Manual/Preset Footswitch option

[abikis]

Please give us the option in the app to have the footswitch toggle between manual mode and channel a (or b).

This is an option on the pod express, and many similar products, and I can't be the only one who finds it a more user friendly option when using the amp in a "traditional" way.

 

Yes you can kind of do it with midi but not exactly. When you change channels with the footswitch it respects the second switch ie if reverb is engaged with the footswitch it stays on when you change channels and vice versa. Midi will always revert both effects to the state the where in the channel, regardless of footswitch position.

[rd2rk]

First - this is a user-to-user support site. Nobody from Line6 hangs out here.

If you want the L6 folks to consider your requests post them here. Search first since it's probably already been requested at least once:

 

Http://line6.ideascale.com/

 

Second - if you're going to be using MANUAL mode, you're going to be physically turning the knobs anyway so why not just push the button?

I say that because I assume that you don't want to wait for an update which might never come.

I just use MIDI and tell the Cat to do what I want. Its little brain gets confused when it has to think too much! ;-)

"OH DEAR! IS MY BOSS A FS OR A MIDI! WHATEVER SHALL I DO!"

You could always trick it by using MIDI AND a FS!

In any case, if you need to set DEEP parameters you'll need to use the app anyway, just click the "M" icon.

Here's something that I don't get - you can control the DEEP PARAMETERS (threshold and decay) of the Noise Gate (which I never use - hate them!) with MIDI, but not the Delay Time or Feedback amount! 

 

Little known fact - MANUAL MODE recalls whatever state it was in when last used, so it's actually a 13th preset!

[abikis]

On 3/31/2025 at 6:21 PM, rd2rk said:

Second - if you're going to be using MANUAL mode, you're going to be physically turning the knobs anyway so why not just push the button?

Because the whole point of a footswitch is toggling things while your not at your amp.

 

On 3/31/2025 at 6:21 PM, rd2rk said:

You could always trick it by using MIDI AND a FS!

No you can't. 

[rd2rk]

On 4/1/2025 at 8:06 AM, abikis said:

Because the whole point of a footswitch is toggling things while your not at your amp.

 

You can't turn the knobs if you're not at your amp, and you can't use the knobs in MANUAL mode from the app.

Yes, I understand why one would want to use a FS. I'm offering alternatives to waiting forever for an update that might not ever happen.

 

On 4/1/2025 at 8:06 AM, abikis said:

No you can't. 

 

What do you mean, I do it all the time. I use MIDI to select the Manual Mode and the FS for whatever I need it to do that's allowed by the app.

Not ideal, but I'm not waiting around for an update!

TBH - I never use the FS, I ALWAYS use MIDI. Less junk on the floor.