Definitely the best video I've seen covering midi controllers with Neural Dsp. Made it very easy to understand for someone like me who's new to all of this. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks for sharing this video. I have MeloAudio (different brand) but all the knob, menu inside the LCD screen are pretty much the same, your explanation about how to set this thing really help a lot.
Wow! Thanks you so much for making this video! I have struggled to undertsand how to setup custom modes and then access the custom mode 1 or 2. This really helped!
Thanks for the video. What if I wanted to add a wah and a tuner pedal? Do they go before the audio interface? or after the interface and before the power amp?
Hey! Thank you! It' depends, For metal I really needed the extra power to be able to rehearsal with my band, and I think the last part of the signal chain, the cone, it's a essential part of the sound of the guitar and I prefer to have it real. if you dont need a lot of volume or dont care about glorius feedbacks on stage it works also without power amp and you can go straight into the mixer. if you don't need it to play live you can also skip the mix table (obviusly ahah)
Sorry for the late reply, You don't need it but I found useful to have the extra volume for my metal project. If you don't need a lot of volume you can go straight into the mixer
hey there! this is an ooold mac from 2013, when changing from one preset to the other you will have a short latency, even with the quad cortex, It's a limitation of the midi..if you mean changing just effects (like turning on and off the reverb) u dont have latency
This was an excellent video. I’ve never used plugins and recently sold my axe 3. I’m actually stunned how good the Gojira plugin sounds. I like it better than my axe 3 tones. Question: can I run this with a JBL Eon powered PA speaker? Instead of a power amp and speaker cab?? I’m using a 3rd gen Scarlett 2i2, and my laptop of course, and I wondered if I could run my powered speaker to this. I need to get a midi controller still tho. Thanks in advance man really liked the simplicity of explaining this
Hey Chris, Thank you very much! When I tried this solution I used a valve pre Marshall with active speaker, and for band practice the volume was too low (and it's bad to have the volume almost at max). If you have to play something more chill than metal, maybe it can work for you! In the comment there was another guy with almost the same question, my answer still the same: try without, if it works for you good, if not buy a power amp :) P.s. yes neural dsp have really good sounds, if you want to spend a lot of money you could also consider the new quad cortex of neural dsp, in my opinion thats "the new axe effect" Cheers!
Yes you can do that no problem. Just make sure to turn on your Cab Sim again, else its going to sound weird. Im using the plugins into my active monitors at home, into active PA speakers as well as live into my ENGL rack poweramp and a Mesa box. I just tried to voice the left cab sim to use with my monitors and the right cab sim mic to use with our PA. Then you can dial it it so you get almost the same sound out of the 2 variants that sound closest to your real poweramp and cab and turn each on and off depending on what your playing over atm. Boom: most versatile rig ever.
Hey merci beaucoup. Tout fonctionne nickel avec mon neural Rabea. En revanche j'ai une question, la carte son rentre dans l'ampli de puissance! L'inpédence de sorti n'est pas la même qu'une guitare! Quel type de jack utiliser ? Encore merci pour video. Vincent
Thank you for this Excellent video! I was wondering if it is possible to connect soundcard’s Monitor output(mackie onyx blackjack has 300 ohm balanced and 150 ohm unbalanced signal) directly to Hughes kettner Tubemeister 18 ‘ s FX Return(unbalanced 500 kOhm) to use the amplifier’s power stage only? Would that approach work or should i use a passive di box in between not to give any harm to amplifier due to inappropriate signal level ? Thanks
Can you plug the midi controller straight into the laptop? it comes with a usb cable. My audio interface doesnt have midi, and I'm waiting for the controller to arrive. thanks!
@@robinbressani thanks for the fast reply! im new to plugins and midi controllers. just got archetype petrucci, and sounds killer. would be nice to not have to lug around big amps, any extra tips you'd like to share on gigging with plugins/midi controllers would be appreciated!
@@oldGnRrocks1 Hey no problem! :) something I found really useful recently is to have rechargables batteries cause I don't like to waste so many batteries ahah it consume a lot
Thank you for the video Robin. I really appreciate your ability to clearly explain and demonstrate the steps needed to successfully connect, configure and control the software so it can be used on stage. I'm gonna hold off on buying either a Helix, Head rush MX5, Neural DSP Quad or the Fractal audio FM9 & try my laptop. Then of course Clone the laptop to have a back up before stage performances. After all one huge difference between a professional and an amateur in most cases is the pro has a backup plan when the amateur has his dick in his hand
Hi! I ask you for a bit of help. Is there a difference between how PCs are called in Neural DSP and in the MP100? Because if I create a custom setting on the pedalboard with PC controls from 1 to 4, even if I select the same ones on the plugin in doesn't recognize them. Is there something that I'm missing? Thank you very much!!
