Guitar pedals with midi

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I’m looking for a pedal to run my Digitone in to. I want it to be midi controllable so that I can have some creative fun sequencing the pedal. I don’t have any specific FX in mind I just want something that will allow me to make some crazy sounds. Let me know your favorites.

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Strymon El Capistan V2 is amazing with the DN! It’s all subjective, but I love the combo!

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I’m pretty sure the Chase Bliss stuff has midi, definitely the Empress Zoia (and a lot of the Empress pedals I think). Haven’t explored this myself other than the Empress Echosystem and Reverb to change patches.

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  • Meris LVX or Mercury X
  • Chroma Console or Microcosm from Hologram Electronics
  • OTO Bim and Bam
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  • Eventide pedals
  • Source Audio pedals
  • …
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Hi, Regarding pedals for synths I would recommend to check that the desired pedal supports not only instrument but also much hotter line levels that are provided by synths like your DN.

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All Meris pedals are MIDI controllable, and can also be configured for either line- or instrument-level signals. I think all the recent Chase Bliss pedals are also MIDI controllable, same with Strymon, Empress, etc. but many of them (including Chase Bliss and Meris) require 1/4” MIDI, so you’d need a 5-pin to 1/4” converter (I’m using the Disaster Area MIDI Box Four in my rig - works great).

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Strymon Volante and Meris LVX are both pretty interesting. At this stage I prefer the Volante but the LVX can get a whole lot weirder. Both have din midi and can do line level.

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Another Meris LVX vote here… it’s not just a delay pedal… it offers multi-effects, full midi implementation, and sounds great with guitar OR sampler/synth/groovebox (I run my Ableton Move through it).

I use a Morningstar MC8 with expression pedal for in depth control.

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I had a lot of fun running my old Digitakt into a Red Panda Tensor and using the DT’s sequencer and MIDI LFO for extra glitching. I don’t have the DT or the Tensor anymore but I’m still a huge fan of the Particle 2. Red Panda pedals have really good MIDI implementations and support line-level instruments no problem.

Here’s proof-of-concept:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CX7jxT_B1av/?igsh=MTl2bzlsc2E5YzltZA==

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