MidiPedalboards

FYI: This marks the end of maintaining midipedalboards.com as our primary website. Don’t worry though we’re not going anywhere. We’re just relaunching our business to a new URL The Pedalboard Store that is less of a “blog” and more aligned to a proper business eCommerce website. We’re live there now but still adding inventory over the next couple of weeks. Come check us out!   The Grand Prize…

This is our last reminder and update for the End of Spring 2021 Giveaway before we  announce the drawing and winners of the MIDI controlled G-Lab Uproar Fuzz pedal and the runner up gift card. There’s no purchase necessary and no obligation. We’ll even foot the shipping to anywhere in the world we’re allowed to ship to. Just register on the website and you’re entered. See our End of Spring 2021…

End of Spring 2021 Giveaway Reminder

End of Spring 2021 Giveaway Reminder   Giveaway ends June 19th, 2021 at 1159 EDT (GMT -4). We’ll announce the winner shortly after so if you’ve not yet registered on the website please do so. There’s no obligation.  The complete details and rules are here: End of Spring 2021 Giveaway Cheers!    

Strymon Conduit Midi Hub

Strymon Conduit Midi Hub Strymon has released the Conduit Midi Hub. This release came rather quietly and as a surprise to those of us who utilize the small form factor TRS midi capable Strymon pedals such as the Iridium, Riverside, Sunset, and Compadre. The real selling point is bidirectional midi. This could be done prior to the Conduit’s release … but with a serious drawback. Noise! Prior to…

Engineering and Product Development for Businesses Serving Musicians

Engineering and Product Development for Businesses Serving Musicians Preface: This is an opinion piece. It doesn’t have pretty graphics and probably won’t be a popular post. I don’t write many of these but due to my participation in several discussions and groups recently I thought I might share some insights. My target audience for this opinion piece is primarily businesses, developers, and…

Boss GT-1000 The GT-1000 is the flagship multi-effects processor from Boss. This multi-effect unit is the smallest of the big floorboard style modelers on the market today. It doesn’t have the sexy marketing that it’s competitors have but what it lacks in market presence it makes up with premium features that it’s competition doesn’t have or  didn’t get until very recently … including it’s price.…

End of Spring 2021 Giveaway

End of Spring 2021 Giveaway Reminder   Just a heads up. The close of our End of Spring 2021 Giveaway  is fast approaching. Be sure to click the link and read the giveaway rules. You don’t need to buy anything. We don’t give, sell, or trade your info. This is just our way of generating awareness and increasing interest in pedalboard stuff. Signups for the giveaway have been moderate so like,…

Morningstar MC6 MK II

Morningstar MC6 MK II I’ll make this overview short and sweet. The Morningstar MC6 MK II is a 6 button, full featured Midi Controller that integrates into any pedalboard with relative ease. The MC6 is a fully programmable midi controller, capable of sending up to 16 different MIDI messages per switch. MIDI messages can be sent simultaneously, or triggered separately by performing…

Strymon compadre     In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Strymon Compadre Dual Voiced Compressor. Strymon is well known for their high quality innovative pedal solutions. Built like a tank with no expense spared all of Strymon’s pedal offerings are generally considered among the best. This article isn’t meant…

Strymon Sunset     In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Strymon Sunset Dual Overdrive Pedal. Strymon is well known for their high quality innovative pedal solutions. Built like a tank with no expense spared all of Strymon’s pedal offerings are generally considered among the best. This article isn’t meant to be…

Strymon Riverside     In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Strymon Riverside Multistage Drive. Strymon is well known for their high quality innovative pedal solutions. Built like a tank with no expense spared all of Strymon’s pedal offerings are generally considered among the best. This article isn’t meant to…

Source Audio Ultrawave   In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Source Audio Ultrawave Multiband Processor pedal. This article isn’t meant to be a review or product announcement. Instead it is intended to inform guitarists of what MIDI controllable effect pedals are out there to check into. MIDIPedalboards is not…

Wampler Terraform   In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Wampler Terraform modulation pedal from Brian Wampler of Wampler Pedals, Inc. Wampler, based in Martinsville, IN (a short 72 mile drive from our location in Sullivan, IN) is well known for his pedal offerings, Bravado amplifier, and a bunch of YouTube…

Strymon mobius Multidimentional Modulation     In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Strymon Mobius. Strymon is well known for their high quality innovative pedal solutions. Built like a tank with no expense spared all of Strymon’s pedal offerings are generally considered among the best. This article isn’t meant…

Strymon BigSky Multidimentional reverberator   In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Strymon BigSky. Strymon is well known for their high quality innovative pedal solutions. Built like a tank with no expense spared all of Strymon’s pedal offerings are generally considered among the best. This article isn’t meant…

Strymon timeline Multidimensional DeLay   In our ongoing series of articles highlighting the various MIDI capable guitar effect pedals available to guitarists is the Strymon Timeline. Strymon is well known for their high quality innovative pedal solutions. Built like a tank with no expense spared all of Strymon’s pedal offerings are generally considered among the best. This article isn’t meant to…

Widi and Power      One Control shouldn’t be an unfamiliar name for those of us who utilize MIDI. Their “MIDI Hammer” MIDI cables are very popular among MIDI pedalboard users due to the low profile and ability to change the cable orientation. This article isn’t about their MIDI cables though. It’s not even about a MIDI controllable effect pedal.   To confuse you a little more let’s first talk…