Boss ES-8 Amp Control 

I wish that was my next step. getting clean sound only, TRS cable hooked up, followed instructions and failed.

Similar here with ES8 and a PirateMidi Bridge 6 controller. I am hitting some roadblocks with ES8 & Bridge6 acting as Pilot/CoPilot. Basic PC messages are no problem. CC messages are hit and miss for me. I am currently up to 14 midi devices/pedals using 14 channels of midi. There will come a day when I will need MORE than 16 channels. How to deal with that? IR a midiot! I need a tutor ($$$) - Is there a tutor in the house? ______________________ How about a Marine Biologist? Anyone?

I do not a the moment. Maybe someday...

Connecting the pedals is rather simple, I doubt I'll make a video on it. Just connect one pedal to each loop, or if you have more pedals than you have loops, you can connect multiple pedals in series to a loop. Just be aware that when the loop is activated, all pedals in that loop will be active.

Looks to have MIDI IN, so I would assume so.

Thanks! Always good to hear my videos help. Unfortunately, I don't know of any way to change the phase with the ES-8. Doesn't look there is an easy way to do it externally either. If you find anything, let me know.

@@ManBunMetalHead The gig rig ABY Baby flips phase and I think mesa makes one but that is a lot of real estate. I might just use one on top of the wet amp and turn it on if needed if I can't find something more practical. I will keep you updated.

I would suggest looking at the Laney manual to see if you can control the amp via MIDI. If the control pedal uses a 5 pin MIDI connector, I would assume it does, but I've never used the amp. I don't want to give you any advice.

Man Bun Metal Head good shout I'll have a look thanks very much 🙂

It's pretty tough without being there with the amp. Did it come with a footswitch? Does it have a TRS or TS connector? Can you measure the connectivity between the "pins" on the connector of the footswitch? Just some thoughts to start.

@@ManBunMetalHead Thanks for that. Yes it comes with a standard foot-switch that lets you switch between the three states (Off or clean, "Drive, and "More Drive") as you can manually on the amp. I am sure it is a Voltage/Logic Level thing but thought that it could be controlled through the different CTL switch settings in the GUI. I have reached out to Fender to see if anyone else has asked about it. IF & when I get resolution, I will share with you in case you get asked again ... love your ES vids. They shortened my learning curve when I first got the ES-8.

Should have mentioned that the cable that connects the Fender Foot Switch to the Fender With input seems to only be a mono 1/4", and not Stereo or TRS.

Being that the connector is TS makes me think would be tough to control with the ES-8. Like you mentioned there has to be some sort of logic involved, rather than a simple on/off switch. If you come up with anything, I'd definitely be interested to hear about it.

First off, Man Bun's videos are by far the best series showing how almost everything works, he gets to the point without all the flexing so many others do.There's a lot more fine details that Man Bun didn't cover I'm find out. I really wish Man Bun had a Social Media place we could ask questions and post photos or videos. I'm having the same issue with my Bugera. So far I've found I have to invert the switches, still didn't work. Now I'm told I need to go into other CTRL settings and change it to MOM (momentary) So I check under ASSIGN settings in the middle of the PC editor and you can change the latch type. I need to figure these assigns out still, my head is about to explode.

I'm not exactly sure what issue your are having. It's sounds like the ES-8 is functioning similarly to my ENGL Gigmaster 30. Make sure to use a TRS cable (NOT a TS cable). If you plug it in to CTL 1/2, CTL1 will control the channel or gain boost, and CTL2 will control the other. My guess is if the proper CTL is set to ON, the amp will be set to the crunch channel and if it's OFF it'll be set to the clean channel. I go over this at 3:45.

I'm not familiar with that amp, but it does have a TRS foot controller and MIDI control as well, so you should be good.

The ES-8 should be able to control the RC-10R via MIDI or external control. MIDI would probably be the most versatile and you could program buttons on the ES-8 to specifically control the RC-10R.

I'm not familiar with the 5150 amps, but I took a quick look at the manual. It looks like there is only one connector for the footswitch and the footswitch controls switching between all three channels and the effects. Because it's controlling so many functions, it's probably not using standard switching like the ES-8 but rather some other signal, so it probably won't work. Fortunately, you do have a MIDI In connector, so you can control the amp with the ES-8 via MIDI. I have a few videos on my channel that should help with that.

