Compact, Comprehensive Control: Guitar and Beyond
When physical, digital, virtual, and analog instruments, accessories, and effects can all play together in one guitar-focused or multi-instrumental ecosystem, creative possibilities abound. However, making the most of such a varied palette means powerful, focused control to suit. This is where Hotone’s Ampero Control comes into play. Contrasting its ultra-compact chassis and sleek profile, the Ampero Control is a Bluetooth MIDI foot controller that’s teeming with power and versatility, supplying immense degrees of customizable MIDI control for nearly any physical or virtual MIDI-compatible gear. From amps, pedals, and loopers to drum machines, synths, stage lights, and even other apps (via Bluetooth), Sweetwater’s gigging musicians revel in the Ampero Control’s immense flexibility. Did we mention you can connect additional expression footswitches? No matter how — or what — you play, where there’s MIDI, there’s Ampero Control capability. Plus, the free-to-download iOS and Android mobile app gives you further degrees of on-the-go customization.
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Masterful MIDI: wield multitudes of musical possibilities
Across its 5-pin MIDI in, out, and thru I/O; a MIDI-capable USB-B port; and wireless MIDI over Bluetooth, Ampero Control is outfitted to integrate with nearly any arrangement. Each of its four footswitches can transmit up to 16 distinct MIDI messages, with variable input options letting you discern between controls by pressing or holding the footswitch. Furthermore, these MIDI messages come in several creativity-inducing varieties, including PC (Program Change), CC (Control Change), Note On, Note Off, and more. With these, any number of effects pedals, amps, synths, peripherals, and even your DAW are one tap away. Plus, you can group footswitches in 32-message pairs, expanding your control capabilities even further, with up to 100 banks to store and recall your finely honed setups. What’s more, the inclusion of two rear-mounted 1/4-inch jacks accommodates external expression or control pedals, each of which is freely assignable across your MIDI output, granting access to greater degrees of nuance to match your most-imaginative menagerie of MIDI-fueled musicality.
Ampero Control app: dedicated iOS and Android mobile authority
Because Ampero Control can be used with practically any MIDI-capable instrument, effect, DAW, or device, Hotone developed a dedicated iOS and Android app that provides deep customization capabilities. Rather than compromise real estate on the Ampero Control (which would sacrifice its slim profile and seamless spatial integration) with a dedicated screen of cluttered menu-diving, the Ampero Control app is your all-encompassing control center. Every aspect of MIDI behavior, connections, channel customization, on-the-fly edits, and more can be painlessly performed from the app, wherever your music takes you.
Hotone: scorching tones that take you to new sonic heights
Founded in 2012, Hotone’s innovative guitar and bass products are engineered with a singular aim: to inspire the creativity and artistry of musicians worldwide. A steadfast dedication to tone is apparent from the company’s name (pronounced “hot tone”), and its forward-thinking lineup lives up to that title with superb-sounding floor processors, pedals, amplifiers, and more. Scores of Sweetwater musicians choose Hotone’s professional-grade products to power their rigs, and they’re certainly in good company — Hotone’s star-studded, genre-defying collection of artist endorsements ranges from funk guitar phenom Cory Wong to pioneering Latin Christian artist Chris Rocha.
Hotone Ampero Control Features:
- Compact, intelligent controller provides Bluetooth MIDI foot-switching in a rugged chassis that doesn’t compromise real estate in your arrangement
- Comprehensive MIDI connectivity across 5-pin in/out/thru ports, USB-B, and Bluetooth means detailed control of nearly any compatible hardware or software
- 4 footswitches each accommodate up to 16 distinct MIDI messages, including PC, CC, note on/off, and more
- Optional A/B footswitch groupings give you 32 per-group MIDI messages, allowing you to concoct highly specific configurations
- Variable pressing and holding behaviors for footswitch input further expand options for controlling external devices
- Dual 1/4-in. jacks let you integrate additional expression pedals that provide yet another degree of detailed control over MIDI connections
- 100 preset banks let you store, edit, and recall your configurations, including footswitch behavior, Exp/Ctrl jacks, and more
- Dedicated iOS/Android mobile app supplies a suite of customization and management tools for on-the-fly updates and changes
