Midi help ground control pro and g major 2

cjones2505 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:34 pm **Posts:** 4

I'm new to midi I've played guitar for 20 years. My problem is I have a gcp and a g major 2 I bought and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I did the quick start in the manual for the foot switch and everything works fine but I'm having problems assigning patches to foot switch numbers I want. I have created patches I want but I can't figure out how to get to them with foot switch any help would be great

armaddy63 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:33 am **Posts:** 5

Make sure the GCP is set to the SAME MIDI CHANNEL as your GMAJOR.

Then go into edit mode (top right button) on the GCP and try the up/down buttons
on the GCP. They should be now changing the rackmount Gmajor as you do this.

If they are not create another NAME and assign a MIDI CHANNEL to it by hitting the down
or left/right buttons on the GCP. I dont have my unit in front of me but VOODOO LABS defaults the Number1 postion in the list as GCX I think.

But you can go ONE BELOW this and create a name and set the MIDI CHANNEL and
it will come to life fast..It was a 60 second call the VOODOO SUPPORT for me 5 years ago..
never had another problem.
Hope this helps...

someone who has the correct terms for all this may help expound on this better, but in a
nutshell thats whats wrong in my opinion.

nyteowl · **Joined:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:53 am **Posts:** 571

As armaddy63 said, you must make sure your Ground Control Pro and G-Major 2 are communicating on the same MIDI channel. See Pages 6 & 7 of your Ground Control Pro Owner's Manual to see how to verify this, and if necessary, make the appropriate changes. Once you've done that, specific instructions for entering Edit mode and assigning MIDI Program Changes can be found on Pages 16 & 17 of your Ground Control Pro Owner's Manual.

Conversely, you could also save your G-Major 2 patches starting at User Preset 1 through however many you have and the GCPro Instant Access buttons will default to selecting your patches in numerical order.

armaddy63 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:33 am **Posts:** 5

thanks for helping with actual references! Im sure it alot clearer now~

cjones2505 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:34 pm **Posts:** 4

Thanks for the replys I'm still unable to figure this programming out so I'm setting up a appointment with my local guitar store and maybe I can have someone's how me in person my friend that had one has long since sold his rack rig and this is all different than his (DMC era ground control)

nyteowl · **Joined:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:53 am **Posts:** 571

cjones2505 wrote:

Thanks for the replies I'm still unable to figure this programming out so I'm setting up a appointment with my local guitar store and maybe I can have someone show me in person my friend that had one has long since sold his rack rig and this is all different than his (DMC era ground control)

Unless there is a MIDI wizard at your local guitar store, you would probably have better luck calling Voodoo Lab or TC Electronics Technical Support. Maybe I'm beating a dead horse, but...

If you have the MIDI Out of the Ground Control Pro connected to the MIDI In of the G-Major 2 and nothing is happening when you depress an Instant Access button, the two devices are not communicating on the same MIDI Channel. How to fix this is explained on Pages 6 and 7 of the GCPro Owner's Manual.

If the User Presets are changing on the G-Major 2 but they are not the Preset numbers you desire, then the two devices are communicating but you need to program the Instant Access buttons on the CGCPro to send the proper Program Change messages to the G-Major 2. How to fix this is explained on Pages 16 and 17 of the GCPro Owner's Manual.

armaddy63 · **Joined:** Thu Jun 28, 2012 4:33 am **Posts:** 5

call VOODOO , THEY got me doing in less than 5 mins...!!!

nyteowl · **Joined:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:53 am **Posts:** 571

armaddy63 wrote:

call VOODOO , THEY got me doing in less than 5 mins...!!!

Really the best advice anyone could give you. Who would know more about the GCPro than VooDoo Lab Tech Support..?

cjones2505 · **Joined:** Mon Jun 11, 2012 9:34 pm **Posts:** 4

Thanks for the help guys

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