Yes, in fact you have access to 120 presets with MIDI. Just bear in mind, you will have no way of seeing which preset you are using without the foot pedal, as there is no display for it. I use MIDI extensively to control my gear, and will be making a lot of use of the presets, but I got the foot pedal anyway. The display matches the preset you select by MIDI PC command. I’ve yet to try presets over 99 though. I’ll be using a variable in the LGM2 and display it every time I change presets.

I’ve suggested to EHX about providing a real time parameter editor and preset manager for PC & Mac. Real time adjustment of parameters using on screen controls, then saving it simultaneously to the appropriate preset on HOG2 AND to preset file with a descriptive comment. Plus a decent preset manager that: detects all the changed presets and sends all the parameters and saves every changed preset to the HOG2. The program would have to be absolute master and the HOG2 slave as there’s no MIDI send on HOG2. Be great if the program comes with the HOG2 factory presets too.

The manual seems to spell out the PC & CC commands quite clearly. I really like how you can either simulate the buttons on the face plate & foot controller AS WELL AS arbitrary values to preset number, expression pedal mode, etc. How you go about using them is of course your call.

For myself I use the Gordius Little Giant Module 2 (LGM2) I use variables which are set or adjusted when I press various programmed pedals I’ve set up. For instance quick press decrement or increment, long press -10 or +10, then a series of pedals that set it to 0, 30, 60, 90 120, then use the others to hunt around in there. Obviously when I have very specific needs, the correct PC number will just be arbitrarily set, along with the other gear I’m using.

So for the most part I don’t have to reprogram anything, I just need to adjust the variable to what I want and how I can do that is varied and very versatile. The Gordius Little Giant MIDI controllers aren’t cheap, but they’re well worth it if you have complex MIDI effect units with a lot of parameters.

I’ll be depending on the HOG2 to store the actual presets, at least until functional software comes out. But using LGM2 I will experiment with parameters in real time using expression pedals which can be reassigned to different parameters with the push of a button and use the LGM2 display to find out what the final value for each parameter is so I can actually record them, then save it to any HOG2 preset of my choice, and note that down too, building up a library as I go.

Cheers,
G.

Hey there
It might be possible to use your midi controller and PC 121 to simulate holding down EXP button for 2 seconds: toggle on, wait two seconds, toggle off. I haven’t tried this yet. If it does work it will save whatever setup you currently have into the last used preset.