@@robinbressani finally I solved for the plugin, you can simply make PC 0 = 1 on the midi controller and you are done. Now I'm having trouble with mainstage, I guess I'll figure out also that 🤷♂️
hey! sorry for the late reply I didn't got the notification! It depends on what volume you need. I wanted to use it with my bands (metal) and the gain of the mixer alone wasn't enough. In addition, I think the cone is very important in the signal chain. I don't want that part to be emulated if I can have a real speaker.
Thanks! Amazing video. I have a question (forgive me for being naive) If you are using a Neural DSP plugin (lets say archetype gojira) which has amp and cab simulations and impulses, why use a power amp and a cabinet with this setup? Can’t you directly send the output from the interface to the mixer/console and then out to PA and stage speakers? What harm will that do?
Hey Aditya! Thank you very much for the compliment. Yes you can send the output directly to the mixer, in my experience the sound was very low with band practice! Furthermore on stage could be helpful to hear your sound (in case you don't have a monitor/the sound engineer is sleeping ahah) that could be hard to do without a cab on stage. To conclude I think that the cone of the cabinet is the last part of your signal chain and it's (in my opinion) very important to obtain a more ""realistic"" and better sound in general. Even though neural dsp have really good plugins that can be used without cab and it's right what you're saying, for my experience (for metal music/with a band) the volume was too low. Cheers!
@@robinbressani Thanks for the clarification. I understand completely. In my situation we only have 1 guitar player and the music is kraut/space/psychedelic rock. Hopefully it works without the need of an external power amp and cabinet. Will try both cases. Wonderful video and thanks again!
@@tusharkakshapati7610 Hi, my answer is still the same, I play metal and the volume wasn't enough to practice. With the powerstage you eliminate every "maybe" and in every occasion you know your sound will be heard. That to me is really important over anything else
Hi, I paste a previous answer to a similar question: Hey! Thank you! It' depends, For metal I really needed the extra power to be able to rehearsal with my band, and I think the last part of the signal chain, the cone, it's a essential part of the sound of the guitar and I prefer to have it real. if you dont need a lot of volume or dont care about glorius feedbacks on stage it works also without power amp and you can go straight into the mixer. if you don't need it to play live you can also skip the mix table (obviusly ahah)
Sup dude! amazing video, is it necessary to use an interface? It is not possible to extract the audio itself from the midi controller from the two outputs it has towards the power amp? put the guitar in the input signal of the midi controller and in the computer use the tone shifter driver? will it cause latency?
Thank you! Hemm I don't know! The mp-100 doesn't have an input. I guess that if you can use your controller as audio interface it should work but for the latency problem..well I dont know the driver you're talkin about, if you try this way let me know!
Hey Great video, it helped me as a newbie with foot controller everytime i try to change from CC to PC it goes back to what it was once i go on line down, for whatever the reason is. how did you save it?
Hi thanks! Do you have this problem with the MP100? It's weird I don't have to save it, I just change it and turn off the pedalboard and on again, are you sure you are recalling the right "cus" (customization 1 or 2) ? Cause when you turn it on again you have to keep pressed down the right button. Let me know if you have any updates I will try to see where the problem is!
Yup mp100 i use CUS2 I guess there's à driver issue. The pedal board froze several times. When i'm in set mode un navigate to let's say key2, change cc to pc and if i go one line up or down it sets back to cc Same problem if i just turn it down But don't worry i'm getting used to the pedalboard and I found my own solution And i'm going to set one guitar to 1-4 Another guitar to 5-9 etc etc Since all pickups are a but different..
i think what worked for me (currently trying this now but i felt i had to respond to this), it says in the user manual "There are some conflicts occurring in certain circumstance. Such as set 4 tones for a group, button from 1 to 4 will be unavailable for PC instruction mode. Set 5 tones for a group, button 1 to 3 will be unavailable for PC instruction mode. Imposed setting will not work. (Please follow the setup order that begins from #2 Bank Move to the end)" so just set "bank move to 10x" and the CC to PC command setting will stay if youre trying to use 1-4
Hi, for this when I connect directly to mac, there's no option for me to select any midi input device. Would appreciate help on this as I my interface does not have a midi input!@@robinbressani
Really useful video Robin! I have a question: I got a lot of difficulties in mapping Program Change in Ableton Live with the same gears (Neural Dsp plugins and same Midi Commander), in the sense that CC are working while PC not. Did you ever triy to use Midi and Neural Plugins in a Daw? Many thanks in advance
Hi thanks! I don't really know how to help you with this problem, I'll try and see what happen with logic..You could try and set 2 buttons with CC with scrolling up and down, so you can at least scroll the presets.
