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From that, sounds like you would need just a usb host converter to change B1on patch from the B9. Let us know how you go!

If all you want to do is change patch and you have the FCB1010 and that's all you'll ever want to do (with only one pedal), then that's probably the way to go. If you want to control the individual effect parameters and/or want to control LOTS of pedals (including non-Zoom midi controllable...

Does far more than you want (and might be more than you want to pay!) www.facebook.com/zoom.control A bit more info here: (with much more to come) [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] (ZPI works with B1on in the same way as the pedals shown in any of the videos - except that tempo can't be set.)

That's a bugger. Double bugger! (Possibly...) The _only_ reason to use legacy midi is for long cable runs to avoid noise pickup and earthing issues. It's slow! Its capacity is severely restricted! I wonder does the Bias midi input have optoisolators? (Hope so!) To use the ZPI with the...

Does the PG Bias accept midi via its usb port? I'm tempted to say the ZPI would do what you want, plus it would give you unlimited scene control with graphical interface. (There - I said it!) Its general purpose midi interface is just about up to speed - some configuration options and...

The MS pedals generally can have problems with noise. I think the analog and digital grounds are not well decoupled internally - it's worse when sharing power supply with other pedals, and worse if powered by usb.

Especially with the Zoom pedals, another option is the ZPI. Uses usb midi to control multiple pedals, multiple actions assignable to footswitches, control of all effect parameters including by expression pedals or midi input, connects wirelessly to tablet/phone/computer for display. Most...

In that case, I can guarantee that will be possible with the ZPI within the next few weeks. Patch switching is trivial for the n series pedals - it looks to me like the other ZPI goodies - full control of everything (incl expression pedal control of any parameter, multi pedal control, scenes...

Something like this?

Yes - you not only have to convert the physical/electrical format, but also convert the midi messages into the appropriate midi sysex.

Exactly as you say. Zoom have never documented the midi sysex messages used, but they were used for the G5/G3/B3 pedals to interface to Edit&Share program. They were left in (inadvertently? but also incompletely) in the MS and series 1 pedals, which allowed usb control of those pedals. Check...

Yes, works now with the B1on. I'm not familiar with the B9

Yes, through the usb. Before the update, it seems that only patch and firmware loading was implemented. Now full control by sysex messages looks to be there - similar to the B3.

Yes, it could do that and more: change not just patches but also parameters (including expression pedal control of any parameter), control other midi pedals, control of DAW, control Zoom pedals by DAW, master tempo control/tap tempo and probably some other stuff I've overlooked. It looks like...

I see somewhere else that he plans to have a Tonelib update in a week or so. I've only had a quick look at the Zoom update (on a G3n) and the really big news (I think) is that they've implemented full MIDI control of the pedal. This differs from the how Denis so far has done things (ie...