Overview

The Multi Engage/Bypass feature lets you map Engage and Bypass CC messages to each of your devices. This then allows you to use a single Multi Engage/Bypass message to set the bypass states of all your devices at once. 🎥 Video tutorial also available.

MIDI Channel Settings

To map your device's Engage/Bypass functions, go to the Edit MIDI Channel Settings under the Controller Settings tab. You'll see that for each MIDI Channel, you can set the CC number and value for Engage and Bypass.

For example, if I had my Timeline on MIDI Channel 1, I will set my Engage message to CC#102 value 127, and my Bypass message to CC#102 value 0, as per their MIDI implementation

Multi Engage/Bypass message type

Go to your preset settings and look for the Device Engage/Bypass message type:

There are 3 options under Type, which are Engage, Bypass and Set

Engage

Mapped Engage CC messages will be sent to checkmarked devices. Unchecked devices will be unaffected.

Bypass

Mapped Bypass CC messages will be sent to checkmarked devices. Unchecked devices will be unaffected.

Set

Mapped Engage and Bypass messages will be sent simultaneously. If a device is checkmarked, its Engage CC message will be sent to it. If left unchecked, its Bypass CC message will be sent to it. If the Engage or Bypass feature is not enabled for a particular MIDI channel then nothing will be sent for that channel's device.

Controlling More than One Pair of Engage/Bypass Messages for a Single Device

Some devices may have more than one effect, and you may want to control each effect individually with the Multi Engage/Bypass message. For example the Strymon Flint with Reverb and Tremolo sides, or Strymon Sunset with A and B sides.

You can remap an unused MIDI channel to function as the second effect your device. For example if you wanted to independently control both Reverb and Tremolo sides on the Strymon Flint (that has been set to MIDI channel 1), you can remap MIDI channel 2 to channel 1 (under MIDI Channel Settings). That way you can use 2 slots on the Multi Engage/Bypass message for each effect on the Flint.

Updated on: 17/10/2025