Dood Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIzNqbW8-wk Need I say more? Just ordered the Kenton on a whim. I have a MIDI controller.. will need to get a B3, but this is exactly what I want from the B3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Oh wait - turns out it will work with the MS60B too! Cool, I'll crack that bad boy out first!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 A drunken lefrash can't work out if that can control tap tempo and expression pedal? Or is it a simple way to get to patch selection? That's awesome on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 [quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1461962070' post='3039249'] A drunken lefrash can't work out if that can control tap tempo and expression pedal? Or is it a simple way to get to patch selection? That's awesome on its own. [/quote] I've no idea - but you'd still have access to the controls on the B3 at the same time I suppose. It's just the patch selection I wanted access to mainly. I have a Boss FC50 which is an amazing little MIDI controller that will allow me access to ten patches at a time, certainly enough for a gig without jumping to a new bank on the FC50. When I get the Kenton I'll report back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdashdot Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) [quote name='lefrash' timestamp='1461962070' post='3039249'] A drunken lefrash can't work out if that can control tap tempo and expression pedal? Or is it a simple way to get to patch selection? That's awesome on its own. [/quote] It won't be able to control tap tempo or use the expression pedal. It also won't be able to do patch up or down - only jump to a specific patch number. To be able to do those extra things, the midi controller needs to know about the individual effects of the Zoom pedal and be able to interrogate/listen to it. It's possible to do that, but not with the gear in the youtube video. Edited April 30, 2016 by drdashdot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefrash Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 [quote name='drdashdot' timestamp='1461982322' post='3039361'] It won't be able to control tap tempo or use the expression pedal. It also won't be able to do patch up or down - only jump to a specific patch number. To be able to do those extra things, the midi controller needs to know about the individual effects of the Zoom pedal and be able to interrogate/listen to it. It's possible to do that, but not with the gear in the youtube video. [/quote] Very good and concise answer. Thank you. Still very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 [quote name='drdashdot' timestamp='1461982322' post='3039361'] It won't be able to control tap tempo or use the expression pedal. It also won't be able to do patch up or down - only jump to a specific patch number. To be able to do those extra things, the midi controller needs to know about the individual effects of the Zoom pedal and be able to interrogate/listen to it. It's possible to do that, but not with the gear in the youtube video. [/quote] Excellent, jumping to a new patch is spot on and having the B3 in front of me will mean that everything else is taken care of. I'm yet to see a small solution on the market that does do all of those things, so the Kenton will have to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdashdot Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 [quote name='dood' timestamp='1461961057' post='3039237'] Oh wait - turns out it will work with the MS60B too! Cool, I'll crack that bad boy out first!! [/quote] It will, dood, for what you want - if what you want is jumping to a specific patch. It'll also work in that way for just about any Zoom pedal with a USB port. The real question is: when will you have time to program a midi controller, given your basschat posting habit? Have you hacked the database? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 [quote name='drdashdot' timestamp='1461998200' post='3039383'] Have you hacked the database? [/quote] What are you doing Dave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdashdot Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Ha! I thought you might be everywhere! How many of you are there anyway? Let's see... 8000000 posts / age of the internet = 500000 posts per year ... Where's my calculator? Where's my tin foil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 [quote name='drdashdot' timestamp='1462011773' post='3039565'] Ha! I thought you might be everywhere! How many of you are there anyway? [/quote] We are Dood, the collective! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdashdot Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 [quote name='dood' timestamp='1462046856' post='3039956'] We are Dood, the collective! [/quote] My next band name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 It's here and it works a treat. Just had a little play, but it seems that I can now control patch changes on the B3 via my TC Electronic G System, or indeed any MIDI sending device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarshallBTB Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 So I'm guessing something like the midi mouse could do patch changes on the ms60b? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 [quote name='MarshallBTB' timestamp='1463045661' post='3048004'] So I'm guessing something like the midi mouse could do patch changes on the ms60b? [/quote] Yes, I guess so! I'm using the Kenton plugged in to a Boss FC50 Midi controller and in to my B3. I've not actually had a chance to get round to playing with my MS60B too, but I hope to do that sometime over the weekend... once I've finished typing 9000 words of gear reviews! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bam Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 An old thread, but did this work out well in the end? Im interested in doing this and also adding aanother device to the midi controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Just in case you want one.. https://www.juno.co.uk/products/kenton-midi-usb-convertor-host-mkii/433906-01/?currency=GBP&flt=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAhMLSBRBJEiwAlFrsTvGj6uMdV_WoAXZdc9QmtsPCDPXpbcFcrixr0MFz0i8NhoxCw5kPexoCygoQAvD_BwE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 I ended up taking Dood’s Kenton MIDI/USB Host off his hands recently. It’s on my board receiving MIDI PC messages from my Boss ES5, and changing patches on my MS60B. It works a treat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 22 minutes ago, ratman said: I ended up taking Dood’s Kenton MIDI/USB Host off his hands recently. It’s on my board receiving MIDI PC messages from my Boss ES5, and changing patches on my MS60B. It works a treat. I was just about to post about my positive experiences of the Kenton! I’m so pleased it has found a busy new home So simple but so effective! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratman Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 I love it. Now I can make better use of the MS60B in my effects set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdashdot Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 (edited) Hmm. This might be a good time to poke my head up again, to make known my alternative. This has been available for the last 6 months or so, but I've kept it low key while gearing up. I posted in this thread that it's possible to implement tap tempo, expression pedal control etc via midi for the B3, but not with a bog standard midi controller. Now I'm manufacturing a controller that will do it for the B3, G3/5, MS series (except the BT100) and G/B1on series pedals. It can control just about anything on those pedals (and controls multiple pedals.) It also has a general purpose midi capability (including an interface to allow DAW control of Zoom pedals) which will continue to expand. Footswitches can be programmed very flexibly too. A midi host converter is not needed for Zoom pedal control (but if you want it to control 5 pin midi devices, a USB to midi converter is needed.) Here's an overview which is a year old, so a bit outdated. Follow the links on youtube for other demos, if you're interested. Cost is US$187 for the base unit (a bit less than GBP140) plus postage from the farthest part of the world. (A youtube update is on the to do list...) This video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrC3nqqZYAI More detail starting at: https://youtu.be/x-HkFS_LB7I Dave Edited January 7, 2018 by drdashdot More information added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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