If anyone is having problems with getting the pedal to work, there was one little step that wasn't mentioned here that immediately worked for me after you've set it up the way Rabea does for Plugins. Click the COG icon in the bottom left corner of your Neural DSP Plugin and make sure the "MIDI Input Devices" Category has a checkmark next to your EV-1 WL Bluetooth pedal. This immediately allowed the pedal to communicate with the plugin for me. Hopefully this helps others too!
I bought this pedal and I bought a Boss SY 200. I plugged in the TRS cable into the side of the Expression pedal into the back of the SY 200 and nothing happened. Is this how it's supposed to work ? There's nothing online that tells you how to hook this up, so I'm not sure if it's broken or I have it hooked up wrong. Not sure how else I'd plug it in though. Don't the other outputs go to your computer ? Hopefully you can walk me through it. Thanks !
The best thing about this "wireless pedal" is that it won't work wirelessly with a PC! you have to spend an extra £60 for a BOSS WM-1D Wireless MIDI dongle. So, to use the "wireless" pedal with a PC, you have to use the USB cable. Wired wireless technology is the future! (sarcasm).
After receiving the EV-1-WL recently, I tried setting it up with BIAS FX2 on my own. After struggling to get it to MIDI learn the pedal, your video on sidechaining in Logic Pro X was the solution I needed! Big thanks!
@@officialjuanibarra I just setup the guitar on one track, and then BIAS FX 2 as a MIDI FX on a software track, and sidechain that one to guitar input track.
OMG! Thanks Rabea, I was just going to throw this pedal out the window because I couldn't get the WOW to work like it should in the stand alone. Great explanation on how to hook this thing up.
I just got the EV 1 and got it working with Neural in Logic Pro by simply using Command L midi learn didn't need to use Neural as an AU midi effect just ran audio directly into a standard instance of the Petrucci Plug in and "voil-wha" it worked. hehe
Hi. I have a problem with the Ex-3 beat bars expression pedal. I have no switch on it.(except a switch USB or midi so I choose USB) How to map it correctly? I tried it also on Tom morello Plug-in from Dsp I change usb connection on pc but it doesn't work. In the parameters the pedal is install and active. 😢
! Better yet - Open up any N.DSP and enable the MIDI ports first. Then right click on any effect or pedlal and "Learn MIDI" will pop up. Maps it faster.
Hope this helps someone, if you were like me and unable to figure out how to record in a DAW. Thanks to awesome pedal show for this solution. To record and actually get audio, create an audio track and software track, record on the software instrument track as described in the video with your side chain set up. After recording, change your software instrument's side chain input to the audio track instead of your audio input, and mute the audio track.
YES!!! I have been looking for something exactly like this. I have Amplitube 5 for PC and Bias FX2 for iPad AND a Katana 50 mk2 and couldn't find anything to use the wah and whammy functions on all 3. The fact that this will work in all 3 formats makes it a no brainier! Ordering mine now! Thank Rabea. Keep up the great content man.
I bought this pedal and I bought a Boss SY 200. I plugged in the TRS cable into the side of the Expression pedal into the back of the SY 200 and nothing happened. Is this how it's supposed to work ? There's nothing online that tells you how to hook this up, so I'm not sure if it's broken or I have it hooked up wrong. Not sure how else I'd plug it in though. Don't the other outputs go to your computer ? Hopefully you can walk me through it. Thanks !
Great video! I have a problem with this pedal! I use it with the plugins on the iPad and I practically assigned the cc 11 to the expression pedal to have an excursion of the gain overdrive, mix delay etc etc while to the swich I assigned the cc 95 to activate the Wha! The problem is that when I activate the Wha and go up and down with the pedal, all the values assigned with the cc11 also intervene !! So the Wha works but of course the gain of the overdrive also goes from 0 to 100 every time the pedal goes up and down! Is all this normal?
