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MIDI Commands

7. MIDI Commands

Polar devices are designed to connect to the ToneX, ToneX One, or the Valeton GP-5. Below you will find two different MIDI command tables. One for the IK Multimedia products, and one for the Valeton products.

There is no setup needed to use these commands. You can take your Polar out of the box, plug in the power and connect the USB to the pedal of your choice, then send these MIDI commands to the Polar to control the listed parameters.

The default MIDI channel for the device is channel 1. You can change this in the web config.

Hot Tip: Use our MIDI Controllers!

If you're using a PIRATE MIDI controller, you can use our Device Library to save you time. Instead of looking up commands in this list and typing in numbers, just click and choose the commands you want inside our web editor and the MIDI numbers will be automatically filled for you - no more manual diving!

ToneX/ToneX One

Name MIDI CC# Value
Delay Position 1 Pre Amp: 0, Post Amp: 127
Delay: Power 2 On: 127, Off: 0
Delay Type 3 Digital: 0, Tape: 1
Digital Delay: Sync 4 On: 127, Off: 0
Digital Delay: Time 5 0-127
Digital Delay: Feedback 6 0-127
Digital Delay: Mode 7 Normal: 0, Ping-Pong: 64
Digital Delay: Mix 8 0-127
Tuner 9 Not Supported
Tap Tempo 10 Value Not used
Expression Pedal 11 Not Supported
Preset On 12 Not supported
Gate Position 13 First: 0, Post Amp: 127
Gate Power 14 On: 127, Off: 0
Gate Threshold 15 0-127
Gate Release 16 0-127
Gate Depth 17 0-127
Compressor Power 18 On: 127, Off: 0
Compressor Threshold 19 0-127
Compressor Gain 20 0-127
Compressor Attack 21 0-127
Compressor Position 22 First: 0, Post Amp: 127
Bass EQ 23 0-127
Bass Hz 24 0-127
Mid EQ 25 0-127
Mid Q 26 0-127
Mid Hz 27 0-127
Treble EQ 28 0-127
Treble Hz 29 0-127
EQ Position 30 0-127
Mod Position 31 Pre Amp: 0, Post Amp: 127
Mod Power 32 On: 127, Off: 0
Mod Type 33 Chorus: 0, Tremolo: 1, Phaser: 2, Flanger: 3, Rotary: 4
Chorus Sync 34 On: 127, Off: 0
Chorus Rate 35 0-127
Chorus Depth 36 0-127
Chorus Level 37 0-127
Tremolo Sync 38 On: 127, Off: 0
Tremolo Rate 39 0-127
Tremolo Shape 40 0-127
Tremolo Spread 41 0-127
Tremolo Level 42 0-127
Phaser Sync 43 On: 127, Off: 0
Phaser Rate 44 0-127
Phaser Depth 45 0-127
Phaser Level 46 0-127
Flanger Sync 47 On: 127, Off: 0
Flanger Rate 48 0-127
Flanger Depth 49 0-127
Flanger Feedback 50 0-127
Flanger Level 51 0-127
Rotary Sync 52 On: 127, Off: 0
Rotary Speed 53 0-127
Rotary Radius 54 0-127
Rotary Spread 55 0-127
Rotary Level 56 0-127
Spring Reverb 1 Time 59 0-127
Spring Reverb 1 Predelay 60 0-127
Spring Reverb 1 Color 61 0-127
Spring Reverb 1 Mix 62 0-127
Spring Reverb 2 Time 63 0-127
Spring Reverb 2 Predelay 64 0-127
Spring Reverb 2 Color 65 0-127
Spring Reverb 2 Mix 66 0-127
Spring Reverb 3 Time 67 0-127
Spring Reverb 3 Predelay 68 0-127
Spring Reverb 3 Color 69 0-127
Spring Reverb 3 Mix 70 0-127
Room Reverb Time 71 0-127
Room Reverb Predelay 72 0-127
Room Reverb Color 73 0-127
Room Reverb Mix 74 0-127
Plate Reverb Time 76 0-127
Plate Reverb Predelay 77 0-127
Plate Reverb Color 78 0-127
Plate Reverb Mix 79 0-127
Reverb Power 75 On: 127, Off: 0
Spring Reverb 4 Time 80 0-127
Spring Reverb 4 Predelay 81 0-127
Spring Reverb 4 Color 82 0-127
Spring Reverb 4 Mix 83 0-127
Reverb Type 85 Spring 1-4: 0-3, Room: 4, Plate: 5
Reverb Position 84 Post Amp: 0, Last: 127
Preset Down 86 Value not used
Preset Up 87 Value not used
BPM 88 0-127
Bank Up 89 Not supported
Bank Down 90 Not supported
Tape Delay Sync 91 On: 127, Off: 0
Tape Delay Time 92 0-127
Tape Delay Feedback 93 0-127
Tape Delay Mode 94 Normal: 0, Ping Pong: 64
Tape Delay Mix 95 0-127
Global BPM 99, 100 0-127
Amp Model Gain 102 0-127
Amp Model Volume 103 0-127
Amp Model Mix 104 0-127
Presence 106 0-127
Depth 107 0-127
VIR Resonance 108 0-127
VIR Mic 1 109 Condenser: 0, Dynamic: 1, Ribbon: 2
VIR Mic 1 X 110 0-127
VIR Mic 1 Z 111 0-127
VIR Mic 2 112 Condenser: 0, Dynamic: 1, Ribbon: 2
VIR Mic 2 X 113 0-127
VIR Mic 2 Z 114 0-127
VIR Blend 115 0-127
Input Trim 116 0-127
Cab Sim Bypass 117 On: 127, Off: 0
Global Tempo Source 118 Global: 127, Local: 0
Global Tuning Reference 119 0-127
Load Preset to Slot A 120 0-19
Load Preset to Slot B 121 0-19
Global Volume 122 0-127
Select Preset 127 0-19

