Saving Presets on Chase Bliss Pedals

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cb77

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Question for the more advanced users:
Chase Bliss pedals allow for presets to be saved.

The only way I can see being able to save them is:
1. Navigate to the sucessor or predecessor PC I would like to save
2. Hold the pedal footswitches down
3. Hit the Device PC - / + so it saves to the preset location

Their Midi implementation also allows saving via CC 111 (where the CC value is the Preset you'd like to save)
So far, the only way I can see that being used would be to hardcode a specifc preset on a button i.e. CC 111 with value 10 to save preset 10.

Of course that's impractical if I'd like to have the freedom to choose the preset.

Another way I thought was using macros .. so each macro would be used to save to a specific preset i.e.:
macro 10 would have CC 111 value 10
macro 11 would have CC 111 value 11 and so on.

But I guess when it comes to call those macros on a button, I'd still face the same issue as I need to hardcode the action to a specific macro correct?
Or there's a way to first choose the macro and then run it?

thanks!
 
You're right that there isn't any really good way to use CC111 at this time.

What I do is add a hold function to one of my Device PC buttons that has this action: PC off:none on:Same. Also set the hold function to momentary. With that, you can hold that button to resend the current PC to the pedal, which avoids having to move to a different preset and then back again to store. It makes the process at least a bit easier.
 
Ah great idea!
I actually had a free button so I went ahead and did what you suggested but as a normal (momentary) IA button.
So now I have the Device PC - / + buttons on my top row to easily navigate through presets and a separate one below for saving.

Works like a charm!
Thanks again Ron!
 
I have the resend preset on 2nd press enabled. Makes sense to me as I often manually turn on and off loops/devices while jamming so being able to press the preset button again and it go back to normal works for my playing.

Because that resend preset is on for me, it's as simple as whatever preset I'm on I just hold both buttons on the CB pedal and press the preset button a second time on the RJM controller. Super easy.

Only other thing I found is it doesn't seem to like storing in preset 1 & 2 (or 0 & 1, I can't remember). Those are the 2 "front panel" presets on the CB pedal. So I just map RJM preset 1 = CB preset 121, RJM preset 2 = CB preset 122 (the two highest presets if my memory serves me right), then map RJM 3 = CB 3, RJM 4 = CB 4, etc and map normally like for like from preset 3 upwards.

I also make sure I have a way to send to the CB pedal alone somewhere on the RJM. This means if the CB pedal somehow forgets it's MIDI channel (or it's just new), I can send on only 1 midi channel so it can learn the channel to assign itself to.
 
It would be nice if you could just add the CC 111 to the PC Resend Button so we could save programs the with one button. Instead of having to hold down both buttons on the pedal then on the mastermind.
CC111 seems useless at this time.
 
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