Every time you would move the expression it would have a very "plastic-y" sound to it. Makes me worried it wouldn't do well on stage over time, which seems surprising because for years I considered Boss the standard all pedals had to meet for minimum toughness. I know many will use it for DAW/Studio work, but there's those of use playing software live and would love stuff like this, if it indeed just works, and works reliably. Full disclosure, I'm running Amplitube controlled with a line6 shortbroard mkii. And yes, that's my live rig. And ironically I play my loud tube amps at home...
(How Do I record tracks?) using logic pro, setting it up as a midi, (side chain input 1) all great and all, but when i record it. get no sound, i get sound in audio but not in midi... what the setup please.. thanx..(How do i set output as a virtual instrument please)
Kewl! We're in the future and we lived to tell about it ... I'm stuck in a studio with alternativs but I can imagine this thing is a nobrainer live and all of what you need fits in a small bag.
Nice job, Rabea. I especially like the ability to attach the FS-6 to the EV-1. I am putting together an entirely battery-powered one-man show based around Roland Cube amps and a Microsoft Surface Pro 7. The Surface Pro running my backing tracks and Studio Devil amp sim in Cubase. While I could use my Beat Bars USB MIDI expression pedal attached to the Surface Pro to control my wah plugin, having the blue tooth Boss would mean one less wire to connect and no power drain off the Surface Pro battery. BTW, I've enjoyed your videos over the years in general.
Hi Rabea just wondering can I set the parameters for the waza Air headphones. Without computer. Want to use it as a stomp to change presets so I don't have to use buttons on the side of Waza air
Yes, the EV-1-WL will work with Waza Air headphones. We're working on some more content, which will show how this can expand the Waza Air capabilities.
@@BOSSinfoglobal is this still in the works ? I’ve had my Waza air, FS6, and the EV1 pedal . I’ve yet been able to make them all connected and work . Please make it easier to use on the mobile phone
@@BOSSinfoglobal I’m having the same issue with using my brand new foot pedal with my WAZA Air headphones and the app on my iPhone 12 . It says everything is connected but the pedal doesn’t do anything when I use it ?
The setup in Logic makes no sense. The midi controlled instrument (Wong) outputs to 15-16, the virtual Wong Audio channels gets the input from 27?? Where does the 27 come from? I get nothing as soon as I change the output on my "Wong" instrument away from Stereo Out, the bars are moving but no audio, mind you I only work with a Scarlett 6i6, so I don't have a trillion inputs and outputs. Utterly confused, Rabea doesn't really explain this part properly. Any hints or links to better vids?
Hey Rabea I have this pedal and using Logic Pro and Neural Dsp as well. I can’t record the expression sound in logic, I’m using petrucci plugin with the Wah. During recording I’ll get the Wah sound but playing it back, it’s only the guitar. You’ve explained it briefly about setting a virtual track. Can you kindly explain it further?
Hi Rabea. Sorry to bug but what your opinion on reg traditional pedals versus digital. I've spent the past 2 years trying to build the perfect old school system you know all amps and pedals maybe a mixer. Then they came out with neural. My think is which is better on stage and off?
Anyone know if this will work with the quat cortex as an expression pedal, using usb to midi or the TRS connection to control the the QC's wah for example? For the use with NDSP plugins alone this looks really cool option, the blue tooth is such a plus. To be able to use this as an expression pedal in the QC would be very very cool.
Great piece of gear! Would it work through a wireless midi adapter (like the Yamaha MD BT01) and be able to control devices like your Quad Cortex or the FM3?
*Solved. For some bizzare reason, you MUST have your GPS location data switched on for it to detect the pedal!! i have no idea why, but as soon as I switched it on, it worked.
I can connect the EV-1 to the WAZA but am confused about what settings in the apps I need to change to get WAH. Can you do a video or reply here in the comments.
i think this sort of pedal used with logic pro or any other similar, is a major problem when doing multi tracks... so to run the midi you have to mute other track when recording or play back..this is a fine mess... either logic fix this problem or pedal needs to be scrapped.. need a pedal with guitar input option for use with midi, prior to the software, that might be an idea.. bottom line is.. this pedal cant be used for recording.. i made a big mistake in buying it... its usless.