@@robinbressani 5 finga discount at namm works, or order it with mama’s credit card..regardless..neural dsp never updated it as promised for years correct?
Hello and thank you for the tutorial! I have a problem on the other hand, I use the same configuration, Mp-100 and Neural Gojira, but when changing presets after a few moments the MP-100 puts it in "PWR" mode and then it's locked ! No button works anymore, I don't understand
Hi! I really can't find anything about the PWR mode, I found PWR mode only with the MP-500 and it's something about the usb micro connession. It never happened to me, could be just a problem o batteries maybe?
@@robinbressani thanks i found it! the usb cable was plugged into my PC and it ended up blocking the pedal, I plugged it directly into the mains, the problem is solved: D
Ciao Robin, ho un problemino, Uso Neural DSP standalone con una pedaliera midi identica alla tua, settata uguale , e va di brutto, ma quando lo uso come plugin su Logic non riesco a farla funzionare...puoi aiutarmi?
Ciao scusami non mi arrivano più le notifiche dei messaggi, sei riuscito a farlo funzionare? Il problema sussite su una singola traccia o su più di una? Perché switchare preset su più traccie diventa un attimo più complessa come cosa
@@robinbressani Ciao. In sostanza se uso ad esempio in Plugin Neural Dsp ( ne ho vari ) e voglio registrare con un solo take un brano che ha una parte distorta e una parte pulita, senza fermarmi, non riesco a farlo, non riesco a settare logic per rispondere ai segnali della pedaliera ( che funziona invece benissimo in versione stand alone )
Devi creare una traccia software instrument e cercare nel midi il plugin che vuoi usare, czcams.com/video/6Yz_kuDcq0I/video.html questo signore lo spiega in maniera molto semplice
Thank you very much! It helped me a lot, but I have a question, is it normal the delay when changing presets with the controller? I use the Midi Commander, and a Behringer umc22 interface, all connected via USB, I don't know if that influences the problem.
Hey! Thank you I'm happy it helped! There is like 1 sec of silence when you switch from one preset to the other and I really don't know how to get rid of that..
Thank you so much you really helped me. As others said i too have the meloaudio model which is basically the same. Everything worked fine tho i have one question regarding the CC# commands in the 4 switches above. I did it like you and have the 4 presets below and the 4 effects above. I can turn them on and off but they will always just turn on in the default settings. But lets say for example i want my delay on with a certain tone and timing... how can i do that? like i said it will only ever turn on the default mode and then i have to do the resst on my laptop which kind of defeats the purpose of this foot switch.
Hi! Thank you! I don't think that's possible...It would be necessay a section with "delay preset" and it does not exsist...I tried a solution with "midi learn" but yeah as you said it keeps going back to the last status. I think the best solution is making every preset with the delay you like, if you want to change the delay mid song the only thing that I cant think is to use one button to have a delay tap tempo
This is a helpful video. And I love the tones. But the silence that occurs when switching patches is annoying and impractical. NeuralDSP support says it’s normal. Disappointing.
Yup, I also have an eleven rack that switches midi with a logic project, the silence between one tone and the other seems impossible to remove. When you play with a band it's impossible to notice, but yea, not perfect
I get quite a bit of latency when switching with the midi footswitch. None just playing regularly though. Any idea how i can fix this? Get's quite frustrating trying to play along to songs and I'm waiting to switch to the clean channel for instance.
Yup thats how CC absolute works, its not a problem that concern the footcontroller :) right now I switched all the buttons to have only program change and be able to have 8 different preset (I dont even think I need 8 different preset actually ahah)
@@henkhenk4357 yes I use this setup with the project Age Of The Sun and now I did some new "Brian May" presets for a musical, it works fine! If it wasn't for that one sec from switching to a preset to the other (and this happens with all midi even automation) this would be just perfect!
@@robinbressani hi! That's also what i tried , but when i want to change key 1 - 4 to PC# it automaticaly changes back to CC#... Key A - D are changeable to CC# weirdly enough. but i want 8 PC# keys haha. Any advice? Rest works fine!
@@silentreader8426 yes but I dont understand the return send, you could use simply the virtual cabinet at this point, the power amp it's a step to have more volume and the real cabinet. If you're talking about the INPUT of the cabinet, yes you can try. With 2 cones of Marshall and playing metal the volume at MAX (MAX plugin and MAX Audio Interface) wasnt enough to hear myself at reharsal. I heard that for other people thats enough volume for their genre
I just got this same midi commander and I'm having issues making it work as shown in your video. The only difference I can see is that I'm using a THR10ii amp as my auto interface and when I have the midi commander on in cus2 setup, it does no appear in the audio settings in order to enable it. If I turn it on normally, it does show up to be enabled. Ignoring that one detail I'm able to set up key assignments just like the video but when i restart the midi device and enable it, they do not function. I can only assume it's because it's not enable in the auto settings from step one, but I cant? if the midi commander is in set up mode the only thing shown in midi input devices is the yamaha thr10 itself EDIT: moments after making this post it starting working. I don't even know what I did different this time but it's all good. Thanks for such a clear video on how to do this!
