BOSS GT-8 question
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Yeah I think that's some sort of footswitch type controller, which is a feature of MIDI controllers, which is what got me thinking.
But that's definitely not a MIDI jack... you can see it's a 1/4" jack:
Of course it has MIDI in/out but that might just be for other devices to control the GT-8, and an out for daisy chaining. You know what I mean, right?
But that's definitely not a MIDI jack... you can see it's a 1/4" jack:
Of course it has MIDI in/out but that might just be for other devices to control the GT-8, and an out for daisy chaining. You know what I mean, right?
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NO IT DOESN'T AND ITS GAY! I've called down roland for this and they just dont care.
My amp is Midi Capable and My footswitch is just a midi controller, I can program the Program change codes into the footswitch to do whatever program on my amp i want to use. ( i have like 97 or something. all different groupings on what channel/boost/reverb/fxloop combination you want) The GT series will accept Midi Program Change Messages and switch the appropriate patch. which is preprogrammed in.. Its like.. bank 4 patch 3 is Program Change 78 from your midi controller, but it works the same way outbound... which is friggen stupid and I dont understand why Roland doesn't think so. So each patch has a specific Program Change message it will trasmit, but you can 't change it from patch to patch.
So where My 2nd channel/ boost off/ reverb off/fx loop off program change message is number 30 and all the exact same thing on channel three is program change message 70. I would have to use 2 patches on the GT that are like 6 banks apart from each other.
Does that make sense? This is really more of a rant than anything. It really makes me mad. I can use my amp footswitch to change patches on my GT using Midi, but i Can't use my GT to effectively use the midi capabilites on my amp. SO the footswitch has to stay.
The Amp control Jack is for non Midi Amps. Using a TRS 1/4" cord.
My GT 5 doesn't do this. and I called about the GT 10 and they still say they dont do it.
With all the other crap they put in there, you'd think they coudl have a midi function as a separate "effect" for each patch. Rather than using it in a global sense that You cannot edit.
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My amp is Midi Capable and My footswitch is just a midi controller, I can program the Program change codes into the footswitch to do whatever program on my amp i want to use. ( i have like 97 or something. all different groupings on what channel/boost/reverb/fxloop combination you want) The GT series will accept Midi Program Change Messages and switch the appropriate patch. which is preprogrammed in.. Its like.. bank 4 patch 3 is Program Change 78 from your midi controller, but it works the same way outbound... which is friggen stupid and I dont understand why Roland doesn't think so. So each patch has a specific Program Change message it will trasmit, but you can 't change it from patch to patch.
So where My 2nd channel/ boost off/ reverb off/fx loop off program change message is number 30 and all the exact same thing on channel three is program change message 70. I would have to use 2 patches on the GT that are like 6 banks apart from each other.
Does that make sense? This is really more of a rant than anything. It really makes me mad. I can use my amp footswitch to change patches on my GT using Midi, but i Can't use my GT to effectively use the midi capabilites on my amp. SO the footswitch has to stay.
The Amp control Jack is for non Midi Amps. Using a TRS 1/4" cord.
My GT 5 doesn't do this. and I called about the GT 10 and they still say they dont do it.
With all the other crap they put in there, you'd think they coudl have a midi function as a separate "effect" for each patch. Rather than using it in a global sense that You cannot edit.
:doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh: :doh:
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Hi
I've been casting around the web trying to find an answer to the rubbish midi implementation on the GT8.
I want to assign a prog change - something that I want - to a patch on the GET so that when, for example I hit GET patch 3-1 (bank 3, pedal 1) it sends a prig change to my Roland JV1080 synth module, for example PC 20 (Strings).
Seems to me that despite trying all combinations in the GET SYSTEM parameters (MIDI based) and making changes to the PRIG status and assigning new prig change data to the relevant pedal - it refuses to send my PC to the synth and sends its own stupid, useless PC regardless of what I do.
Seems to me you've had a similar prob.
I'm using a Godin xtSA (you Canadians make great guitars !) thru a Roland GI-10 pitch-to-midi converter driving a Roland JV1080 synth module. It tracks great, no glitches. But a I need to select an appropriate synth patch to match the song set-up on the GET patch.
Amazing - Roland / Boss - its the same company. Don't they talk to each other in the design phase ?
Question is - did you get anywhere to overcome this problem ?
Thx
Jamie
London, England
I've been casting around the web trying to find an answer to the rubbish midi implementation on the GT8.
I want to assign a prog change - something that I want - to a patch on the GET so that when, for example I hit GET patch 3-1 (bank 3, pedal 1) it sends a prig change to my Roland JV1080 synth module, for example PC 20 (Strings).
Seems to me that despite trying all combinations in the GET SYSTEM parameters (MIDI based) and making changes to the PRIG status and assigning new prig change data to the relevant pedal - it refuses to send my PC to the synth and sends its own stupid, useless PC regardless of what I do.
Seems to me you've had a similar prob.
I'm using a Godin xtSA (you Canadians make great guitars !) thru a Roland GI-10 pitch-to-midi converter driving a Roland JV1080 synth module. It tracks great, no glitches. But a I need to select an appropriate synth patch to match the song set-up on the GET patch.
Amazing - Roland / Boss - its the same company. Don't they talk to each other in the design phase ?
Question is - did you get anywhere to overcome this problem ?
Thx
Jamie
London, England
I use one of these. Midi in, 1/4" TRS cable out to switch amp channels and such.
http://www.axess-electronics.com/sc/CFX4-Control-Function-Switcher-p-16136.html
http://www.axess-electronics.com/sc/CFX4-Control-Function-Switcher-p-16136.html
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