synced with it, no problem at all. only tremolo fx don't work 100% right. They do sync to the incoming tempo but the effect is not on the bar/beat. it seems that it just snaps anytime to the incoming tempo but ignores bar/beat and so it´s a hit or miss if the tremolo is in time or shifted by 1/16th, 2/16th,... any solution for that? thanks

Thanks! This is a pity not to have Instant Hotkey Commands on preset load only...

Hi! I´m trying to send keyboard shortcuts with my HX Effects only when a preset loads. how can I avoid that it's also sending them with the first loaded snapshot when using it again? Thanks!

Hi! I´m trying to use key commands to control the Pro Tools cursor. There cursor should go to specific memory locations when I launch a HX Effects preset. what I need is a series of keystrokes. For example: marker #1 in Pro Tools is .1. (period, number, period) and all done on the numeric keypad. is this possible?

Hi! Is it possible to create a row of hotkeys on preset load? My goal is to set the Pro Tools cursor to the right marker location. for example if the song start is marker 25 I need this -> .25. (dot+2+5+dot) will this be possible? Thanks! Claus

does this work with HX Effects too? urgently needed here! "New MIDI message (Helix Floor/Rack/LT/HX Stomp XL): CC71 engages the MODE switch" Thanks Claus