MeloAudio MIDI Commander Guitar Floor Multi-Effects Portable USB MIDI Foot Controller Foot Switches

So heres my story.Im a guitar player that comes from the world of analog tube amps and the like. After touring and giging for a while i decided to go into the world of digital amps because of reliability and ease of use. So i purchased a Bias mini head and a line 6 m5 effects processor. Simple rig. Nothing crazy.Then i was introduced into the world of Midi controllers. Im a minimalist and i like to have one wire going from my amp to the pedal board, which wasnt really an option at first until i stumbled upon the Meloaudio Midi Commander. Still new to the world of Midi, i couldnt find much info on it online but i pulled the trigger anyway.This midi board is ABSOLUTELY the easiest thing to use. I absolutely love that (cause of my midi noob self). The size is perfect, functionality is simple, its robust, it just works as it should.It comes preloaded with different presets for different amp interfaces and as soon as i switched it to Bias, it worked with my amp flawlessly.I currently use it to control both my Bias amp and the Line 6 M5 at the same time. And still only one cable from my amp to the pedal. BECAUSE BATTERIES!!!! Its absolutely genius. And the expression pedal input works perfect to the Line 6 M5, it took a little fiddling but it works perfect.I have ZERO complaint about this pedal and its abilities. After touring for a few weeks with it, jumping on it, spilling beer on it (whoops), it has not let me down. Always ready to rock!

The pedal is well built and feels nice, very solid. All metal housing. Tiny screen is surprisingly easy to read. Easy to set custom parameters.Sadly I've returned mine.It can't map PC or CC commands in the very specific way that I needed which was to control a loop pedal.PC only works sequentially like PC 0-7, one after the other, going from PC 1 to PC 50 means required bank changes.CC commands can't have a specific data field value. For example: button 1 CC3 value 115, button 2 CC3 value 118, button 3 CC3 value 5.It seems like it'd be a fairly easy addition to add a custom order, non sequential PC mapping mode and a specific data value for midiCC messages.If an update fixes it, will buy again immediately.P.S. Support was great, they emailed back right away, had an engineer contact me and even sent a me a video to see if a different solution would work for me.

After reading/watching multiple reviews and youtube videos, I decided to give this MIDI footswitch board a shot. The MIDI Commander arrived promptly and worked well for the first couple hours of use. However, i quickly ran into issues when the board started randomly freezing after only a minute or two of use.As it sits, i get approximately 45 seconds before the MIDI Commander freezes and refuses to respond. I haven’t done anything to it other than hooking it up to my PC (I run the footswitch through Bias Fx). Very upset that the board essentially broke after only 2 hours of usage.Currently, i am unable to use it and am waiting for a response from MeloAudio. Maybe i received a defective unit. Very surprised by the lack of quality control.At the moment, i cannot recommend that anyone purchase this product. If i receive a quality working product, i will edit this review to reflect the pros and cons.However, at this point in time, stay away from this product

This is a great device, and it was easy to program to exactly my needs. The expression pedal inputs work fine with my M-audio expression pedals.But there is one problem that could be important to some: it does not work with USB MIDI connected to Mac OS X (I have OS X Mojave 10.14.6). When connected via USB cable to my mac the unit freezes and does not send out any MIDI. This problem has been discussed on Melo Audio forums since January 2020 and has seen no response from Melo Audio, which is why I give it one star for tech support. If it were not for this problem I would give it 5 stars across the board.But the MIDI Commander works fine using the 5-pin MIDI output. I power the unit over USB connected directly to a USB power converter (no computer). So you could solve the USB MIDI problem by adding a 5-pin MIDI to USB converter for about $25.One other thing for theremin players: I got this to control my effects processing when playing theremin, but the buttons are metal so if you touch them with your bare feet the pitch of your theremin will change. I solved this with sticky pads on top (I used the feet you put under furniture), but these are easy to knock off. I will try 1/4" plastic end caps.

I have been trying to find the right combination of gear to work with iOS Positive Grid software for quite some time now. I saw a review for this switch and was hooked. I decided I was going to go all in and get the compatible interface and expression pedal too. So, I purchased:MidiCommanderMeloAudio TS Mini USB interfaceMeloAudio expression pedalStraight out of the boxes... I plugged it all in and it all just worked. It works flawlessly with JamUp Pro and BiasFX. The sound is great and there is zero latency switching between presets.In short, this gear is fantastic. Do yourself a favor if you want a portable easy to set up and manage rig. So easy to use and incredibly well made with solid metal materials. This gear is a steal for the price!