Hey! I'm trying to use this live but I want to change presets with mapping them to certain notes on my MIDI - Keyboard. (i have an Apollo Twin which doesn't have a MIDI I/O). is there any way to do this? Struggling a bit here?
@@robinbressani yeah so I managed to solve this and it‘s of course way simpler than I thought haha. If you are on a certain preset you can just enable MIDI learn and then map it to any key you like. Thanks man! :)
Don't worry you can use a usb cable to the computer and It works just fine! I just think it's easier for an usb cable to disconnect on a stage, so midi it's more reliable for that
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i wish all videos were like this
Thank you very much!
Definitely the best video I've seen covering midi controllers with Neural Dsp. Made it very easy to understand for someone like me who's new to all of this. Thanks a bunch!
I'm glad it helps, thank you! :)
Great help, before I had completely no idea how to realize the MIDI scenario...
Thanks for sharing this video. I have MeloAudio (different brand) but all the knob, menu inside the LCD screen are pretty much the same, your explanation about how to set this thing really help a lot.
I'm really glad that it helped you!
you can also right click on what you want to change with the pedal, then click midi learn and then tap the button and it should auto learn.
Wow! Thanks you so much for making this video! I have struggled to undertsand how to setup custom modes and then access the custom mode 1 or 2. This really helped!
Thanks! Happy to help :)
Thanks for this! Got my midi commander controlling my presets and channel switching for Neural DSP Fortin NTS suite!
I'm glad it helped :) And damn Texas Red like in the song Big Iron? 😂
Awesome thanks for making this !
glad you liked it :)
thanks so much man! this was a fantastic video and got my MIDI working easy peasy! great, great job
Thank you for your kind words!
great video, thanks!
Thank you :)
Thank you for this video. I couldn’t find anything as good as this
Thanks a lot! Very happy that helped you!
Informative mate, I am sure it will help others
Thanks!
so heplful tanks very much bruda!!
Great video
Thank you! :)
Your a godsend omg thank you so much
ahah thank you very much :)
Excellent, thanks!
Thank you for the usefull video!
Happy to help! :)
Thanks bro!!! Exactly what I was looking for
Happy to hear that! :)
Super useful tips man!!! thanks a lot!
Thank you!! :)
Ciao Robin, bellissimo video. Funziona perfettamente, anche usando la pedaliera in USB piuttosto che MIDI OUT.
Grazie! Felice che hai risolto perché non avrei saputo risponderti 😁 e buono a sapersi!
@@robinbressani a dire il vero è bastato riavviare il programma.... 🤣
Thanks for the video. What if I wanted to add a wah and a tuner pedal? Do they go before the audio interface? or after the interface and before the power amp?
No problem! I think I would consider my audio interface as my input of an amp, so I would put it before the audio interface
Thx a lot for your video. I want to try this but I haven't a guitar poweramp. It's mandatory to play in a real guitar amp or a mix table ?
Hey! Thank you! It' depends, For metal I really needed the extra power to be able to rehearsal with my band, and I think the last part of the signal chain, the cone, it's a essential part of the sound of the guitar and I prefer to have it real. if you dont need a lot of volume or dont care about glorius feedbacks on stage it works also without power amp and you can go straight into the mixer. if you don't need it to play live you can also skip the mix table (obviusly ahah)
Grande Robin!!
Do I need a power amp if I want to connect to active speakers or to a PA system?
Or is the power amp only needed when connecting to a speaker cabinet?
Sorry for the late reply, You don't need it but I found useful to have the extra volume for my metal project. If you don't need a lot of volume you can go straight into the mixer
thank you dude
Happy to help!
Hello friend, I am grateful for the content, which Macbook model did you use in this set? Did you experience latency when changing effects?
hey there! this is an ooold mac from 2013, when changing from one preset to the other you will have a short latency, even with the quad cortex, It's a limitation of the midi..if you mean changing just effects (like turning on and off the reverb) u dont have latency
How do you fix the delay when switching presets? Thanks for the video!
Unfortunately there will be always that little stop changing preset, even with the quad cortex
This was an excellent video. I’ve never used plugins and recently sold my axe 3. I’m actually stunned how good the Gojira plugin sounds. I like it better than my axe 3 tones.
