One more about the Melo/HB midi commander pedal

DaveOnBass · August 29, 2022 at 11:30 PM

For anyone who has used this pedal, do you know if the footswitches can basically be set up where A-D and 1-4 are *all* assigned to the KPA's effects blocks, with Up and Down just stepping through Rigs in browser mode? Actually since at least one effect (wah) will be auto on/off by moving the exp pedal, I guess one of the switches should go to Tuner.

Is the above possible and has anyone done it? Much like at least one or two other users, my use case has VERY little (mostly zero) amp/rig switching and is mostly individual effects on/off to build my sounds in each given moment. So, the official Remote is all kinds of wrong for me and I'm looking for a compact alternative.

Thanks.

Wheresthedug · August 30, 2022 at 7:51 AM

I haven’t tried it but I see that both A-D and 1 - 4 can send either PC or CC so it looks like it should work well.

dutch99 · August 31, 2022 at 12:59 PM

like the above I haven’t tried it but I have programmed mine and from what I can remember there’s no reason that the above scenario shouldn’t work that I can surmise.

vtgearhead · September 1, 2022 at 2:25 AM

There's also an open-source project on GitHub that generates replacement firmware based on spreadsheets for input. I've never used it, but the author has really dug deep into the device.

https://github.com/harvie256/midi-commander-custom

DaveOnBass · September 1, 2022 at 5:00 PM

thanks guys. I *might* try the FCB1010 first since it's cheaper and includes exp pedals, but it's just so dang huge.