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LAYOUT: Boss Katana F/w 2.04 Primova MIDX-20 Preset Version - MIDI Designer Q&A

Rating: BronzeLAYOUT: Boss Katana F/w 2.04 Primova MIDX-20 Preset Version
by gurbz

+2 votes
Rating: Bronze
Bronze
MIDI Target Manufacturer(s): Roland
Hi all,

This is my first midi designer controller for the Boss katana amps firmware 2.04.

IMPORTANT: YOU WILL NEED A PRIMOVA MIDX-20 DUAL USB HOST FOR THIS LAYOUT TO ACCESS THE INTERNAL FUNCTIONS OF THE AMP. IT IS DESIGNED FOR FIRMWARE 2.04

http://www.primovasound.com/midx_20_page2.html

You will also need a IOS device, a IOS midi interface and of course Midi designer pro 2.

This is the preset version with a focus on creating presets for the amp. Because of buffer size of the midx-20 a preset wilt take a few seconds to load.

Besides that many parameters become instantly controllable.

Explanation: left is the master page with master presets, press store to save 1-32 presets. Right is each sub preset page and contains a section of the amp.

The master preset controls the sub presets, each section (amp, mod, eq, fx, delay, delay2, reverb) contains 12 subpresets.

Instruction: create subpresets on the right page/section, for example a clean fender amp sound or distorted Marshall, and combine these with delay or modulation sub presets. Store the results on the left page in an master preset. On the misc page you can access other settings.

This layout will function as a mother of other layouts, in time this layout will get updated and more versions for other usb-midi host will be created.

Drop me a note if you have comments, a great idea, improvements, smart designs, etc.

Special thanks to: midi designer pro 2 team, JKHiser for great advice, Primovasound.com for a excellent product & support, 'sixeight' on V-Guitar forum and everyone who I didn't mention. You guys rock!

Cheers,

Gurbz
Downloads: 2205
2018-12-05-building Katana4.0.mididesigner
Downloads: 2205
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in Community Shares by gurbz (2.5k points)
edited by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
Thanks for uploading here Gurbz.  I know you have put a lot of work into this layout, great job!
by mitch-admin (350 points)
Clean, nice, awesome! Thanks for sharing and happy New Year!
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
Making plans to start the sysex version
by gurbz (2.5k points)
Hi, I'm planning a non primova version. What does this mean? The primova midx-20 contains a MidiBridge which translates sysex messages to CC messages. Primova did an awesome job in compacting a lot of data but maybe the MidiBridge and buffers of the midx-20 limit the response(time) of the boss katana so I'm planning a sysex version.

This will be a different ballgame in the sense that the controllers of the layout will multiply 10 times or more. How do I explain this: the modulation section for example contains a lot of effects like chorus, phaser, flanger, pitch shift, etc, etc. When using the Primova MidiBridge knobs (CC parameters) are being shared with other effects so for example knob 2 of the mod section is the rate knob for chorus, phaser, etc. (Again, very cleverly done.) When not using the MidiBridge, and creating a sysexversion to improve performance issues, all this sysexdata will have to be processed in the layout . So instead of one knob for 22 effects there will be 22 knobs with 22 different sysex messages.

Questions for midi designer team: what do you recommend? Different layouts with different effects? Is it possible to contain all this data in one layout? Only the mod section alone has 35 effects with an average of 6 sysex commands for each effect.
by gurbz (2.5k points)
This might be a great use case for StreamByter. Have you checked it out at all?

Thanks!
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
No stranger to streambyter but did not think of it in this context.
Thx, I’ll contact Nic and will study the forum!
by gurbz (2.5k points)
You're aware that we've integrated Nic's SB inside MD, I assume? I'm thinking that it would be a great way to to assign multiple messages to a control. The only way you can do it in MD is via multiple subcontrols, which is cumbersome and weird with the quantities you're talking about.
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
+ 100 downloads!
Vote 4 me guyz!
by gurbz (2.5k points)
Failure to upvote is a common theme on Stackoverflow and here. To compensate, we've thrown you some points, and you've bumped up from 29th to 17th on the scoreboards. We're seeing this layout mentioned on the Interwebs all the time: congrats!!!
by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
Thanks Team Mididesigner Pro 2 for a great product and great service.
Truth is: I would have created this anyway but this is stimulating!

Thx!

Gurbz
by gurbz (2.5k points)
210 downloads. What to say?
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HELL YEAH!!
by gurbz (2.5k points)
But can you also save presets on the Boss Katana? Or just on the Midi Designer app
by mariotripo (100 points)
It’s a time ago I created this one. In hindsight it is best to store the presets with the Katana preset button (hardware) procedure and use the layouts to access the inner parameters fast with the layout, wired or with wireless midi.
by gurbz (2.5k points)
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