While I haven't connected two ES-8's myself, it shouldn't be too difficult. The easiest way would be to connect the units in serial (output of first goes to input of second) and use one ES-8 to control the second via MIDI. I'm sure there are more complicated ways to set it up, but this would be a start.

@@ManBunMetalHead thank you bro :)

You should be able to do this with assigns in the ES-8. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jFiOzIm7zOk.html

@@ManBunMetalHead that video answers so many of my questions. Thanks so much, you freakin ruuuule! My remaining issue is this… my timeline and big sky aren’t in loops on the es8 (because I run stereo effects loops through two amps) so I need to toggle them on and off via midi. I’m trying to find a way to have a single button on the es8 bypass or engage the strymons on whatever preset those pedals are currently on (ideally one es8 button for the timeline and one button for the big sky). So, for instance, say my big sky is on patch 00 and footswitch/reverb type A is selected. I understand that I can use cc#102 to bypass/engage the pedal for A, but if I need to switch to footswitch B on the big sky, Strymon tech support told me cc#102 will revert to turning footswitch A on and off instead of B. Which sorta makes zero sense in my brain. Essentially I’m looking for way to independently set the a, b, c preset with the big sky or timeline itself and then use a single switch on the es8 to bypass or engage the pedal in whatever state it is currently set to. Seems like it would be a no brainer for Strymon to have a universal midi command that does bypass/engage for whatever preset the unit is currently on, but they said cc#102 doesn’t work like that. I’m hoping they’re just wrong but I haven’t tested it yet. So any ideas on if it’s possible to use assigns to make a single es8 switch that will engage/bypass the big sky on whatever preset is currently active on that pedal (00 and then a, b, or c)? Thanks so much for your help. I always built my own analog switcher/loop boxes and all this programming is making my head spin! But I’m convinced it’ll be worth it once I fully wrap my brain around it.

@@ManBunMetalHead so I just did some tests and unfortunately it seems this still doesn’t solve my problem. It appears that you have to tie all the assigns to a single patch. So I can’t setup each button to truly function independently. I have to use say patch 00.1 and then I only get 12 assigns total. Even if I was only assigning a single function to each button, with assigning leds to turn on and off, I would only be able to get 6 independent buttons I could turn on and off. Super frustrating. I definitely assumed I’d be able to set up each button to be able to be use independently in memory mode. Any ideas? Is there a way to program a button to work as my amp channel switching in manual mode?

Unfortunately, not that I know of

The ES-5 should work just fine. It has 4 control outputs instead of 6 on the ES-8. Shouldn't matter for the Mark V though.

Thank you for replying. I'll keep watching your channel for more updates

So with my Mark V do I need the split cable? Or 1 cable? Thx

Should be able to use a TRS cable

Honestly, I have no clue. I'd have to get my hands on the amp to see if I could figure it out.

@@ManBunMetalHead Thank you for your response. I have have found some more informations. It seems like the EVH 5150 III 50w has a special kind of cable/jack for the footswitch. So the best way to change the channels is with MIDI.

@@ManBunMetalHead Do you have an ideal about the Friedman BE 100 Deluxe? This amp has only one foot switch input which is a TRS plug and the foot swicth has two buttons which switches between the three channels on the amp. (This amp does not have MIDI.

@@ruffrider6653hey did you ever get an answer to this?

The ES-8 can definitely switch two amps at once. It should work no problem with the Mark 25, but you might need an adapter for the Mark 35 since it requires a 5-pin connector.

@@ManBunMetalHead thx bro. You r da man. Appreciate the help.

Yes you can, but not to control the amp. If you're looking to put some effects in front of the amp and some in the effects loop, you'll want to use the four cable method to connect to the amp. I have a video on that (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e2yEyLYBg4w.html). If you want to just connect the ES-8 directly to the send/return loop you can do that as well.

@@ManBunMetalHead perfect!! I have another question: I have the opportunity to buy the boss at a cheap price, but loop 3 is broken and I don't know if it would be a good idea to buy it to repair it? or if it will not be possible to repair...

@@aguantecivile2 unfortunately I've never had to repair an ES-8 or ES-5. Could be something simple or you might have to send it in. It really comes down to whether or not you could live with one less loop.