Question: can I run this with a JBL Eon powered PA speaker? Instead of a power amp and speaker cab?? I’m using a 3rd gen Scarlett 2i2, and my laptop of course, and I wondered if I could run my powered speaker to this. I need to get a midi controller still tho. Thanks in advance man really liked the simplicity of explaining this
Hey Chris, Thank you very much!
When I tried this solution I used a valve pre Marshall with active speaker, and for band practice the volume was too low (and it's bad to have the volume almost at max). If you have to play something more chill than metal, maybe it can work for you! In the comment there was another guy with almost the same question, my answer still the same: try without, if it works for you good, if not buy a power amp :)
P.s. yes neural dsp have really good sounds, if you want to spend a lot of money you could also consider the new quad cortex of neural dsp, in my opinion thats "the new axe effect"
Cheers!
Yes you can do that no problem. Just make sure to turn on your Cab Sim again, else its going to sound weird.
Im using the plugins into my active monitors at home, into active PA speakers as well as live into my ENGL rack poweramp and a Mesa box.
I just tried to voice the left cab sim to use with my monitors and the right cab sim mic to use with our PA. Then you can dial it it so you get almost the same sound out of the 2 variants that sound closest to your real poweramp and cab and turn each on and off depending on what your playing over atm.
Boom: most versatile rig ever.
Very helpful bro, thanks a lot
Happy to help :)
Great video! Can you show hou to use the wah on the pluging setting a expression pedal on the midi controller?
Hi thanks! At the moment I don't have a midi wah sorry I never did that...but I will look it up
Bonjour, moi je suis français et grâce à toi j'ai réussi à configurer mon MP100 HB, plus sur le visuel de ta vidéo que par le message en lui-même. 😁
C'est bien! Heureux d'aider :)
Hey merci beaucoup. Tout fonctionne nickel avec mon neural Rabea. En revanche j'ai une question, la carte son rentre dans l'ampli de puissance! L'inpédence de sorti n'est pas la même qu'une guitare! Quel type de jack utiliser ? Encore merci pour video. Vincent
Hi thanks! A normal jack works for me!
Hi I wonder why not use an FR-FR speaker CAB instead of a real CAB? FR-FR are designed to work well digital stuff. Don’t you think?
Thanks
Yes you can also go that way! I have a longer answer in the description of the video on why I think the cone of the cabinet it's important :)
Thank you for this Excellent video! I was wondering if it is possible to connect soundcard’s Monitor output(mackie onyx blackjack has 300 ohm balanced and 150 ohm unbalanced signal) directly to Hughes kettner Tubemeister 18 ‘ s FX Return(unbalanced 500 kOhm) to use the amplifier’s power stage only? Would that approach work or should i use a passive di box in between not to give any harm to amplifier due to inappropriate signal level ? Thanks
Can you plug the midi controller straight into the laptop? it comes with a usb cable. My audio interface doesnt have midi, and I'm waiting for the controller to arrive. thanks!
Yup it works also USB no worries
@@robinbressani thanks for the fast reply! im new to plugins and midi controllers. just got archetype petrucci, and sounds killer.
would be nice to not have to lug around big amps, any extra tips you'd like to share on gigging with plugins/midi controllers would be appreciated!
@@oldGnRrocks1 Hey no problem! :) something I found really useful recently is to have rechargables batteries cause I don't like to waste so many batteries ahah it consume a lot
Hi, does the foot switch work with the plugin if I connect the foot switch straight to pc with usb instead of midi into the audio interface? Thank u
Yes it works also with usb!
Thank you for the video Robin. I really appreciate your ability to clearly explain and demonstrate the steps needed to successfully connect, configure and control the software so it can be used on stage. I'm gonna hold off on buying either a Helix, Head rush MX5, Neural DSP Quad or the Fractal audio FM9 & try my laptop. Then of course Clone the laptop to have a back up before stage performances. After all one huge difference between a professional and an amateur in most cases is the pro has a backup plan when the amateur has his dick in his hand
Thank you! Yes you're absolutely right :)
Is there a way to do this but with automated MIDI in the DAW?
Yup, this guy made a nice tutorial:
czcams.com/video/6Yz_kuDcq0I/video.html
Hi! I ask you for a bit of help. Is there a difference between how PCs are called in Neural DSP and in the MP100? Because if I create a custom setting on the pedalboard with PC controls from 1 to 4, even if I select the same ones on the plugin in doesn't recognize them.
Is there something that I'm missing? Thank you very much!!
Yeah it's a bit weird, the number for the pc should start from 0, so the first button 1=0, the second 2=1,etc..
