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Hi,

I would like to control my Axe-Fx II (changing the presets) with My iRig BlueBoard via my iPhone (5) and iRig Midi. The Midi Designer sees the BlueBoard and the iRig Midi fine. I can change presets by tapping the screen of the iPhone, but the Blueboard buttons don't work. I've tried the midi learn function, but it does not work. Is this a known issue, or might I be doing something wrong? Do you have any suggestions? The virtual knobs are set as "momentary" subtype, message type as "program change" and relationships as by default. Blueboard is set in program change mode.

Thanks,
Samuli Vaittinen
asked Jan 8, 2014 in How does MIDI Designer work with X? by savaitti (120 points)
edited Jan 9, 2014 by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
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Give me a week, please. We have a Blueboard on order, and have (perhaps stupidly) promised to make a video in several places ;)

Sorry for the delay. I'll come back here and check it out.
commented Feb 12, 2014 by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
OK, that'll be great!
commented Feb 13, 2014 by savaitti (120 points)
Hi Savaitti, just ripped open the package to the Blueboard and started playing. On one level, it's an impressive piece of gear, but certain decisions (all of which are in the Companion App) are baffling. But anyway...

The Blueboard does not, at this time, have a momentary setting. This makes it a bit hard for us to work with, but anyway...

Regarding your question, you'll note that if you set the Blueboard to Program Change (set the channel to 1) and set up a KNOB to receive from it (a program change knob on channel 1), that'll spin just fine. Now you can have that knob be the supercontrol of any number of buttons (google button groups in midi designer). That's one way to go.

Another way to go is to just use the Blueboard and check it's "thru" option in MIDI Designer. This will send the program changes onward to your Axe-FX.

Does any of this help at all? We're still investigating possibilities, and talking to IK Multimedia to get some changes made (fingers crossed, but it might take a while if it's even possible)...
commented Feb 18, 2014 by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
Hi,

I've been busy, so I just had the time to try this a minute a go. The "thru" option works like a charm - no need for super control buttons. I quess I just missed the "thru" button in the first place. Thanks a lot!
commented Mar 14, 2014 by savaitti (120 points)
Our video on Blueboard and MD:
commented Apr 30, 2014 by MIDI Designer Team (Dan)
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