Voodoo Lab

It's official... I am a complete Midiot.

I finally received my Digitech GSP1101 and hooked it up via 4 cable method.

I set up a patch with the effects I want to be able to turn off and on with the IA buttons on the GCP.

I copied it 3 times to preset 1, 2 & 3. I can change between them all using the front control of the GSP. Sounds great.

I then set up the GCP to 4 Preset mode and set the IAs to make the FX toggles via CCs.

I set Preset 1 on the GSP to Preset 1 on the GCP. Preset 2 to 2, etc.

I can change the Presets and toggle FXs on and off from the front panel of the GSP. Everything is changing as it should. The first time I turn on Preset 1 via the GCP the patch goes silent.

If I go back to the unit and change to Preset 2 by hand I get sound. Then turn back to Preset 1 by hand- no sound. It's as if it saves it that way.

So know I have 3 Presets that seem to all work the same by looking at the screen (Presets change/ FX turn off and on via IAs) but no sound on Preset 1.

Now if I select Preset 2 - same thing. Sound stops on that Preset. Now if I change by hand on GSP Preset 3 has sound and 1 & 2 do not.

I cannot figure it out. If I go look at the Preset's menus within the GSP all of the settings look the same per Preset.

Does this make sense? Am I missing a setup step on the GCP or GSP that would make this happen?

I also need to update the unit but mustbebeta does not have mac versions of the updates. may have to borrow a pc.

Got it working. Turned the MIDI in/thru to"ON". Restarted the unit and now it works. Hmmm. Oh well as long as it works.

Wow, the MIDI Out/Thru shouldn't have anything to do with it... the only MIDI connection you should be doing is connecting the Ground Control Pro MIDI Out to the GSP 1101 MIDI In.

Is there more gear in this rig that you didn't mention?

Absolutely nothing else in the rig. I spoke with their tech and he told me to select the midi in/thru and try it. I did and it worked. No idea why. Sounds great and none of the issues I had with the POD HD Pro.

Not that anything was wrong with the POD HD Pro. It just doesn't function the way I need it to unfortunately.