Wireless Midi?

[jumperboy]

Has anyone tried to use a wireless midi connection to the floor controller?

-J

 

[GuitarDojo]

No cuz I needz the power!

 

[Muris_Varajic]

No cuz I needz the power!

Yup, narrow your search and look for wireless midi with phantom.

 

[jumperboy]

OK, Thanks.

-J

 

[666was999]

Units like this?

http://www.midijet.com/products/midijet ... zAodcDgybw

Battery supplied...yes.

But look at the price!

 

[srooijens]

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MidAir.html

S.R.

 

[yek]

http://www.kentonuk.com/products/items/ ... ream.shtml

 

[jumperboy]

Yes, those kind of products are the ones I'm asking about. I don't really know anything about Midi yet, but my interest was piqued about going wireless for a floor controller. It seems the Maudio version is only one direction only? My thought is that you would have to have a bi-directional communication between the floor controller and the Axe. Am I right?

Thanks,
-J

 

[srooijens]

It seems the Maudio version is only one direction only?

Yes, it is one direction only.
That is not just the M-Audio though, the others are also one direction only.
If you want 2-way communication you'd need 2 kits, one for each direction.

My thought is that you would have to have a bi-directional communication between the floor controller and the Axe. Am I right?

No, you don't need 2-way communication. You may or may not want it.
Depending on your floor controller and use it may be convenient or completely useless to have t-way communication but it's not neccesary.

With a Gordius, Liquid Foot or maybe one day an MFC101 you'd want 2-way but with all others it would be pointless as they don't do anything with the information the Axe-Fx sends back anyway (and the Axe-Fx doesn't send anything they can use).

S.R.

 

[sebby123]

Hmm looks intreasting so if i was just changing patches it would work, I wonder why i havent seen these in peoples rigs? Seems like a good idea.

 

[jumperboy]

It seems the Maudio version is only one direction only?

Yes, it is one direction only.
That is not just the M-Audio though, the others are also one direction only.
If you want 2-way communication you'd need 2 kits, one for each direction.

My thought is that you would have to have a bi-directional communication between the floor controller and the Axe. Am I right?

No, you don't need 2-way communication. You may or may not want it.
Depending on your floor controller and use it may be convenient or completely useless to have t-way communication but it's not neccesary.

With a Gordius, Liquid Foot or maybe one day an MFC101 you'd want 2-way but with all others it would be pointless as they don't do anything with the information the Axe-Fx sends back anyway (and the Axe-Fx doesn't send anything they can use).

S.R.

Ahh... That would be a solution if I wanted not only to switch patches, but also display tuner and/or patch names... OK, thanks for the info.

-J

 

[xmentalpilot]

At first this sounds like a great idea... then when you consider all the extra crap you'd need cluttering up the floor, the MIDI cable w/ phantom power running back to the rack looks pretty damn good!

 

[tubetonez]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwbtljhDS0

 

[xrist04]

About US$ 225 (online)

http://www.cme-pro.com/en/product-detail.php?product_id=8

 

[Muris_Varajic]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dwbtljhDS0

Wooden case looks sweet but isn't that bluetooth?

 

[stevieray]

Hmm looks intreasting so if i was just changing patches it would work, I wonder why i havent seen these in peoples rigs? Seems like a good idea.

Probably because the standard of excellence for all these $150+ units is a $15 cable.

 

[sebby123]

Hmm looks intreasting so if i was just changing patches it would work, I wonder why i havent seen these in peoples rigs? Seems like a good idea.

Probably because the standard of excellence for all these $150+ units is a $15 cable.

You have a good point

 

[Leroy]

I love this concept! No cables = sweetness! Also if your using other midi stuff you can sync everything else up and it's nice and clean without a bunch of midi cables to hook up every time you play. I'm not sure about phantom power but it seems like the Air Power might do it. If your only using a midi foot controller then one midi cable is no issue but to sync up midi for the whole band... it's sexy!