Hello everyone! I recently bought a QC, I am amazed by the sounds I am getting so easily… I used to use a GX100 which is much more (in my opinion) convenient for gigging life… it is absolutely indestructible. Somehow I see the big screen on the QC and my instinct tells me to protect it and be careful. So I had the idea of using my trusty GX100 to control the QC via midi and the expression pedal as well. But! a big complicated world is opening up in front of my eyes and I am very lost in it… does anyone have any experience with this world? and more importantly with these two devices? Thanks in advance and greetings to you all!
Hello, it shouldn’t be too hard to get the GX to control the QC. I’m assuming the GX has midi output capability (most BOSS products do). Check out the Midi section of the QC manual first. Plug the midi cable from the GX “midi out” port to the “midi in” of the QC. Set the QC’s midi channel to 1 and send the midi commands from the GX on channel 1. In the Incoming Midi reserved CC list of the QC’s manual you’ll see the commands for all the midi functions. I think the easiest process would be to control different scenes. Setup your scenes on the QC and put the QC in “scene” mode. In the QC manual you’ll see:
CC# 43 Value 0-7 Scene select (A-H)
I’m not sure how the GX forms it midi strings but MOST. Of the time they’re something like:
Channel, CC #, data
So in this case:
1, 43, 0 would be channel 1, CC #43, QC switch A (“0” being switch A)
I hope this helps get you started. It’s MUCH simpler than this all looks!
Thanks a lot!! actually is much easier than I thought !! only need to add the expresion pedal funcionality and that it be !!
I even have an idea to change the footswitcht colors on the Gx100 to make them like i the ones on the scenes !
Thanks for the support!
Happy to hear you figured it out👍🏻