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Paint Audio MIDI Captain MINI 6 Foot Controller Multi-Effects Keyboards Synthesizer USB-MIDI DAW DSP Software USB-HID Support Multi-state Switch Cycling
Karsten Streck
Reviewed in Germany on February 22, 2025
MIDI Captain funktioniert mit dem Kemper Player problemlos (Softwareupdate KPP 3.6.) Nach Lev 2+3 Upgrade des Players sind die Effekt Blöcke manuell nicht mehr abrufbar, aber Programmwechsel funktionieren. Die PRESET Display Schrift auf dem Captain ist leider sehr klein,schlecht zu lesen, mit einem Eingriff in die Software aber zu korrigieren...siehe Foto !
Andrew M.
Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2025
It works and does its job as long as you aren't scared of some simple coding. A little annoying to set up, but once you get it figured out, it's super powerful controller.
Virendra Mohite
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2024
This is a great product and a blessing for us musicians who need power midi control aka programmable control. This unit is great for compact multieffect pedals (which are midi capable) with fewer built in footswitches - such as the Boss GT-1000 Core or HX Stomp. I have succesfully used the Midi captain Mini 6 with both of these units and it works wonderfully wellThe Supermode gives a lot of midi programming control in your hands and it is very easy to program it - via a text editor. The midi programming manual that you can grab from the midi captain website is well laid out and explains all the instructions well.Threre are a number of different ways you can use this unit e.g. you can setup a very simple script to send CC#s 1 thru 6 on and off via the 6 switches. But you can get more advanced than that and even send multipe CCs for each switch press or for subsequent key presses. e.g. you can program switch 4 (bottom left) to send CC1 -127, CC2 - 127 and CC3- 0 values. each key can be programmed individually so you can even program the right 2 or left 2 switches to move presets up and down. The possibilities are endless.Some of the strengths of this unit compared to others in the market (e.g. morningstar) and also a few weaknesses / areas for improvement:Strengths:- Compact size for a pedal board. 6 switches are plenty. you probably dont need the bigger one- easy to program and create complex/advanced midi sends via a simple text editor- programmable LED colors - you can program a different color for each keystroke or a simple on/offits really helpful to have the status LEDs so that you can quickly confirm if a certain effect is on or off. Morningstar does not have this- Good build quality- runs off a standard 9V pedal power supply or batteriesareas for improvement:- introduces signal noise if daisy chaining the power with other pedals. You really need to give this one its own supply cable- On initial startup all LEDs are off - so the LEDs may not correspond to the actual state of effects in your Multi effects pedal. I dont see a way to implement this feature and I dont think any other external midi pedal does that either. This is a feature that is only feasible on built in footswitches ont he units itself.In summary a great programmable Midi controller which gives you a great amount of customizability and programming flexibility in your hands at a good price.
Trevor C.
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2024
I love the idea of this and I really liked the small size at first until I tried to use it. This is very unfortunate because there are a number of midi switches today that are coming out like this, I've already bought three that I can't use because the buttons trigger when you press them down but not with a press click action so what ends up happening is the buttons are so close together that it's very hard with your shoe to touch one of the buttons without accidentally touching the next closest buttons. I even tried wearing these boots I have that have pointy toes, and it was better, but even then I could not avoid every so often hitting the wrong button and in my case hitting two buttons caused my patches to move a hundred spaces instead of one so then I had to hit the other two buttons nine times in a row at the same time to try to get back to where I was. So I was trying to use this switch live just to switch between the clean and the dirty station on my guitar amp, and it was a nightmare I ended up unplugging it right during the middle of our set and trying to use the knob on my effects unit to change instead. Eventually I ended up just going back to my original Mini switch that had broke, the rocktron midi switch. It had the buttons that you have to press until they click so if you accidentally touched the wrong button it doesn't automatically go off and you know exactly how much force it takes to trigger a switch, but that really didn't matter because the buttons are far enough apart that any size foot or shoe can easily hit the button they want without accidentally hitting other buttons, and that's really the problem with this switch and other switches like this. They need to use the kind of button that you have to click down so you don't get accidental presses or they need to lay out the switches in a different format so you can actually get at a switch regardless of the size of your foot directly and not risk pressing a bunch of buttons that you don't want and don't know how to recover from. I'm giving it three stars because it actually does work and if you are not using this live and you are not using it with your feet, for example, if you are using this at your computer and are just planning on pressing it with your fingers, then this would work absolutely fine and I would give it five stars and say that it's little tiny small size is actually a huge advantage in that case, it just doesn't work when you need it live and you're switching it with your feet. The build quality was great it looked really nice I liked the little display screen there was nothing I didn't like about it except the fact that I couldn't easily switch with my foot, that was it. I would rather have a switch with two or three buttons on it that I could hit without issue versus having twice the amount of buttons but not being able to hit them with my foot.
Daniel Bowles
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2024
Fantastic piece of gear, and well made. Accessing the settings directly on a text file may seem awkward at first, but once I got used to it, I prefer it to an interface.
anna rita rutigliani
Reviewed in Italy on November 22, 2024
Il prodotto è molto buono sia nei meccanismi che nel software. Unico neo la programmazione che non è proprio intuitiva, ho dovuto girare molto per trovare un tutorial che potesse darmi nozioni per la personalizzazione e fare un po' di esperimenti. Diciamo che non è proprio il massimo della semplicità, ma una volta capito é ottimo.
Cristhian Sarmiento
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024
It helps me to control my Fm3, it was kinda hard to setting it, but after 2 hours I made ir.Super mod it's nice.
Jorge S.
Reviewed in Mexico on October 22, 2024
Es un poco complicado la configuración pero los resultados son geniales.Mucho más de lo esperado.Lo recomiendo mucho a mis colegas guitarristas.Me gustó tanto que ahora pienso en comprar el de un solo switch porque se pueden asignar desde una hasta seis funciones por switch y tener varias escenas.
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