@@robinbressani finally I solved for the plugin, you can simply make PC 0 = 1 on the midi controller and you are done. Now I'm having trouble with mainstage, I guess I'll figure out also that 🤷♂️
Great video! But I have a question. What if we don't use a power amp, is it a big problem?
hey! sorry for the late reply I didn't got the notification! It depends on what volume you need. I wanted to use it with my bands (metal) and the gain of the mixer alone wasn't enough. In addition, I think the cone is very important in the signal chain. I don't want that part to be emulated if I can have a real speaker.
@@robinbressani See your point. Thanks 🙏
Thanks! Amazing video.
I have a question (forgive me for being naive)
If you are using a Neural DSP plugin (lets say archetype gojira) which has amp and cab simulations and impulses, why use a power amp and a cabinet with this setup? Can’t you directly send the output from the interface to the mixer/console and then out to PA and stage speakers? What harm will that do?
Hey Aditya! Thank you very much for the compliment.
Yes you can send the output directly to the mixer, in my experience the sound was very low with band practice! Furthermore on stage could be helpful to hear your sound (in case you don't have a monitor/the sound engineer is sleeping ahah) that could be hard to do without a cab on stage. To conclude I think that the cone of the cabinet is the last part of your signal chain and it's (in my opinion) very important to obtain a more ""realistic"" and better sound in general.
Even though neural dsp have really good plugins that can be used without cab and it's right what you're saying, for my experience (for metal music/with a band) the volume was too low.
Cheers!
@@robinbressani Thanks for the clarification. I understand completely. In my situation we only have 1 guitar player and the music is kraut/space/psychedelic rock. Hopefully it works without the need of an external power amp and cabinet. Will try both cases. Wonderful video and thanks again!
@@adityabali1939 You're welcome :) Yes you should try! There are also cheaper solution than seymour duncan that you can find.
@@robinbressani i was wondering the same thing. Pls let us know the difference
@@tusharkakshapati7610 Hi, my answer is still the same, I play metal and the volume wasn't enough to practice. With the powerstage you eliminate every "maybe" and in every occasion you know your sound will be heard. That to me is really important over anything else
can I setup the midi controller to control looping features?
I guess 🤔 I would search something about that on youtube, not really the topic here 🤌
A stupid question may be but why do we need power amp?
Answer in the description!
i have Archetype Petrucci, I followed your steps, but whey i get to select midi device, all grey, not showing midi device
Hi sorry if it seems a silly question, your audio interface have input and output midi? Or do you connect the midi controller through usb?
Whats the power amp for? Ive used the audio interface directly to speakers and amps and it works fine
Hi, I paste a previous answer to a similar question:
Hey! Thank you! It' depends, For metal I really needed the extra power to be able to rehearsal with my band, and I think the last part of the signal chain, the cone, it's a essential part of the sound of the guitar and I prefer to have it real. if you dont need a lot of volume or dont care about glorius feedbacks on stage it works also without power amp and you can go straight into the mixer. if you don't need it to play live you can also skip the mix table (obviusly ahah)
🤟🏻 🌟 🤟
Sup dude! amazing video,
is it necessary to use an interface? It is not possible to extract the audio itself from the midi controller from the two outputs it has towards the power amp? put the guitar in the input signal of the midi controller and in the computer use the tone shifter driver? will it cause latency?
Thank you! Hemm I don't know! The mp-100 doesn't have an input. I guess that if you can use your controller as audio interface it should work but for the latency problem..well I dont know the driver you're talkin about, if you try this way let me know!
Hey
Great video, it helped me as a newbie with foot controller
everytime i try to change from CC to PC it goes back to what it was once i go on line down, for whatever the reason is.
how did you save it?
Hi thanks! Do you have this problem with the MP100? It's weird I don't have to save it, I just change it and turn off the pedalboard and on again, are you sure you are recalling the right "cus" (customization 1 or 2) ? Cause when you turn it on again you have to keep pressed down the right button. Let me know if you have any updates I will try to see where the problem is!
Yup mp100 i use CUS2
I guess there's à driver issue. The pedal board froze several times.
When i'm in set mode un navigate to let's say key2, change cc to pc and if i go one line up or down it sets back to cc
Same problem if i just turn it down
But don't worry i'm getting used to the pedalboard and I found my own solution
And i'm going to set one guitar to 1-4
Another guitar to 5-9 etc etc
Since all pickups are a but different..
i think what worked for me (currently trying this now but i felt i had to respond to this), it says in the user manual "There are some conflicts occurring in certain circumstance. Such as set 4 tones for a group, button from 1 to 4 will be
unavailable for PC instruction mode. Set 5 tones for a group, button 1 to 3 will be unavailable for PC instruction mode.
