How do you Save and Recall Presets on NightSky?

There are 16 on-board presets that are accessible by using the 8 PRESET BUTTONS on NightSky. They are arranged in 2 banks of 8 presets with different PRESET BUTTON colors indicating the selected bank.

• To toggle between the 2 preset banks, press a PRESET BUTTON that is already illuminated.
  • Presets 1-8 will illuminate the PRESET BUTTONS GREEN.
  • Presets 9-16 will illuminate the PRESET BUTTONS AMBER.

The currently selected preset becomes your active Favorite preset.  Your Favorite preset can be instantly recalled by pressing the FAVORITE footswitch while in reverb mode.

• Press FAVORITE to recall the currently selected Favorite setting which consists of all knob and button settings, Live Edit functions, expression control settings, Morph settings, and the current sequence. (GREEN FAVORITE LED On)
  • Press FAVORITE again to return back to the settings of the physical controls on the pedal.

 

To select a new Favorite preset:

• Press any of the PRESET BUTTONS once to access the presets in the current bank.
• Press any of the PRESET BUTTONS twice to access the presets in the other bank.

 

To SAVE a new Favorite setting to any of the 16 on-board slots:

• First, dial in the desired setting with all of the knobs and buttons, and secondary functions.
• Press and hold the FAVORITE footswitch for a few seconds until the FAVORITE LED blinks BLUE.
• Then, press any one of the 8 PRESET BUTTONS once to select that preset in the current bank.
  • Press twice to select the preset location in the other bank.
  • If using MIDI to recall presets, you can send a MIDI Program Change message to NightSky while the FAVORITE LED blinks blue to save the preset to the location that corresponds with the MIDI Program Change message that is received.

 

Recalling Presets via MIDI

If you are controlling NightSky via MIDI, you have access to 300 presets available via MIDI Program Change through either the 5-pin DIN MIDI IN port, the USB-mini port, or through the EXP jack set to PRESET mode.  This power-up mode for the EXP jack will accept MIDI Program Change messages to recall presets on NightSky on the MIDI Channel that the pedal is set to.

How to Set the EXP Jack to Accept 1/4″ MIDI

• Before powering up, press and hold down the FREEZE footswitch.
• While still holding down the FREEZE footswitch, plug in the power.  Continue holding down the FREEZE footswitch until until the 3 footswitch LEDs and PRESET BUTTONS 1-6 all light up.
• Release the footswitch and turn the REVERB knob to select MIDI mode (BLUE  FREEZE LED).
• Press any of the footswitches to store this setting and begin using NightSky.

How to Set the MIDI Channel

• Before powering up, press and hold down the FREEZE footswitch.
• While still holding down the FREEZE footswitch, plug in the power.  Continue holding down the FREEZE footswitch until until the 3 footswitch LEDs and PRESET BUTTONS 1-6 all light up.
• Release the footswitch and turn the SPEED knob to select the desired MIDI Channel:
  • Channel 1 – GREEN ON LED
  • Channel 2 – AMBER ON LED
  • Channel 3 – RED ON LED
  • Channels 4-16 – Blinking BLUE ON LED
    • When setting to Channels 4-16, you must send a MIDI Program Change message on the desired MIDI Channel (4-16) that you would like to control NightSky on while the ON LED is blinking BLUE.  Once the MIDI Program Change message is received, the MIDI Channel will be set and NightSky will boot up for use.

Additional MIDI Control Information

NightSky contains 300 preset locations, numbered sequentially from 0-299. Because MIDI Program Change messages have a maximum number of 128 (0-127) the presets are grouped into three MIDI patch banks.