Save Presets in the Kernom Ridge with Hotone Ampero Control (MIDI)
An untechnical tutorial showing how to use the Hotone Ampero Controller MIDI foot pedal to program up to 128 presets in The Kernom Ridge overdrive pedal.
UPDATE: You can use Control Change (CC) for individual parameters on the pedal. but you can only use Program Change (CC) for presets.
CABLE NOTE: 10 Pin MIDI goes from MIDI OUT of Ampero Controller to MIDI IN on Kernom Ridge (thanks TOM!) - I am using only one cable... you can use more, but that would be to chain more MIDI devices together - which is possible, but I have not done that and would not know how (sorry).
Links:
kernom.com/en-us
(Not just info about The Ridge, but also support, a great FAQ section, and manual)
/ @kernom6880
www.hotoneaudio.com/products/...
(All the specs and documents - none of which I looked at! I may have misspoke in the video and there might not be an app for Windows. Only Android and iOS. You might need to look into that for yourself.)
I wanted the folks like me who might be a little on the analog side to know this is doable. If you are unfamiliar with MIDI, you might want to do a little research - I just watched a couple of MIDI basics vids here on KZread. I had very little experience. I was confused for example that all the numbers start at 00 and not 01. There are 128 presets (000 to 127). The banks are numbered like that too... 00 is actually your #1 bank. New to me! Only used controllers to trigger virtual instruments, but that was practically plug and play. There was a slight learning curve for me to program the presets on The Ridge, but I overcame it in minutes.
A lot of what I say here in the video applies to most of the MIDI controllers I looked at. I believe many (most?) have the ability to send Program Change (PC). I picked the Ampero because the guys at Kernom confirmed it worked, it was small for my board, and it was one of the most affordable I could find.
One thing I did not mention is that The Ridge has MIDI through, so you can chain it with other MIDI controlled things. It has other features too you can look into.
Thanks for watching. If you have questions, ask. I will try and answer if I am able.
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This is really helpful. MIDI seems so complicated to me and most guides all talk about setting up entire boards for midi and all this complicated stuff. But I’m just wanting to really use it for the kernom just like this for basic preset changing, so I can take 3 different drive pedals off my board and just get the Kernom. Thanks for this
Now that s very cool, all the best brother.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing
Man, you did a great job, thank you !!!
Great video, a good explanation.👍
Thank you so much for this video!🙏🏼
this helped me alot thank you!
That helps a lot - thanks dude!
The KR looks like a great pedal especially with the midi capability. The only downside I can see is if you had 5 or 6 saved overdrive presets it wouldn’t appear these would be easily ’tweakable’ at a gig as you can’t actually visibly see the OD settings. But that would be asking a lot and also up the price!
Brilliant video, very clear and easy to follow, do you know if you can mix presets from the kernom in normal mode and high power mode? That would be super cool...
thanks for your tutorial, i am still curious to use CC on tone ampero, because i don't manage to clarify the user experience on it. and how to configure it for sample to change button volume of the KR, (CC22). please help !
Thank you for the video, I just ordered one to go with my Kernom Ridge and Kernom MOHO. Is there a specific type cable we need to hook it up to the pedals I can find on Amazon? brand new to MIDI as well.
Thanks for the video. I’m a little old school on midi. What type of cable is required to connect these devices (Mini midi to 5 pin)? Do you only need to hook MIDI in on the Kernom? Thank you!
Thanks a lot for this video. Is Ampero Control Footswitch USB Bluetooth MIDI Foot Controller Volume Expression 2 in1 Pedal the one I need to buy? I can see the site you provided link but I need to find the same in aliexpress I need the exact modle number
Hi , which midi Channel did you get on the kernom ? I tried to connect my midi controller one control gecko on midi Channel 2 on the Ridge but only slow blue blinking on the Ridge once i send a PC number from my midi controller. Thanks
Could you use the midi controller to change presets on the Kernon and something like the TC Electronix Plethora X3 at the same time?
What about the latency between changing presets? How noticable it is?
I'm still struggling to preset a decent picture setting on my tv 📺😫
question: You can add only 1 preset to each bank?