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Discussion in 'Testimonials & Suggestions' started by Alfred, Aug 27, 2018.

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1. Aug 27, 2018 #1

   Alfred New Member

   Hi, thanks again for such a Wonderfull program! Here is my suggestion: Can you give Tonelib a virtual midi in and out port so we can send and recieve program change and expression from our daws?

   Chinmoku, James Edinger, alexthebassist and 1 other person like this.
2. Aug 27, 2018 #2

   Tonelib Administrator

   Alfred said: ↑

   Hi, thanks again for such a Wonderfull program! Here is my suggestion: Can you give Tonelib a virtual midi in and out port so we can send and recieve program change and expression from our daws?Click to expand...

   Good idea, added to todo list. Thank you!

3. Sep 2, 2018 #3

   Jorzef New Member

   That would be awesome if you could do it!

   James Edinger likes this.
4. Sep 7, 2018 #4

   dave_t New Member

   Love the Tonelib software! Adds so much utility to the hardware! I've been able to get my DAW to recognize the G1xon as a MIDI device, just by plugging it into my laptop's USB port. It shows up as "Zoom series" or something like that in my DAW's list of MIDI devices. I'm using Reaper on Windows 10. The most I was able to do was to send program change messages, which change the patches on the pedal. While researching further, I installed a couple of standalone freeware utilities that monitor and send MIDI messages (including sysex). Again, I was able to send program changes, but I don't know how to get the pedal to receive or send sysex data. I found a couple of web resources that talk about other Zoom products' use of sysex e.g.: https://www.zoom-na.com/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/E_9150.pdf https://github.com/g200kg/zoom-ms-utility/blob/master/midimessage.md But in terms of generating and manupulating sysex data, I'm way over my head. I assume that the developer of Tonelib has figured it out in order to update the pedal from turning the knobs in the Tonelib software. And the developer of ZoomLib has figured it out and developed hardware ("ZPI", avaiable for purchase) for footswitch and pedal control of G1xon parameters. It would be cool if Tonelib or some other software could link parameters to MIDI CC messages - you could then customize your own setup with a DAW, and generic footswitches or expression pedals. To be honest, I think what I'm looking for is that the developer of ZPI has figured out, but for free. Here's hoping. $0.02

5. Dec 24, 2018 #5

   Alex New Member

   any news on this ?

6. Dec 28, 2018 #6

   Andrey Seven New Member

   Hi There! It would be really great to be able to control the Zoom MS-70CDR via DAW. For example make Tonelib as a VST plugin. By the way, who knows whether it is possible to make tempo synchronization with DAW?

   James Edinger likes this.
7. Apr 16, 2019 #7

   alexthebassist Member

   Andrey Seven said: ↑

   By the way, who knows whether it is possible to make tempo synchronization with DAW?Click to expand...

   To some extent, yes. If you mean tempo dependent delay and modulation time adjustment, this can be achieved by calculating respective times in the software and then passing them to the pedal. This should be enough for delay, reverb and modulation.

8. Jun 15, 2019 #8

   Jorzef New Member

   Any news on this, thanks!

9. Jul 3, 2019 #9

   James Edinger New Member

   dave_t said: ↑

   Love the Tonelib software! Adds so much utility to the hardware! I've been able to get my DAW to recognize the G1xon as a MIDI device, just by plugging it into my laptop's USB port. It shows up as "Zoom series" or something like that in my DAW's list of MIDI devices. I'm using Reaper on Windows 10. The most I was able to do was to send program change messages, which change the patches on the pedal. While researching further, I installed a couple of standalone freeware utilities that monitor and send MIDI messages (including sysex). Again, I was able to send program changes, but I don't know how to get the pedal to receive or send sysex data. I found a couple of web resources that talk about other Zoom products' use of sysex e.g.: https://www.zoom-na.com/sites/default/files/products/downloads/pdfs/E_9150.pdf https://github.com/g200kg/zoom-ms-utility/blob/master/midimessage.md But in terms of generating and manupulating sysex data, I'm way over my head. I assume that the developer of Tonelib has figured it out in order to update the pedal from turning the knobs in the Tonelib software. And the developer of ZoomLib has figured it out and developed hardware ("ZPI", avaiable for purchase) for footswitch and pedal control of G1xon parameters. It would be cool if Tonelib or some other software could link parameters to MIDI CC messages - you could then customize your own setup with a DAW, and generic footswitches or expression pedals. To be honest, I think what I'm looking for is that the developer of ZPI has figured out, but for free. Here's hoping. $0.02Click to expand...

   Has anyone found a software solution to midi automation for Zoom-MS70-CDR?

10. Jul 3, 2019 #10

    alexthebassist Member

    I'm afraid it's still about to be made. However, this is totally possible.

    Chinmoku likes this.
11. Aug 2, 2019 #11

    Valerio1988 New Member

    any news here? Would be nice to control the parameters of each effect through knobs! Even just keyboard shortcuts would be nice!

12. Jun 15, 2021 #12

    rgptonelib New Member

    Any update with this? I would like to use an external controller (arturia beatstep) to control the knobs of the zoom tonelib

13. Oct 12, 2022 #13

    shooking_sybase New Member

    Here's sysex for an MS70 CDR. https://github.com/shooking/ZoomPedalFun/wiki/De-re-MS-70-CDR More pedals documented on the wiki. Some videos on YouTube showing how to use the sysex via a Raspberry Pi.

14. Jan 6, 2023 #14

    Ondra New Member

    Hi guys, I did some research not complete, but I hope it helps you somehow. these strings are relevant to G1 Four, other pedals has different ID (4th row of string I guess?), so you has to send Inquiry Sysex msg to your device to get it: global inquiry request: F0 7E 7F 06 01 F7 Zoom G1 Four response: F0 7E 00 06 02 52 6E 00 0C 00 32 2E 30 30 F7 sheet> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A6Klb15rmg-pwMM3DqBdw-L2Ew1dzK4_axu98vS6eyo/edit?usp=sharing src> https://github.com/mungewell/zoom-zt2

    Last edited: Jan 6, 2023
15. Jan 6, 2023 #15

    shooking_sybase New Member

    Hi @Ondra Have you seen my wiki? https://github.com/shooking/ZoomPedalFun/wiki/De-re-B1XFour If you find something new please ping me - otherwise all you discovered (and more) is documented above.

16. Aug 9, 2023 #16

    Ondra New Member

    shooking_sybase said: ↑

    Hi @Ondra Have you seen my wiki? https://github.com/shooking/ZoomPedalFun/wiki/De-re-B1XFour If you find something new please ping me - otherwise all you discovered (and more) is documented above.Click to expand...

    Hi, I don't understand why do you asking me like that, I had no chance to seen your wiki before you post it here Anw, I see similar list of SySex commands there, so no big difference for me..

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