Live Logic Midi Controller | Let's talk tech | Blackstar
Channel: Blackstar Amplification
Date: 2020-07-27

Incredibly flexible performance control of MIDI hardware and software in a compact, rugged footcontroller.

The world at your feet.

Guitar players’ rigs and setups are now more creative than ever and can incorporate amps, pedals, rack gear and even computer-based plugins. Connecting and switching all of these things at the same time can be just as much of a challenge as getting the right tones. MIDI technology has been around since the 1980s as a method of switching multiple compatible devices at once, but the suitability to your setup depends entirely on the chosen control hardware, where most are either too complicated to set up or not flexible enough to do the job you want. We created the Live Logic MIDI controller to address these real problems.
The Live Logic compact and versatile 6-button MIDI footcontroller gives you quick and easy performance control of any MIDI hardware or software platforms and plugins. MIDI over USB, assignable functions and two expression pedal inputs make it the perfect MIDI control solution and it can also be used as your USB MIDI interface. Power it anywhere via USB, 9V battery or power supply.

Key Features 
• Controls Program Change, 
• Control Change Note and Clock messages.
• MIDI over USB for use with DAWs, plugins and live sequencer/sampling software like Ableton LiveTM and can also function as your USB MIDI interface.
• 2 x expression pedal inputs.

Let’s talk software 
Setting up your perfect custom configuration is done using our free PC or Mac software, with an intuitive graphical view of the footcontroller and the ability to choose message types and even set minimum and maximum values, toggle whether the switches should send momentary messages when pressed or toggle on and off – all designed to be as flexible yet as simple as possible so that your MIDI controller is no longer the barrier to your workflow.
You can save Custom mappings as a Profile which can be loaded and swapped out depending on your current rig. For example, if you have a Blackstar Silverline Deluxe amplifier you could use Custom mode to create a profile for your own personal footswitch set. Switches 1-3 could change your patches, for instance, a clean crunch and lead, and switches 4-6 could stomp on and off your in-built modulation and delay effects, or even switch other external MIDI pedals that you may have on your pedalboard.  You can also set up an expression pedal to control Volume, giving yourself a volume pedal for swells, or other creative effects like controlling the level of a delay.