Imposed setting will not work. (Please follow the setup order that begins from #2 Bank Move to the end)"
so just set "bank move to 10x" and the CC to PC command setting will stay if youre trying to use 1-4
Can I use it without midi output, directly plugging to my mac?
Yes!
Hi, for this when I connect directly to mac, there's no option for me to select any midi input device. Would appreciate help on this as I my interface does not have a midi input!@@robinbressani
@@hanndmn9651 hm that's weird I read about other comments telling me it works but never tried myself, have you tried changing usb cable?
Hi! The MP100 works ONLY with the standalone Neural DSP versions?
Hi, it works with every plugin that enables midi in-out. If you want to use it in the daw the process is different
If that's what you need this guy explain how very well: czcams.com/video/6Yz_kuDcq0I/video.html
@@robinbressani oh, didn`t know that... Is there any place where I can find a tutorial? Thank you!
@@robinbressani thank you!
No prob ;)
Really useful video Robin! I have a question: I got a lot of difficulties in mapping Program Change in Ableton Live with the same gears (Neural Dsp plugins and same Midi Commander), in the sense that CC are working while PC not. Did you ever triy to use Midi and Neural Plugins in a Daw? Many thanks in advance
Hi thanks! I don't really know how to help you with this problem, I'll try and see what happen with logic..You could try and set 2 buttons with CC with scrolling up and down, so you can at least scroll the presets.
I guess this is why you buy a cortex?
@@mikehunt576 Not everybody has 2000$ laying around
@@robinbressani 5 finga discount at namm works, or order it with mama’s credit card..regardless..neural dsp never updated it as promised for years correct?
@@mikehunt576 yup unfortunately, still no hub for the plugins too..its soo requested..
Does this footswitch require the midi cable or can i do everything the same using the usb?
Hey, you can do the same with usb! But I wouldnt use it live, I think it'easy for the cable to come out of the slot
Hi I’m try to use pod hd 500 xfocusrite and petrucci vst
Hello and thank you for the tutorial! I have a problem on the other hand, I use the same configuration, Mp-100 and Neural Gojira, but when changing presets after a few moments the MP-100 puts it in "PWR" mode and then it's locked ! No button works anymore, I don't understand
Hi! I really can't find anything about the PWR mode, I found PWR mode only with the MP-500 and it's something about the usb micro connession. It never happened to me, could be just a problem o batteries maybe?
@@robinbressani thanks i found it! the usb cable was plugged into my PC and it ended up blocking the pedal, I plugged it directly into the mains, the problem is solved: D
@@mickaeldupuis7321 awesome :)
Ciao Robin, ho un problemino, Uso Neural DSP standalone con una pedaliera midi identica alla tua, settata uguale , e va di brutto, ma quando lo uso come plugin su Logic non riesco a farla funzionare...puoi aiutarmi?
Ciao scusami non mi arrivano più le notifiche dei messaggi, sei riuscito a farlo funzionare? Il problema sussite su una singola traccia o su più di una? Perché switchare preset su più traccie diventa un attimo più complessa come cosa
@@robinbressani Ciao. In sostanza se uso ad esempio in Plugin Neural Dsp ( ne ho vari ) e voglio registrare con un solo take un brano che ha una parte distorta e una parte pulita, senza fermarmi, non riesco a farlo, non riesco a settare logic per rispondere ai segnali della pedaliera ( che funziona invece benissimo in versione stand alone )
Devi creare una traccia software instrument e cercare nel midi il plugin che vuoi usare, czcams.com/video/6Yz_kuDcq0I/video.html questo signore lo spiega in maniera molto semplice
@@robinbressani Grazie, sei molto gentile.Sono un pò in anticipo, ma ti Auguro Buone Feste.
@@Davefranzin Figurati, anche a te!
thanks man
You're welcome! Happy to help
Thank you very much! It helped me a lot, but I have a question, is it normal the delay when changing presets with the controller? I use the Midi Commander, and a Behringer umc22 interface, all connected via USB, I don't know if that influences the problem.
Hey! Thank you I'm happy it helped! There is like 1 sec of silence when you switch from one preset to the other and I really don't know how to get rid of that..
Thank you so much you really helped me. As others said i too have the meloaudio model which is basically the same. Everything worked fine tho i have one question regarding the CC# commands in the 4 switches above.
I did it like you and have the 4 presets below and the 4 effects above. I can turn them on and off but they will always just turn on in the default settings. But lets say for example i want my delay on with a certain tone and timing... how can i do that? like i said it will only ever turn on the default mode and then i have to do the resst on my laptop which kind of defeats the purpose of this foot switch.
