Hey everyone… I really hope someone can help me with this:
I want to build a midi controller for my Digitech whammy pedal.
The pedal has an midi-input, and can be controlled like this:
Midi progam change 1-34 changes the sounds
Midi CC11 change the treadle position (that bends the pitch)
Midi CC0 turn the effect on and off…
Now… I am really handy and have knowledge about wiring and programming. And I want to make this hardware that should be build into my guitar. All it has to contain is this:
A switch has to toggle the effect on and of (CC0)
A potmeter that controls CC11
2 buttons has to be able to change the banks (program change 1 - 36)…
I’m really a newbie, but hey… you have to start somewhere. If someopne would guide me very down-to-earth and say what I should begin with, I would be glad.
I have attached the manual for my guitareffect, if my explanation was too bad..
Electric guitars have cavities in the back, it would be just a matter of using a screwdriver and socket wrench to move the device from one guitar to another.
Good news, if you only want to use one pot and one button, it should be possible to do some minor software customisations and you will not need an AIN* module or DIN* module - so you may only need the core Forgive me but I’m not sure how to go about it exactly, but there are instructions and examples to be found on the ucapps/forum/wiki sites.
To customize the signals that you use, you can use the ‘meta events’ feature. Seeing as your application is quite simple, there is an alternative to the MB64 with meta events, if you have some C programming knowledge - you could write your own specialised application. You can find information on how to do this at the above sites too, but I would only recommend this option if you have some programming experience.
…That reminds me, I have to update the documentation on the IDE (Code::Blocks)… Should be done within a few days, but you won’t need a graphical debugger just yet, so you could start in notepad or something
I have thought about it, and I think that I’m going to make 4 pots and 4 buttons, therefore sticking with the list above. If I do that, I can use it to control a bunch of other things
Is it then not easier to use the MIDIBOX64 software? and then using META-events?
I think that I’m going to skip the programming for now
wouldn’t it be easier to have the core separate from the guitar, and run the leads to the pots and buttons from that to the guitar using a 9 pin RS-232 cable? i don’t know how roomy your guitar is, but surely it would be better that way. (it’d also prevent you from having to replace the core every time you smash your guitar up on stage - if you do that sort of thing… ;D)
