@Pearlgiver You seem to have a wealth of information and hope you have an answer to this
I am using the MC6 pro attempting to adjust the DD-200’s time via midi clock. I am having 2 issues.
When I set a certain time on the DD-200 via a preset and then recall that preset through the MC6 pro, it won’t keep the DD-200’s already set in place time. (i.e. if preset 5 is 120, it won’t default to that). This is WITHOUT even pressing anything that has a clock.
When I attempt to use Morningstar Engineering’s midi clock to change the DD-200’s time, it won’t switch at all or at times it will just default to a time of 12.
I am at a lose. I have checked to confirm everything is set to midi capability (only via the IN port) on the DD-200 and that the MC6 pro has MIDI persist and ignoring any other commands. If you have any potential troubleshooting, please send it over! Thank you
Thank you for your reply. I can confirm both settings are set to what you had mentioned.
I am starting to think it’s more an an issue with the midi clock on the MC6 pro. When I try to use the midi clock and manually alter the BPM, it does not switch at all from the blinking/red text. The only thing that seems to work is loading in BPM’s, but with so many songs, that not realistic or enough slots to save BPM’s for each slot.
You got it!
For some reference. If I do standard “Tap Tempo” on the MC6 pro to the DD-200, it works flawlessly. The weird that not working is when I set it up as below with just a “press”. The BPM (in black) on the MC6 pro will briefly blink red but not change a single thing. No changes will be made on the dd-200 and it will only preview whatever the last BPM was no matte what preset I select on the DD-200.
I’m relatively new to MIDI control and have just bought the MC6. So far so good, this thing is awesome.
My board, among other things has a BeatBudy and a Boss IR-200. I’ve managed to program the MC6 to trigger a particular “song” in the BeatBuddy, as well as program a patch change on the IR-200 to the desired memory setting.
That was my initial task for performing and so far, it’s working great.
Where I start to struggle is trying to set up a bank on the MC6 to provide deeper control of the IR-200 (i.e. drive up/down, level up/dn, etc.).
Morningstar - are you able to add the IR-200 to the midi dictionary. And if anyone else has had success with the IR-200 specifically, I’d love to hear it.
there is no point in adding the IR 200 to the dictionary, because the CCs to control the device have to be programmed by yourself.
It’s possible to assign a CC to every knob and switch on the IR, including CTL1 and CTL2. If you send the specified CC you are able to control whatever this knob or switch would do.
There is a list of possible assignes in the manual.
sure all the MIDI is customisable, but they still come with default values.
honestly, would still be valuable to have these boss 200/500 series in the MIDI dictionary… having just setup a bunch of them after being used to the workflow with the dictionary for a dozen or so other pedals, it was like a time machine to a much more annoying past…
just add an asterisk for these pedals, and whichever other boss series share this MIDI customisability…
Hi, everyone. I recently got an MC6 Pro and I think I’ve got the basics figured out in terms of sending PC/CC messages to my DD-200 and RV-200.
I’m now trying to do something a bit more complicated, and I think my logic is sound, but I can’t seem to get it to work.
Here’s the setup:
Bank 1 / Page 1 / Preset B – I’ve got a Message Scroll that lets me cycle through various delay presets (in my case PC 5-10) on the Release action. Once it hits PC 10, it goes back to PC 5, and so on. I’ve also got a Toggle Long Press with two CC messages to turn the pedal on and off. The preset also starts the MIDI clock. This all works great.
Bank 1 / Page 2 / Preset L – I have a dual delay preset saved up on PC 11. It’s not one I use regularly but still want to have it available at a moment’s notice. I have it set up so that it recalls PC 11, and then when I Press it again, it performs a Bank Jump back to Page 1. It also performs a Release action on Preset B, in order to go back to the previous preset.
I would like to program it so that it engages the PREVIOUSLY engaged PC# on my original preset. For example:
Playing on Preset 5
Engage Preset 11
DIS-engage Preset 11 AND engage Preset 5 again
My only issue is that when I disengage Preset L and re-engage Preset B, it scrolls to the NEXT PC number (in this case, Preset 6), and I’d have to tap the B button five times to get back to what I was playing before.
Anyone smarter than me able to help troubleshoot this? I’ve attached screenshots of my Preset B and L.
If you use a scroll counter instead of message scroll it would be possible to trigger a ‘send only’ message that sends a pc based on the current position of the counter. Scroll counters are global and persistent across banks. You could scroll through your presets using the counter, send the pc 11 (not using the counter) and recall the last counter position you’ve been on.
The scroll counter is a feature of the MC. You’ll find the scroll counters in the controller settings, where you can set lower and upper limits. Counters just store a value between 0 and 127. They can be used either to send a pc# with the current value or to send a cc# with the current value.
There is a dedicated message type to control the counter by your presets. Which pc# or cc# is send is specified by the presets, hence it is possible to send the same pc# and/or different cc# numbers with the same value to multiple devices. This simplyfies keeping them in sync.
There are multiple options to operate a counter. You can scroll through presets without sending the pc or cc or increment/decrement the values while sending the value each time or just send the value based on the current counter position. The last used position is stored and can be recalled any time unless you power down the MC.