Valeton GP-5

Name MIDI CC# Value
NR block enable 0 On: 127, Off: 0
Pre block enable 1 On: 127, Off: 0
Dist block enable 2 On: 127, Off: 0
Amp block enable 3 On: 127, Off: 0
Cab block enable 4 On: 127, Off: 0
EQ block enable 5 On: 127, Off: 0
Mod block enable 6 On: 127, Off: 0
Delay block enable 7 On: 127, Off: 0
Reverb block enable 8 On: 127, Off: 0
Snaptone block enable 9 On: 127, Off: 0
NR block type 10 0 = NR gate
Pre block type 11 0 = Comp to 9 = Detune
Dist block type 12 0 = Green to 9 = Bass OD
Amp block type 13 0 = Tweedy to 31 = AC Pre 2
Cab block type 14 0 = Twd CP to 19 = Ampg 4x10
EQ block type 15 0 = Guitar 1 to 4 = Mess EQ
Mod block type 16 0 = A Chorus to 10 = Bias Trem
Delay block type 17 0 = Pure to 9 = AC Ping Pong
Reverb block type 18 0 = Air to 9 = Sweet Space
Snaptone block type 19 0 to 79
Patch Volume 20 0-127
NR Param 0 21 0-127
Not used (mistake) 22 0
NR Param 1 23 0-127
NR Param 2 24 0-127
NR Param 3 25 0-127
NR Param 4 26 0-127
NR Param 5 27 0-127
NR Param 6 28 0-127
NR Param 7 29 0-127
Pre Param 0 30 0-127
Pre Param 1 31 0-127
Pre Param 2 32 0-127
Pre Param 3 33 0-127
Pre Param 4 34 0-127
Pre Param 5 35 0-127
Pre Param 6 36 0-127
Pre Param 7 37 0-127
Dist Param 0 38 0-127
Dist Param 1 39 0-127
Dist Param 2 40 0-127
Dist Param 3 41 0-127
Dist Param 4 42 0-127
Dist Param 5 43 0-127
Dist Param 6 44 0-127
Dist Param 7 45 0-127
Amp Param 0 46 0-127
Amp Param 1 47 0-127
Amp Param 2 48 0-127
Amp Param 3 49 0-127
Amp Param 4 50 0-127
Amp Param 5 51 0-127
Amp Param 6 52 0-127
Amp Param 7 53 0-127
Cab Param 0 54 0-127
Cab Param 1 55 0-127
Cab Param 2 56 0-127
Cab Param 3 57 0-127
Cab Param 4 58 0-127
Cab Param 5 59 0-127
Cab Param 6 60 0-127
Cab Param 7 61 0-127
EQ Param 0 62 0-127
EQ Param 1 63 0-127
EQ Param 2 64 0-127
EQ Param 3 65 0-127
EQ Param 4 66 0-127
EQ Param 5 67 0-127
EQ Param 6 68 0-127
EQ Param 7 69 0-127
Mod Param 0 70 0-127
Mod Param 1 71 0-127
Mod Param 2 72 0-127
Mod Param 3 73 0-127
Mod Param 4 74 0-127
Mod Param 5 75 0-127
Mod Param 6 76 0-127
Mod Param 7 77 0-127
Delay Param 0 78 0-127
Delay Param 1 79 0-127
Delay Param 2 80 0-127
Delay Param 3 81 0-127
Delay Param 4 82 0-127
Delay Param 5 83 0-127
Delay Param 6 84 0-127
Delay Param 7 85 0-127
Reverb Param 0 86 0-127
Reverb Param 1 87 0-127
Reverb Param 2 88 0-127
Reverb Param 3 89 0-127
Reverb Param 4 90 0-127
Reverb Param 5 91 0-127
Reverb Param 6 92 0-127
Reverb Param 7 93 0-127
Snaptone Param 0 94 0-127
Snaptone Param 1 95 0-127
Snaptone Param 2 96 0-127
Snaptone Param 3 97 0-127
Snaptone Param 4 98 0-127
Snaptone Param 5 99 0-127
Snaptone Param 6 100 0-127
Snaptone Param 7 101 0-127
Preset Down 116 Value not used
Preset Up 117 Value not used
BPM 118 0-127
Tap Tempo 119 Not supported
Input Level 120 0-127
Cab Bypass 121 On: 127, Off: 0
Master Volume 122 0-127
Record Level 123 0-127
Monitor Level 124 0-127
Bluetooth Level 125 0-127
Select Preset 127 0-99