Oh and one more thing I've been meaning to post for a while but never got down to posting:
I'm pretty sure now that the Multiwave Pro and the Hub use different expression pedal resistance ranges. My Boss FV50L has enough sweep to completely morph between patches on the multiwave pro, but not through the hub. Is there any way to reconfigure the hub to change the expected sweep range?
For example, the Hub says it accepts 10k-50k Ohm resistance. Would I be right to assume this means that the expression pedal must go from some minimum value of 0 Ohm to some maximum value between 10k-50k Ohms?
The multiwave pro manual or webpage doesn't say what's the required resistance. Earlier in this thread someone asked about the required resistances too and I mistakenly assumed the multiwave pro would be same as the hub.
I believe the boss goes from 0 to 8.5k Ohm. So that would explain why when I sweep across, it doesn't give me a full morphing range. It goes from one preset to a maximum of just past halfway to the other preset.
There's a calibration knob on the boss that increases the resistance, this is at the minimum setting. If I turn up the calibration knob, I can reach the other preset, but then the heel down position cannot reach my original preset.
So based on the above two points, I think what's happening is that depending on what my calibration knob is set as, I can go from 0 to 8.5k or something like 1.5k to 10k or even higher, but I can never go from 0 to 10k.
The next point is that I believe that changing the control assign minimum/maximum scales the values. For example, by default min is 0 and max is 255. So at 0 Ohms, it sends a MIDI CC of 0 and at 10 Ohms, it sends a MIDI CC of 255. If I change these values, for example, set min as 20 and max as 40, then at 0 Ohms it sends a MIDI CC of 20 and at 10 Ohms it sends a MIDI CC of 40. Unfortunately, I can only set values between 0 and 255.
Since I know the hub is registering this and currently sending a midi signal to my pedal that goes from 0 to something less than 255, is there a way to set my control assign to more than 255? That way when it scales up, I can calibrate it to send a MIDI CC of 255 when the expression pedal is at 8.5k instead. I'm guessing if this function doesn't already exist, this would be a simple edit to the software. Since it's impossible to send MIDI CC above 255 or below 0, maybe a floor or ceiling function can be implemented at the same time.
Other than allowing more expression pedals to be used with the hub, this also has the added advantage of allowing you to stagger your pedal control. For example, consider the following scenario:
- You have a scene with both the Manta and Multiwave Distortion
- Set the multiwave to blend from a clean patch to a synth patch with control assign min -255 max 255
- Set the manta blend from 100% dry to 100% wet with control assign min 127 max 382
- I believe the result of that (with an appropriate floor/ceiling function) would be that with the expression pedal in heel position, you get a purely dry sound, as you go up to halfway the manta blends in and applies a filter to your dry sound, and as you continue to go from halfway to completely toe position, the manta stays exactly the same but the multiwave synth kicks in gradually. I've a song where I'd actually really like this functionality.
........or I guess I could just save up for a reflex. =/
