Members mbengs1 Posted July 22, 2017 Members Share Posted July 22, 2017 I noticed the digitech whammy pedal has a midi input or whatever on the side. I was wondering what this is for and why would a whammy pedal need to be controlled by midi? I also noticed my eventide h3000 ultra harmonizer also has midi jacks at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 22, 2017 Members Share Posted July 22, 2017 The Eventide probably has a slew of control options different parameters in/dec, control changes - pitch and rates etc. as well as just patch changes. The pedal probably similar; dunno. Most useful for live shows and/or recording where a pro would want to automate as much as possible. I have a Midi and Quadra verb and neither is hooked up to midi. The only thing I've used midi for is the original intent of hooking up a bunch of keys and modules and the odd midi sequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MrHarryReems Posted July 22, 2017 Members Share Posted July 22, 2017 I have a midi chain that runs from my Beat Buddy to my VoiceLive3, and out to my Strymon timeline. It keeps the tempo on the looper and the delay synced to the drums on the beat buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 25, 2017 Members Share Posted July 25, 2017 For example - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Those Molten Voltage boxes are so clever, and so useful! There's a lot of things you can do with MIDI-equipped effects. It's very useful in the studio for automation, for when you want a specific effect at a specific time, and for locking things to the music's tempo, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Axisplayer Posted August 12, 2017 Members Share Posted August 12, 2017 Phil, as always you are correct about the value of midi. I started my first pedalboard about 6-8 weeks ago, although I played for 58 years without one. I have used midi with keys for years, but never for guitar. I bought a TC Flashback x4 so I could use more than one delay in a song on stage. I never even cared that it had midi. When the PB grew, I realized I needed a loop switcher so I bought a Voodoo Lab PX-8+ which has midi control. 36 presets and manual loop control if desired. I tried it with my X4 and quickly saw the potential of midi, and the constraints of the X4. I could only choose between X4 preset 1, 2 or 3. Nothing more. Well I then decided to get the Voodoo Lab Control Switcher which lets the looper control anything that normally has a pedal, like the channel selection and reverb on my amp. I could then program the channel selection along with reverb on/off into the PX-8+ presets so I didn't dance on an extra pedal. That still only gave me 36 presets so I bought the Midi Mouse which took the count up to 128. Today I traded my X4 and anther piece of gear to a guy for a brand new Nemesis DD and it is stellar with full midi control as well as expression control. Next purchase was an Eventide H9 Standard, and a second Eventide H9 (CORE) which I ordered today. I have become a junkie because I can program everything in the rig, and hit one button and go. No dancing. I love technology. Lots of effort to set it all up, but then technology stops interfering with my playing. Step on button-GO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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