Zoom Ms-70 CDR

mokomo · September 27, 2020, 7:49pm

having not played around with the CDR in a while but hooked it up this evening to the 1010 BB as an FX send, it really is a nifty little box. And not actually that bad to navigate as a table top device

chaocrator · September 27, 2020, 10:58pm

yes, because MS70 only has USB, or at least i never seen any mentions of any hidden/unused ports.

chaocrator · October 22, 2020, 8:31pm

made some progress.
effect parameters mostly have 7-bit values, but some are 14-bit.
decided to handle both kinds of values with a single object, and finally got a working prototype.
axo-7-14

chaocrator · October 23, 2020, 2:23pm

will support also MS-60B & MS-50G.
axo-zoom_ms

quartzwatch · October 23, 2020, 4:19pm

Dang, if I knew they 70 cdr had a solid sysex implementation I may have kept it! Incase anyone is curious, here is a doc with more info:

chaocrator · October 23, 2020, 4:21pm

yes, i’m using this guide, and also another one.

github.com

g200kg/zoom-ms-utility/blob/master/midimessage.md

# ZOOM MS-50G/60B/70CDR MIDI Mesasges

This is a non-official document based on a personal and non-strict experiments.


## Short messages

### Patch Select
> [0xc0,pp] : Program Change

Select a patch. pp=patch number (0-49)

###  Tuner Mode On/Off
> [0xb0,0x4a,mm] : Control Change CC#74

Tuner Mode On/Off. mm<64:off, mm>=64:on

## System Exclusives

### Identity Request

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chaocrator · October 27, 2020, 5:51pm

released the 1st object.
actually, this is already sufficient to make Axoloti patches for controlling Zoom MS effect parameters.

DoS · October 27, 2020, 6:13pm

Excellent - I’ll try this out tonight and report back how it works!

pigeonsmusik · October 28, 2020, 2:14am

I don’t have a Axoloti but I wonder if it’s possible to modulate that with pure data? would be great. just got a raspberry pi, and looking to using it as a midihub first then build on from there. would be cool if it can interface with puredata…

chaocrator · October 28, 2020, 5:53am

i’m not familiar with pd, but if it sends SysEx messages, the answer is yes.

johnl · December 18, 2020, 1:06pm

In a similar vein to @x0x I’m wondering about using this to turn a stereo pair (Nord Drum 2) into a mono for 1 input of Digitone (with a bit of Chorus too)

DoS · December 24, 2020, 3:55pm

Interestingly, someone has just released a Norns script to control the MS-70CDR from its interface:

pigeonsmusik · December 25, 2020, 12:50am

wow cool!

I wonder how many MS 70 can i connect with either the Norns or the Axoloti?

chaocrator · December 25, 2020, 5:41am

only one with Axoloti, because it has 1 usb host port, and still does not support usb hubs

pigeonsmusik · December 25, 2020, 11:53am

thanks, good to know abt the Axoloti

Grate_expectations · January 21, 2021, 2:37pm

Has anybody had any luck injecting the other FX algorithms using a Mac?

ghostbuddy · January 21, 2021, 2:39pm

I haven’t tried it yet, are you having issues?

Grate_expectations · January 21, 2021, 2:52pm

Not tried it yet but I’m not a computer whiz… I frowned when it started mentioning boot camp or something…

InTheAM · January 21, 2021, 3:09pm

If you absolutely need to own an set and forget FX pedal for your hardware setup and don’t want to or cannot spend a lot of money the MS-70 is the only pedal to own. /Discussion

chaocrator · January 21, 2021, 3:12pm

install VirtualBox
install Windoze inside VirtualBox
use USB passthrough
…
PROFIT !