Could you use this, along side let’s say the Airstep lite into the plug-in? Meaning, can I run two midi controllers into the plug-in at the same time? Would be running into the stand alone neural dsp plug-ins
I come back to this video every time I need to reconnect my Boss EV-1 and its the only video that has been easy enough for me to follow each time. Thank you!
I bought the pedal to control the Petrucci Archetype Wah. I was able to get it all set up in Logic. One issue: the latency is HORRIBLE. It’s practically unrecordable. Any solutions?
I'm having so much trouble getting this going with my Waza Air... Got it going yesterday with Waza Air headphones after hrs of trying. and today it's completely not connecting, got to try and get it going again... Fucking headache man.
Thanks for the demo. However I would have liked I closer zoom so that I could see the midi options as my eyesight is not as good as it once was. I'm also guessing that the two button foot switch plugs into the EV-1?
This is great. The only other Midi expression pedal I have found is the beat bars one, but it doesn't have bluetooth and is more expensive (esp since it only ships from Europe).
OK, I just got this but for the life of me can't figure out how to get this to work on a windows machine. Anyone have any luck with using reaper and this pedal? There is no such thing as a midi setup on a PC that I can find. Can anyone help me out here?
@@paulineh6772 ya Roland WM-1D dongle. bluetooth and midi and windows doesn't work yet apparently? theres convoluted workarounds. i tried one but couldnt get it going with this pedal. usb works fine though. you just need the oldschool cord
cool tech but that's a 100% no from me. i like to play guitar, pedals, tube amp, real loud. i do it to get the demons out, not sit in front of a computer and deep dive into 1's and 0's.. cool cool tech no doubt though.
If anyone is having problems with getting the pedal to work, there was one little step that wasn't mentioned here that immediately worked for me after you've set it up the way Rabea does for Plugins. Click the COG icon in the bottom left corner of your Neural DSP Plugin and make sure the "MIDI Input Devices" Category has a checkmark next to your EV-1 WL Bluetooth pedal. This immediately allowed the pedal to communicate with the plugin for me. Hopefully this helps others too!
Thank you! That was it for me.
I bought this pedal and I bought a Boss SY 200.
I plugged in the TRS cable into the side of the Expression pedal into the back of the SY 200 and nothing happened.
Is this how it's supposed to work ?
There's nothing online that tells you how to hook this up, so I'm not sure if it's broken or I have it hooked up wrong.
Not sure how else I'd plug it in though.
Don't the other outputs go to your computer ?
Hopefully you can walk me through it.
Thanks !
Legend thanks!
Watching Rabea try to keep his mouth from moving while wahing was worth watching. GOod Vid Man
I had to get a midi keyboard with expression input just for the gojira plugin. Now this.
It never ends.
The best thing about this "wireless pedal" is that it won't work wirelessly with a PC! you have to spend an extra £60 for a BOSS WM-1D Wireless MIDI dongle. So, to use the "wireless" pedal with a PC, you have to use the USB cable. Wired wireless technology is the future! (sarcasm).
Just wanted to know how Joe and Goonzy controlled the pitch pedal in the Neural DSP Gojira...now I guess there´s still hope haha
And that is Beas T-shirt that showed me the world of Karnivool
They're a great band! Started listening to them more than a decade ago. Even saw them live at a show in Toronto - probably only 100-200 people there.
After receiving the EV-1-WL recently, I tried setting it up with BIAS FX2 on my own. After struggling to get it to MIDI learn the pedal, your video on sidechaining in Logic Pro X was the solution I needed! Big thanks!
So in Bias just side chain it as well?
@@officialjuanibarra I just setup the guitar on one track, and then BIAS FX 2 as a MIDI FX on a software track, and sidechain that one to guitar input track.
@@seangarland k awesome I'm gonna try that today thanks!
AIRSTEP is hands down the best foot controller for plugins. Controls everything and comes setup for this out of the box.
Will the Airstep work with the Boss Waza's headphones 🎧?
