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It’s 24 years old and seen better days. I need to just upgrade my electronics.

@@derosa504 I’m glad you’ve found something that works for you. I’m a year into playing live with the tonex and have been very pleased.

@ it is a good time to be a musician, so many choices.

@ This! Totally! Wanna go full analog? You can, want an all in one digital box? you can. Wanna run some hybrid rig? Go for it! Wanna turn your guitar into a fully functional supersonic jet? Oh wait, no.

johnnygizmo.gumroad.com/l/tonex_midi_compendium

@@sricabla yeah man, you gotta find what works for you! There’s more than one way to do it!

@@andriiantonenko5790 yeah, totally. I should try that.

I think it has a lot of potential for as inexpensive as it is.

You're very welcome!

@@leewarren that is the Hotone Ampero Control. You can get it for under $100USD.

@@galtonestudio thanks so much! I’m just trying to get off the ground!

I don't know why they chose to not implement this. There must be some design choice that they made early on the prohibits this from working, otherwise why not expose that setting via MIDI? Model volume or gain would probably be you next best bets.

@@JohnnyMatthewsMusic agreed. Unfortunately, I usually end up tweaking model gain and vol at different levels on a preset by preset basis to balance the output. Having the global MAIN VOL exposed would make for an easy and consistent solo boost (or whatever) across all presets. Appreciate your reply and the work you put in on the compendium.

@@tomcarmody5471 that’s a great question. There are definitely reasons to go ampless. But just playing through an amp is still great. I’d say for the home player, if you have an amp that makes you happy, play it! One thing that is cool about capture tech is that it lets you try different amps to see how they sound. Especially ones that you would never have the opportunity to try. One thing I didn’t mention was using a full range full response (FRFR)cabinet to turn an ampless setup into an amp. I think in the end, play what brings you joy. If you are playing a Marshall stack in your bedroom, and you love it, then keep it up! If you love to experiment with every new pedal, but no one ever hears a note, do it!

As a home player myself, I use my traditional amps with a load box into the computer via an audio interface. This gives me the ability to try different IRs, while still using my pedalboard. Of course, 90% of the time I use a Kemper, which is awesome.

@@cmbdds I am truly stuck on deciding on a direction for an "amp" so I would really appreciate your feedback. This is what I am struggling to understand. How are you listening to yourself when you use your Kemper? You spent a lot of money on a top modeler, pedals, interface etc, then listen to yourself through what, studio monitors? I don't have monitors but I would be surprised if they sound better than something with a 12" speaker like a Boss Katana.If you just play at home and want to try a bunch of amps, why not a Spark, especially if you are listening through studio monitors anyway? I occasionally record myself just to mark my progress but a mic'd amp does good enough for that.

@@tomcarmody5471 I have a Spark, but it can't compare to the Kemper. There are thousands of profiles available, and if you get them from a reputable source, they are virtually indistinguishable from a real amp. I have both my JBL monitors and my headphones connected to my Focusrite interface.

@@cmbdds Thanks. One last question. I've always had a 12" cab with a pretty good speaker. How do monitors compare to a real cab? I assume you are happy with them since you have a very nice set up. Maybe I should give them a try. I play at pretty low volume so maybe there isn't as much difference as I would think.

Glad it was helpful!

You're welcome :)

You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful.

@@RomeoPrado i’ve seen some videos where people are figuring out ways to control the toneX one with a midi device, however, it seems a little more convoluted than the full pedal.

Good question. So far I've not noticed a problem, but then again I don't generally change full presets in the middle of a note that I'm holding. Perhaps I should make a video and try some stuff out.

You're very welcome! I hope it's helpful! I'll let everyone know when it is updated for the new FX release.

I don’t have a Tonex One. So I’ve not been able to do any tests. But from what I understand, not directly.

It's not perfect, but check here: imgur.com/a/lwLKzZM Arduino source code is here: github.com/johnnygizmo/midi_lights/blob/main/midi_lights.ino

@@TheBukester the TONEX doesn’t send any MIDI, but receives it. I use the HOTONE Ampero Control to send it commands. It’s under $100 which is nice.

@@JohnnyMatthewsMusic Not true. The Tonex pedal will output the MIDI PC equivalent to whatever you select on the same channel the pedal is set to. Ex: If your Tonex pedal is on MIDI Channel 7 and you select program 1B, the pedal will output MIDI PC message 4 on Channel 7. I also use the Hotone Control and agree it is a great value. Thanks for the cheat sheet! Also, you will be updating the Compendium with the new MIDI messages relevant to the upcoming 1.8 w/FX release?

​@@TheFrozenDesert Thanks for the clarification. Yes, it generates MIDI messages from it's own controls, but you cannot change the TONEX buttons to send Custom midi, like on the HOTONE. So you cannot assign button 1 on the tonex to do something other than what it is programmed to do. Also yes. The compendium will be updated as soon I get the new info!

Thanks for the sub! Hope the file is helpful!

@@Allann882 you will need a 5 pin MIDI cable to go from the controller to the TONEX. But once you have programmed the control with your phone and saved it back to the pedal, you don’t need your phone to use it.

I'm glad you found it helpful! 😊

@@steveliberty thank you. 😊

I’ve not, but I will give it a try. Is your switch latching or momentary? If it is latching I could see why it would mess things up, because when it is ‘on’ the control would think you are just holding down a button. Either way, I’ll give it a shot and get back to you!

@@JohnnyMatthewsMusic nice one, please do, bocz I can't seem to solve it. Btw I'm using the Laney FS1-MINI but I tried also with a generic switch. Thanks

I just tried it with the BOSS FS-5U and it worked. I looked up the Laney switch and it does seem like it is a latching switch which means it is an on/off switch, rather than just on while you hold it down.

@@JohnnyMatthewsMusic Thank you, I see. I use it with no issues with my tonex pedal as an ext control but it seems the ampero needs an Unlatched Footswitch then. Oh well, that wasn't what I hoped for. In any case, thanks for your time man!

Glad to help a little! Thanks for watching!

I'd say play things like you normally play, so you can hear what it sounds like with each capture.

@@larrosa5897 that’s gonna be my next video, stay tuned!

Yeah, this was from scratch with an Arduino Uno. There is a grounding issue I'm still working out, but that's probably because I have the soldering skills of a 3 year old.

If they follow the current midi design of the reverb block then toggling fx will be pretty easy. I got an ampero stomp expression pedal. The volume idea is like 95% effective. There seems to be a little bit of glitch us, especially at the bottom of the sweep. Since I mainly play my TONEX with a cleaner tone and front it with an overdrive pedal I might just use the Ampero press as a regular volume in front of it

@@JimmyKay1976 yeah, unless there is a way to midi control the TX1 😞

@@JohnnyMatthewsMusic That's my main regret about buying the TX1. But I learned hot to use it with the HX Stomp so it's pretty balanced. May sell the Stomp and just get the OG pedal. I just hope IK let's us use pedals of our choice with amps on ToneX someday

Just showing the base tone with no pedal.