Every week we have people asking us how they can stop 'tap dancing' when playing guitar.
I always assume they don't literally mean tap dancing and rather mean they want to hit one button on their pedalboard and have multiple changes happen at the same time. My apologies if I've misunderstood you in the past.
This is absolutely possible and made easy with midi. Today we are specifically talking about the PBC series by RJM, but a lot of companies have some sort of take on Song Mode / recalling presets easily. I haven't found any companies implementing this as well as RJM - hence why they are the focus today.
With Song Mode (and presets in general) you can hit one button on the PBC and do any number of tasks at the same time. You might want to...
-Turn off all but one of your drive pedals while changing the tempo of your delay while also adjusting the mix level on your reverb while changing the lighting rig in the venue you're playing in (not kidding).
-Go to a favourite sound or preset you have saved for your pedalboard while also bringing up a new page on the PBC which gives deeper control over one or more of your pedals.
-Change the order of your effects (on the PBC 6X) and turn on / off multiple effects at the same time.
The options and combinations are endless. Song Mode makes this very easy to do in the context of songs or grouping of presets that you want to recall quickly from day to day.
Check out the video to find out more!
Video Contents
00:00 - Intro
00:15 - Summary of contents
01:48 - How to set up the PBC
03:21 - Creating your first preset, songlist and tempo control
13:21 - Using song mode live
16:25 - Closing comments