@@gkf9 sure, there is a specific AIRSTEP foot controller for $99
th-cam.com/video/c8RXVbGYbzw/w-d-xo.html
I don’t see a wah pedal
I have Airstep and love it but this is an expression pedal that lets you shape your sound. Apples & Oranges.
OMG! Thanks Rabea, I was just going to throw this pedal out the window because I couldn't get the WOW to work like it should in the stand alone. Great explanation on how to hook this thing up.
I just got the EV 1 and got it working with Neural in Logic Pro by simply using Command L midi learn didn't need to use Neural as an AU midi effect just ran audio directly into a standard instance of the Petrucci Plug in and "voil-wha" it worked. hehe
Lost me at "Mac" in "setting it up",
Hi. I have a problem with the Ex-3 beat bars expression pedal.
I have no switch on it.(except a switch USB or midi so I choose USB)
How to map it correctly?
I tried it also on Tom morello Plug-in from Dsp
I change usb connection on pc but it doesn't work.
In the parameters the pedal is install and active.
😢
! Better yet - Open up any N.DSP and enable the MIDI ports first. Then right click on any effect or pedlal and "Learn MIDI" will pop up.
Maps it faster.
Hope this helps someone, if you were like me and unable to figure out how to record in a DAW. Thanks to awesome pedal show for this solution. To record and actually get audio, create an audio track and software track, record on the software instrument track as described in the video with your side chain set up. After recording, change your software instrument's side chain input to the audio track instead of your audio input, and mute the audio track.
Nice I was actually searching a midi expression pedal to use with my Neural plugins!
YES!!! I have been looking for something exactly like this. I have Amplitube 5 for PC and Bias FX2 for iPad AND a Katana 50 mk2 and couldn't find anything to use the wah and whammy functions on all 3. The fact that this will work in all 3 formats makes it a no brainier! Ordering mine now! Thank Rabea. Keep up the great content man.
I bought this pedal and I bought a Boss SY 200.
I plugged in the TRS cable into the side of the Expression pedal into the back of the SY 200 and nothing happened.
Is this how it's supposed to work ?
There's nothing online that tells you how to hook this up, so I'm not sure if it's broken or I have it hooked up wrong.
Not sure how else I'd plug it in though.
Don't the other outputs go to your computer ?
Hopefully you can walk me through it.
Thanks !
"I use a Mac"
*Immediately clicked to another video*
Lol…. That’s hilarious.
Great video!
I have a problem with this pedal!
I use it with the plugins on the iPad and I practically assigned the cc 11 to the expression pedal to have an excursion of the gain overdrive, mix delay etc etc while to the swich I assigned the cc 95 to activate the Wha!
The problem is that when I activate the Wha and go up and down with the pedal, all the values assigned with the cc11 also intervene !!
So the Wha works but of course the gain of the overdrive also goes from 0 to 100 every time the pedal goes up and down!
Is all this normal?
Every time you would move the expression it would have a very "plastic-y" sound to it. Makes me worried it wouldn't do well on stage over time, which seems surprising because for years I considered Boss the standard all pedals had to meet for minimum toughness. I know many will use it for DAW/Studio work, but there's those of use playing software live and would love stuff like this, if it indeed just works, and works reliably.
Full disclosure, I'm running Amplitube controlled with a line6 shortbroard mkii. And yes, that's my live rig. And ironically I play my loud tube amps at home...
(How Do I record tracks?) using logic pro, setting it up as a midi, (side chain input 1) all great and all, but when i record it. get no sound, i get sound in audio but not in midi... what the setup please.. thanx..(How do i set output as a virtual instrument please)
Having the same problem .. is there a solution ??
How much Latency occurs when using an expression pedal with MIDI?
Thanks so much Rabea - I was about to just sell this pedal on until I stumbled across your video. It’s all set up perfectly now :)
17:29 holyshhhit man
This is exactly the stuff im looking for when seeing your vids
Kewl! We're in the future and we lived to tell about it ...
I'm stuck in a studio with alternativs but I can imagine this thing is a nobrainer live and all of what you need fits in a small bag.
Mmmm, I can’t wait to wade into that thicket of potential misunderstandings and tech problems!
