Midi control for zoom ms60b+

[la bam]

Hi, does anyone have any experience of using a midi foot controller with the newer zoom ms60b+. 

 

Is it just a case of connect the two? 

 

Will any midi foot controller work? 

 

Any help appreciated. 

[stewblack]

Yes. Exactly as per the older version. USB midi controller like a Disaster Area one 

[tauzero]

For further detail of the MIDI message content for the MS series (applies to + as well AFAIK): https://github.com/g200kg/zoom-ms-utility/blob/master/midimessage.md

[BigRedX]

MIDI over USB is not the same as traditional MIDI using DIN cables which is a peer-to-peer connection. 

 

USB over MIDI requires one of the devices to be the "host" This usually means a computer or a dedicated USB Host device. Unless either the Zoom or the MIDI foot controller are capable as acting as a host device you will need something between them to do the job. As usual Zoom don't tell you much about the USB MIDI capabilities of the MS60b+. Some of the Disaster Area pedals might work but the couple I had a look at don't appear to be host devices.

[tauzero]

The controlling device needs to be a host device. DIY one: 

 

 

The M-Vave Chocolate Plus can be used - connect the MS-60B+ to "Host" and a USB power supply to "USB" (if you don't, it won't work - the USB power supply will power the pedal though). Set to Program Change A, the four buttons select patch 1, 2, 3, and 4, if buttons 1 & 2 are pressed simultaneously it will advance the base patch by 4 so button 1 will then select patch 5, pressing 1 & 2 again will advance it by another 4. Pressing 3 & 4 decreases the patch base by 4. There's a setting "Max Group Count" that you can alter to be the point at which increasing the base patch sends it back to 1. The number shown in the display is the patch number minus 1 because that's how MIDI works.