Hi! Thank you! I don't think that's possible...It would be necessay a section with "delay preset" and it does not exsist...I tried a solution with "midi learn" but yeah as you said it keeps going back to the last status. I think the best solution is making every preset with the delay you like, if you want to change the delay mid song the only thing that I cant think is to use one button to have a delay tap tempo
@@robinbressani thank you for the quick answer! Okay i guess ill have to save 8 presets some with and others without effects
This is a helpful video. And I love the tones. But the silence that occurs when switching patches is annoying and impractical. NeuralDSP support says it’s normal. Disappointing.
Yup, I also have an eleven rack that switches midi with a logic project, the silence between one tone and the other seems impossible to remove. When you play with a band it's impossible to notice, but yea, not perfect
I get quite a bit of latency when switching with the midi footswitch. None just playing regularly though. Any idea how i can fix this? Get's quite frustrating trying to play along to songs and I'm waiting to switch to the clean channel for instance.
Midi has this problem, also with the eleven rack I have this problem and I don't think there's a solution
@@robinbressani That sucks :( thank you for the reply 👍
The only downside the footcontroller has is when you change a preset on buttons A-D, the selected buttons 1-4 loose there selection.
Yup thats how CC absolute works, its not a problem that concern the footcontroller :) right now I switched all the buttons to have only program change and be able to have 8 different preset (I dont even think I need 8 different preset actually ahah)
That is a good idea !
Have you played live with this setup ?
@@henkhenk4357 yes I use this setup with the project Age Of The Sun and now I did some new "Brian May" presets for a musical, it works fine! If it wasn't for that one sec from switching to a preset to the other (and this happens with all midi even automation) this would be just perfect!
@@robinbressani hi! That's also what i tried , but when i want to change key 1 - 4 to PC# it automaticaly changes back to CC#... Key A - D are changeable to CC# weirdly enough. but i want 8 PC# keys haha. Any advice? Rest works fine!
can i use return send from cabinet instead of using power amp?
Sorry I don't think I get what you're askin, you want to use only the fx section of the plugins?
@@robinbressani yes.. because i dont have seymour duncan power amp,.
@@silentreader8426 yes but I dont understand the return send, you could use simply the virtual cabinet at this point, the power amp it's a step to have more volume and the real cabinet. If you're talking about the INPUT of the cabinet, yes you can try. With 2 cones of Marshall and playing metal the volume at MAX (MAX plugin and MAX Audio Interface) wasnt enough to hear myself at reharsal. I heard that for other people thats enough volume for their genre
Tl;dr: try! If the volume isn't enough buy a power stage (there are cheaper ones)
@@robinbressani thanks for your explanation, i got the point !
I just got this same midi commander and I'm having issues making it work as shown in your video. The only difference I can see is that I'm using a THR10ii amp as my auto interface and when I have the midi commander on in cus2 setup, it does no appear in the audio settings in order to enable it. If I turn it on normally, it does show up to be enabled. Ignoring that one detail I'm able to set up key assignments just like the video but when i restart the midi device and enable it, they do not function.
I can only assume it's because it's not enable in the auto settings from step one, but I cant? if the midi commander is in set up mode the only thing shown in midi input devices is the yamaha thr10 itself
EDIT: moments after making this post it starting working. I don't even know what I did different this time but it's all good. Thanks for such a clear video on how to do this!
Yeah good job! :D
Hey! I'm trying to use this live but I want to change presets with mapping them to certain notes on my MIDI - Keyboard. (i have an Apollo Twin which doesn't have a MIDI I/O). is there any way to do this? Struggling a bit here?
Hey! So you want to change presets with an usb keyboard?
@@robinbressani exactly yeah! The MIDI mapping only gives me PC values but not actual notes! Thank you for your quick reply!
@@robinbressani I‘d like to use the standalone version of the plugin btw
@@robinbressani yeah so I managed to solve this and it‘s of course way simpler than I thought haha. If you are on a certain preset you can just enable MIDI learn and then map it to any key you like. Thanks man! :)
@@matthewthecooke happy to hear that! Yeah it's easy with midi learn ;) just noticed there is also "note value" that you could possibly use
welp, all was good until 1:14 lol 2i2 doesnt have midi input rip
Dont worry you can use the usb cable of the controller!
@@robinbressani hey thanks :) yeah i kept on watching haha
i downsized to an interface without a midi in/out. smh.
Don't worry you can use a usb cable to the computer and It works just fine! I just think it's easier for an usb cable to disconnect on a stage, so midi it's more reliable for that
Ah NURAL DSP JUST MADE ALOT OF PEOPLE SELL THERE AMPS an I’ll never buy another one now ! Wow