What midi foot controller should I use for Archetype Petrucci on Mac?
Wellll, it doesn't seem to work on my pc, that's 200$ down the drain
is this pedal actually working with QC?
Is there a looper pedal plugin that can be controlled by the Boss FS6?
Nice job, Rabea. I especially like the ability to attach the FS-6 to the EV-1.
I am putting together an entirely battery-powered one-man show based around Roland Cube amps and a Microsoft Surface Pro 7. The Surface Pro running my backing tracks and Studio Devil amp sim in Cubase. While I could use my Beat Bars USB MIDI expression pedal attached to the Surface Pro to control my wah plugin, having the blue tooth Boss would mean one less wire to connect and no power drain off the Surface Pro battery.
BTW, I've enjoyed your videos over the years in general.
Is the fs-6 hooked up to the EV-1 making it wireless also?
Not sure your average Metal guitarist can follow this …
Hi Rabea just wondering can I set the parameters for the waza Air headphones. Without computer. Want to use it as a stomp to change presets so I don't have to use buttons on the side of Waza air
Yes, the EV-1-WL will work with Waza Air headphones. We're working on some more content, which will show how this can expand the Waza Air capabilities.
@@BOSSinfoglobal is this still in the works ? I’ve had my Waza air, FS6, and the EV1 pedal . I’ve yet been able to make them all connected and work . Please make it easier to use on the mobile phone
@@BOSSinfoglobal I’m having the same issue with using my brand new foot pedal with my WAZA Air headphones and the app on my iPhone 12 . It says everything is connected but the pedal doesn’t do anything when I use it ?
The setup in Logic makes no sense. The midi controlled instrument (Wong) outputs to 15-16, the virtual Wong Audio channels gets the input from 27?? Where does the 27 come from?
I get nothing as soon as I change the output on my "Wong" instrument away from Stereo Out, the bars are moving but no audio, mind you I only work with a Scarlett 6i6, so I don't have a trillion inputs and outputs. Utterly confused, Rabea doesn't really explain this part properly. Any hints or links to better vids?
It turns out one is better off to use Smart Controls in Logic directly on the audio track.
Hey Rabea I have this pedal and using Logic Pro and Neural Dsp as well. I can’t record the expression sound in logic, I’m using petrucci plugin with the Wah. During recording I’ll get the Wah sound but playing it back, it’s only the guitar. You’ve explained it briefly about setting a virtual track. Can you kindly explain it further?
Look into using Smart Controls, then record anything you do as automation directly on the track.
th-cam.com/video/Qz3AFb-LPNo/w-d-xo.html I followed the steps from this video and it worked for me with Gojira X
Hi Rabea. Sorry to bug but what your opinion on reg traditional pedals versus digital. I've spent the past 2 years trying to build the perfect old school system you know all amps and pedals maybe a mixer. Then they came out with neural. My think is which is better on stage and off?
Anyone know if this will work with the quat cortex as an expression pedal, using usb to midi or the TRS connection to control the the QC's wah for example? For the use with NDSP plugins alone this looks really cool option, the blue tooth is such a plus. To be able to use this as an expression pedal in the QC would be very very cool.
what about using it with a real midi cable?
Great piece of gear!
Would it work through a wireless midi adapter (like the Yamaha MD BT01) and be able to control devices like your Quad Cortex or the FM3?
Cannot get mine to connect to my Android phone. It's paired with my phone in bluetooth menu, but wont show up in the app.
*Solved. For some bizzare reason, you MUST have your GPS location data switched on for it to detect the pedal!! i have no idea why, but as soon as I switched it on, it worked.
I can connect the EV-1 to the WAZA but am confused about what settings in the apps I need to change to get WAH. Can you do a video or reply here in the comments.
I have a fishman triple play MIDI pickup, could i use this to manipulate a synth while playing, as if i was turning a knob on the synth itself?
i think this sort of pedal used with logic pro or any other similar, is a major problem when doing multi tracks... so to run the midi you have to mute other track when recording or play back..this is a fine mess... either logic fix this problem or pedal needs to be scrapped.. need a pedal with guitar input option for use with midi, prior to the software, that might be an idea.. bottom line is.. this pedal cant be used for recording.. i made a big mistake in buying it... its usless.
