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Introduction
The Pedal Box was built to be a very basic extension to a floorboard. Giving it an extra 8 Expression
Pedals, and a display to see patch change / CC names, as well as their values. It has grown far beyond
it's original intention.
Pedal Box
Is an expression pedal controller to expand an existing floorboard.
In addition to adding up to 8 expression pedals, up to 8 relays can be triggered and the LCD display
reflects the actions of your existing floorboard as well.
Pedal Board
MIDIbox - http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/
Expanding into Pedal Board - you
can build a complete MIOS Powered
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- Page 1 Introduction The Pedal Box was built to be a very basic extension to a floorboard. Giving it an extra 8 Expression Pedals, and a display to see patch change / CC names, as well as their values. It has grown far beyond it's original intention.
- Page 2 Each button or pedal can be assigned to a specific device, up to 7 devices can be controlled over 7 midi channels. Pedal Box / Pedal Board features an extensive display system; Program changes can be named, controls can be named, and can also display on/off, a meter showing approximate position for pedals.
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Page 3: What's The Difference
Settings configurable from box. (this is a very slow process but can you help you out in pinch, it's far quicker to use the PC Editor). What's The Difference? Basically Pedal Box is a MIDI Monitor / Processor. Pedal Board is a… well… floorboard. PbX PbD Display MIDI Input... -
Page 4: Setup Examples
Last update: 2014/01/19 10:10 pedal_box http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pedal_box Here are some examples of what is displayed on the LCD. Program changes Controllers Controllers Controllers Controllers On/Off controls Tap Tempo Display Setup Examples Pedal Box http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/ Printed on 2020/10/14 01:02... - Page 5 Up to 8 Expression pedals and 8 relays can be used. Your floorboard provides the buttons. Extreme Pedal Box) can taken to the extreme. Controlling up to 7 MIDI devices. Utilising Rig Control it can set them all to your desired settings with a single stomp.
- Page 6 Help can be found in the Pedal Box forum thread Building Pedal Box / Pedal Board Software Pedal Box / Pedal Board has been written in C for PIC18F4620. The legacy version for the PIC18F452 is no longer available. Current Limitations No Sysex Support Installing Firstly your PIC must be setup with bootloader and MIOS 1.9 or higher.
- Page 7 Device Bankstick data. Uploading Pedal Box / Pedal Board Now we are ready to upload Pedal Box. Browse to your Pedal Box directory and open the pbx_config.h file. You need to customise the application here. Comments inside in main.h will tell you what each setting does.
- Page 8 Relays are located on Shift Register 4 (pin 32), and it's led indicators are on SR 5 (pin 40) /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Configuration Parameters /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /* General Settings */ #define PEDALBOARD // 1 = Pedal Board mode 0 = Pedal Box mode #define ENABLE_MIDI_IN // 1 = yes 0 = no #define MIDI_MERGER...
- Page 9 // 2nd digit will be on the next SR //////////////////////////////////// // IF NO LED DIGITS ARE CONNECTED // // A 2x20 LCD DISPLAY CAN BE USED // // WITH THE BANK DISPLAYED ON THE // // LAST 4 CHARACTERS //////////////////////////////////// MIDIbox - http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/...
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Page 10: Known Bugs
Last update: 2014/01/19 10:10 pedal_box http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pedal_box Download Application For PIC18F4620 Pedal Box / Pedal Board v2.6beta1 Device Bankstick Downloads Behringer V-Amp Series PC Editor Pedal Board Editor 2 v1.0 Please note the editor requires a minimum of WinXP with .Net 3.5... - Page 11 Probably some other stuff - I just can't remember :) 2.5beta2 Pedal Box Programming now enabled… oops Bug with LCD returning to show wrong current program after AIN fixed LCD will suspend for a short period after sending a program change 2.5beta1...
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Page 12: Minimum Setup
Last update: 2014/01/19 10:10 pedal_box http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pedal_box Minimum Setup 1 x Core Module (PIC18F4620) 1 x 16×2 LCD Display 2 x 24LC256 Bankstick 1 x CV Pedal / Expression Pedal (or pot) A MIDI Floorboard / HUI (PbX) OR 1xDINX1 Module and 4 buttons (PbD)- Required for editing... -
Page 13: Indicator Leds
2 seven segment LED digits can be connected to a DOUT module for bank display. Pedal BoX does not use a LED matrix, each digit requires it's own shift register Connect digits to the shift registers after LEDs, so if you only use 4 leds, still start at SR2 (or pin 8) - Page 14 Last update: 2014/01/19 10:10 pedal_box http://www.midibox.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=pedal_box 0, 1 or 2 digits can be used (defined in pbx_config.h). If no digits are used, the current bank is displayed on the LCD (requires a 2×20 display) The shift register of the 1st digit (the one's display) must be defined in pbx_config.h The second digit (ten's) will be automatically assigned to the next shift register.
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Page 15: Connection Overview
SR 5. With bank and PedalSwap footswitches and LED's attched to SR 4 Pedal Board Test Bench Where to get Pedal Board parts I only built Pedal Box, so I use the Behringer FCV100 Foot Pedal in CV mode. But here's some links that came up on the forum. Banzai Effects... - Page 16 Allow control of Midi devices without using banksticks. So default numbers only setup is possible Add MIDI filter Add IIC Midi module so feedback can be recieved from the device (if running in pedal box mode with separate floorboard) Probably a lot more. I expect this will be an ongoing project...
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