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Got it, makes sense. I assume factory reset is in the app and not on the device itself...
That’s good to hear. Just 30 min on my wife’s laptop and I’d be good to go. I have been shopping around for used FBVs for months, sellers finally getting reasonable on the asking price.
Thank you @wim - although I'd been avoiding that thread because I knew it would take me down... strapping in
@puppychumful, sorry for hijacking your thread, all useful info I hope. It's been clogging up my brain for years, good to get it out. I would say on balance I'm now spending more time making music with controllers (foot and other) than tinkering around with them as I get closer to meeting my own needs / desires, always just one reconfigure away from the promised land...
@steve99 I'd be interested in getting the code. that controller looks great. The only downside is I'd have no idea what to do with code. What resources did you use to learn how to make it all happen?
I'm getting a bit of Arduino PTSD just thinking about it
It wasn't quick, here's some significant links. The Notes and Volts midi controller tutorial was a good intro to the coding (that's for a non bluetooth Arduino knobs and buttons controller). The Arduino itself isn't the cheapest, but I figured there'd be some expense in my education. As I said, the foot switch controller was really a bi-product of a desire to make knobs with kill switches for Turnado. CC on/off is at the easy end of things.
This Adafruit tutorial I tried, but I never got this particular board to work (bluefruit nRF52). A good place to dip in though for the design and build. If I went back to this I might have more joy. It seems you need to reflash the boards with new firmware via a bluetooth iOS app, which I didn't know at the time.
https://learn.adafruit.com/web-ble-midi/ble-midi-controller
This was the real winner and the only example I could find for the Adafruit 32u4 working as a bluetooth midi device. I used this code (linked under the Youtube video) and then modified it (with Arduino forum help) to add knobs and send CCs rather than notes. Buttons / foot switches alone are relatively straightforward. This guy is a legend as far as I'm concerned, though I would of had little idea of what I was doing if I hadn't been through the initial Arduino learning in the Notes and Volts project (to which I did later successfully add bluetooth using a Bluefruit SPI friend connected to the Arduino, though that also stretched my brain to its limit).
Ultimately there was a lot of trial and mercifully non destructive error. If you go forward let me know, I have all the source docs I found somewhere on my computer, I can sift the most useful with the benefit of hindsight. There's a couple of inspirational gurus on the Arduino midi controller front, but equally a lot of stuff (code) that doesn't seem to actually work. I often felt out on the perimeter trying to make it bluetooth. I expect the last 6 months may have seen developments, but I've not kept up. Good luck.
@steve99 Thanks for those links. I'll have a look and see how brave i am... Actually I wouldn't mind about it not being bluetooth, so that might simplify it a bit.
Sticking it in a guitar looks like a fun idea.