amsdenj Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 The older POD's provided documentation for the various MIDI control sequences so you could write your own programs to interface with the POD. But I don't see a similar document for the HD500X. Anyone know where I can get one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazzy Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) http://line6.com/data/6/0a06434c6fb051e03e8ab63dc/application/pdf/POD%20HD500X%20Advanced%20Guide%20-%20English%20%28%20Rev%20A%20%29.pdf HD500 X Manuals Edited February 5, 2015 by Brazzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsdenj Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 I meant the MIDI controls for all the different amp and effect parameters, not just the hardware switches and dials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I meant the MIDI controls for all the different amp and effect parameters, not just the hardware switches and dials. Those parameters can't be controlled by MIDI, at least not directly. You can have the tied to one of the expression pedal controls and control that by MIDI. But there's no extensive MIDI map that lets you control individual amp and effect parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazzy Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 I meant the MIDI controls for all the different amp and effect parameters, not just the hardware switches and dials. The manual tells the story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsdenj Posted February 5, 2015 Author Share Posted February 5, 2015 Odd, the POD 2.0 could be completely controlled by MIDI - I created a Palm Pilot application to do exactly that many years ago. What API does the HD Editor use to interface with the POS - its not MIDI since its done through a USB connection. Is that API or the protocol it uses available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewolf48 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It might be MIDI because you can have MIDI over USB, and the HD500 appears as a MIDI device even though it doesn't expose the physical MIDI ports on the HD, so you can't use the HD500 as a MIDI interface. What is probably happening is the HD Edit interacts with the HD500 through SysEx MIDI, but Line-6 haven't published any information about how it works. It might be possible for MIDI Ox or something like it to monitor the messages on the HD500 MIDI Device, in which case you might be able to reverse engineer the interface specification, but that might be rather a long a job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 ...... What API does the HD Editor use to interface with the POS - its not MIDI since its done through a USB connection. Is that API or the protocol it uses available? No, that API is not publicly available. I'm sure Line 6 considers it IP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.