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MettleRamiel
Jun 29, 2005
I also posted i the VST thread, but this might be the better thread.

I'm looking to automate my guitar player's effects for our live shows but I'm a little lost on how to do this, exactly.

I believe I have all the necessary equipment. I have Behringer V amp 2, a usb2midi and Reaper. I'm just confused about how to go about selecting the specified patch on the v amp with midi. Here is the manual https://www.manua.ls/behringer/v-amp-2/manual and under "midi implementation" there seems to be no patch selection, but it says in the manual that you can do this with a midi foot pedal, so I'm assuming I should be able to do this with Reaper?

I already use midi with Reaper to control our dmx lights, so I know how to use reaper to transmit midi, but I feel that's a bit simpler as I just have Reaper output to a virtual midi cable which is picked up by QLC+ and then send through a usb2dmx cable to my lights.

I'm just lost with how to do this with this pedal and I've never used a midi foot controller before either. Any help would be appreciated!

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MettleRamiel
Jun 29, 2005

Flipperwaldt posted:

The midi implementation table says the V Amp 2 can receive program change messages, which is is how you'd select a patch with a signal coming from or routed through your computer. You just need a midi track routed to the hardware midi output (the usb2midi thing) that connects to the V Amp midi in port. On that midi track you create a midi item. When you edit it, there should be a bottom lane where note velocity normally is, but it has a dropdown that you can change to program. There you can create an event with value 0-124 that when sent to the V Amp should select one of the (first 125?) presets.

Sometimes program changes are more complicated, requiring a bank select message first, but these (CC0) don't show up in the midi implementation table, so I suspect the above should be good.

I could not find a video or other tutorial that was no nonsense and to the point.

When the manual mentions a pedal, I believe it means a pedal directly connected to the V Amp. But it doesn't explain anything on how to actually set this up.

Oh, ok! I think I get it now! I watched a few generic tutorials on how to do this, but no one explained how you can edit the midi event quote like you did and now it's all clicking together! I probably watched all the tutorials you looked for and I think they mentioned what you said but not in such a clear way.

Thanks so much for your help!

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