Chapter Six: Functions and Switches
6.1 Programming the Herbert
It is quite easy to program your Diezel Herbert and, also, easy to
explain. Pushing the “Store” toggle switch twice must follow each
change in the MIDI program. After the first click, the selected blue LED
lights will blink. Click on the switch again and your program is in
memory. Each of the 128 programs (patches, program changes) can be
changed as often as is desired.
6.2 Manual Channel Selection
The 3 channels of the Herbert can be selected manually by activating
the red button above each channel strip, or can be programmed via
the midi control system. If you assign the Channel one switch function
to a MIDI program (for example “01”), then you can initiate this
channel’s switching via your MIDI pedal. Push “01” on your MIDI pedal
after programming, and the pedal will send digital information to the
amplifier. The amp will read this information and decide whether or not
it is supposed to respond. When properly programmed, it will then
switch on channel one.
OK, here it is again:
Select 01 on your MIDI pedal. Select channel one of the Herbert. Now
push “Store” twice. Voila, it’s a MIDI program! Now select program
change “02” on your pedal, switch the amp to channel two, hit
“Store” twice, and suddenly you have a MIDI pedal controller with 2
program changes. Continue on until you run out of channels, about 1
more time.
All the other functions of the amp can be programmed in the same
exact way. Remember: push “Store” twice to finalize a MIDI program
procedure. Select the program on the pedal to recall the setting from
the amp.