Rabea vids lead to Amazon 🙌
Would this work with a volt 276 audio interface? Newb to a/I and even midi.
Could you use this, along side let’s say the Airstep lite into the plug-in? Meaning, can I run two midi controllers into the plug-in at the same time? Would be running into the stand alone neural dsp plug-ins
I come back to this video every time I need to reconnect my Boss EV-1 and its the only video that has been easy enough for me to follow each time. Thank you!
Just got mine yesterday but haven’t dived into it yet, excited! This video is going to be extremely helpful thanks Rabea!
Man, you saved hours for me, thanks a lot. Now I have a Wah for my virtual Tone King!
Excellent product & review ! I was wondering if it will work with Kemper as well? Did you have the chance to check it out?
I can’t connect it to my WAZA airs
but can we have wah effect in Gojira plugin with this pedal ?
Yes, this video helped me th-cam.com/video/Qz3AFb-LPNo/w-d-xo.html
Sooo... is this how the FCB1010 should be mapped also, in CC Absolute?
Thank you!👏🏻👏🏻Did you notice any bluetooth interference in the sound?
Thank you for this video. I’ve been wanting a pedal just like this for years, so I’m buying this on Day One.
what is the name of the app in the app store? I can’t find it for the life of me.
Can you not use/put the editor on a Macbook computer rather than a mobile phone?
I bought the pedal to control the Petrucci Archetype Wah. I was able to get it all set up in Logic. One issue: the latency is HORRIBLE. It’s practically unrecordable. Any solutions?
Have you tried using a cable? on Windows, I can't get it to work via bluetooth, it connects but the blue light keeps flashing.
been waiting for this . Glad it came from Boss :)
I'm having so much trouble getting this going with my Waza Air... Got it going yesterday with Waza Air headphones after hrs of trying. and today it's completely not connecting, got to try and get it going again... Fucking headache man.
Having the same problem, did you figure it out in the end ?
Cool video! Does it work with bias fx on iPad?
can I use it as a normal expression pedal (analog) ???
Thanks for the demo. However I would have liked I closer zoom so that I could see the midi options as my eyesight is not as good as it once was. I'm also guessing that the two button foot switch plugs into the EV-1?
Did you ever get an answer to this? Is the fs-6 hooked up to the EV-1 making it wireless also?
This is great. The only other Midi expression pedal I have found is the beat bars one, but it doesn't have bluetooth and is more expensive (esp since it only ships from Europe).
There's also the Source Audio Reflex but it's even more expensive and very rare
I believe you wouldve bought it… i got 4
Sweet. But they need to update the FS5/6.
Nice Job.
Is the guitar connected to the pedal or the interface?
Interface
OK, I just got this but for the life of me can't figure out how to get this to work on a windows machine. Anyone have any luck with using reaper and this pedal? There is no such thing as a midi setup on a PC that I can find. Can anyone help me out here?
Just ran into this problem. A fucking 100 dollar dongle is the official fix.
@@chadirvine9700 really? Wt?
@@paulineh6772 ya Roland WM-1D dongle. bluetooth and midi and windows doesn't work yet apparently? theres convoluted workarounds. i tried one but couldnt get it going with this pedal. usb works fine though. you just need the oldschool cord
@@chadirvine9700 which defeats the fact that I bought a wireless pedal
@@paulineh6772 life is suffering. it helps the music though
One of the best tutorials I have come across for mapping midi! Great job!!
he skipped the track recording.. how to convert midi to audio..
except it does not work, nor the channel mapping is correct
Great demonstration, Rabea! Can listen to you play for hours on end.
cool tech but that's a 100% no from me. i like to play guitar, pedals, tube amp, real loud. i do it to get the demons out, not sit in front of a computer and deep dive into 1's and 0's.. cool cool tech no doubt though.
What an awesome presentation. Thanks Rabea.