Extending the functionality of my hack job is necessary. I mean, when was the last time you saw someone spend hours building something and just wanted to hit them when they stopped at just good enough? I have some parts on order from the good folks at Sparkfun Electronics for phantom power and panel mount USB hookup (w00t!) and also a little surprise that I will be adding in as soon as I figure out how to mount it.
I had a thought the other day. If I can control volume and wah with the expression pedals, what else can I control? According to the manual (page 17) I can control quite a few things with them (not all are useful though). Then it was just a matter for code and how to shift between modes of operation.
Here is my logic: if you step on two of the effects pedals at once, the program sends the expression pedals into a different mode depending on which two were pressed.
First off, there has to be a global array variable that can be changed depending on what mode is desired. I put “int expression_choice[] = {1,2};” at the top of the code. I arbitrarily assigned wah the value of one and volume the value of two. Array index 0 is on the left and index 1 is on the right for left and right pedals respectively.
Secondly, there has to be something in the loop() function to catch when the two buttons are pressed simultaneously. For this it is necessary to put it BEFORE the effects change buttons in the if statement within the loop(). Here's what I did in order to get Volume/Wah, Double Wah, Reverb/Volume and Delay/Volume.
void loop() {
//////////////////////
//Expression Options//
//////////////////////
if (digitalRead(23) == LOW && digitalRead(25) == LOW)//1 AND 2
{
expression_choice[0] = 1; //Wah
expression_choice[1] = 2; //Volume
}
else if (digitalRead(25) == LOW && digitalRead(29) == LOW)//2 AND 3
{
expression_choice[0] = 1; //Wah
expression_choice[1] = 1; //Double Wah!
}
else if (digitalRead(29) == LOW && digitalRead(27) == LOW)//3 AND 4
{
expression_choice[0] = 3; //Reverb
expression_choice[1] = 2; //Volume
}
else if (digitalRead(27) == LOW && digitalRead(33) == LOW)//4 AND 5
{
expression_choice[0] = 4; //Delay
expression_choice[1] = 2; //Volume
}
///////////
//EFFECTS//
///////////
//
//Lower Button Bank
//
//Button 1
else if(digitalRead(23) == LOW)....
Beyond that, I did a bit of a shakeup at the bottom of the code. Since the left and right pedals are no longer strictly wah and volume, I renamed the changeVolume and wahCharacter functions to reflect that. Also in those functions, I added some extra if logic so that based on what value expression_choice is it will reflect that by sending the proper Control Change codes for whatever mode I want. Here's the bottom of the code.
void rightPedal(byte channel, byte volume)
{
Serial.print(0xB0 | (channel & 0x0F), BYTE); //Control Change
if(expression_choice[1] == 2){
Serial.print(0x07, BYTE);//Volume CC number
}
else if(expression_choice[0] == 1)
{
Serial.print(0x1B, BYTE);//Wah character CC number
}
Serial.print(volume & 0x7F, BYTE);//Value (0-127)
}
void leftPedal(byte channel, byte wah)
{
Serial.print(0xB0 | (channel & 0x0F), BYTE);//Control Change
if(expression_choice[0] == 1)
{
Serial.print(0x1B, BYTE);//Wah character CC number
}
else if(expression_choice[0] == 3)
{
Serial.print(0x12, BYTE);//Reverb character CC number
}
else if(expression_choice[0] == 4)
{
Serial.print(0x32, BYTE);//Delay timing CC number
}
Serial.print(wah & 0x7F, BYTE);//Value (0-127)
}
void expression(int pin)
{
static int s_nLastPotValue = 0;
static int s_nLastMappedValue = 0;
int nCurrentPotValue = analogRead(pin);
if(abs(nCurrentPotValue - s_nLastPotValue) < pot_threshold) return;
s_nLastPotValue = nCurrentPotValue;
int nMappedValue = map(nCurrentPotValue, 0, 1023, 0, 127); // Map the value to 0-127
if(nMappedValue == s_nLastMappedValue)
return;
s_nLastMappedValue = nMappedValue;
if(nMappedValue >= 10)
{
if (pin == volume_pin)
{
rightPedal(midi_channel, nMappedValue);
}
else
{
leftPedal(midi_channel, nMappedValue);
}
}
else//Turn it off
{
if (pin == volume_pin)
{
rightPedal(midi_channel, 0);
}
else
{
leftPedal(midi_channel, 0);
}
}
}
So if all goes according to plan, you should have something that works like this:
