Using PC Number Scroll and Counters to Scroll Presets

Some pedals don't give you an easy way to scroll through their presets. If your pedal has 128 presets accessible with PC message 0-127, how do you quickly go from preset 0 to preset 97?

Luckily, our controllers can be programmed to store a COUNTER that represents that preset. That COUNTER can be quickly incremented and decremented, and then it can send the PC message. The two most common ways are:
METHOD 1: Using two switches to scroll up and down your presets, and updating the COUNTER and immediately sending it to the pedal with every push on your switch.
METHOD 2: Using three switches, where the up and down switches only update the COUNTER, while the message is only sent to a pedal when a third switch is pushed.

Setting up your controller

In both cases, first set up two switches for incrementing and decrementing as shown below. Set one to "Decrease Only" (the example shown) and the other to "Increase Only." Also, make sure that you have one counter assigned to your pedal, and that you stick to it for that pedal. There are up to 16 counters you can use to assign to different functions.


Now, you need to send the PC message to your pedal:


Add the above message to both switches if you just want to use two switches and update immediately (Method 1).

If you want to send only when you press a third footswitch, DO NOT add this message to the increment/decrement footswitches. Instead, this should be the only message on a 3rd footswitch (Method 2)

Displaying the current COUNTER position

You can use PLACEHOLDERS to display the COUNTER number in the preset label. For example, setting "Short Name" to "Num %E0" will display "Num 0" when counter0 = 0, "Num 5" when counter0 = 5, etc. Read more about placeholders here: Using Placeholders in Preset names and How do I display PC Scroll numbers in the Preset Name?

Updated on: 07/02/2025