Anyone Using the Joyo PXL Live?

[dfrattaroli]

I've been getting pedals together for Mark V:25 and just discovered this piece. Looks like a great way to get rack-type Midi and switching onto your pedal board. The price is great compared to similar units and from what I understand, the build quality is great. Anyone here actually have one?

Dave

 

[prsplayer86]

I'm running one now. I got it because my current main amp has 2 footswitchable master volumes and a dedicated clean channel, also footswitchable. These are all controlled via a single 1/4 inch cable and a two button footswitch... before the joyo PXL anyways.

Now, I can select bank A>button D, for master volume one with my TB09 boost for a brief lead piece, then select Bank A > B for a clean channel with my bogner Harlow boost and a little chorus. I've got my Bank C,D, and E set up for my cover set. Banks A and B are my originals.

Works great, I've played 4 shows with it so far and no head aches. I did have to purchase a single stereo to dual mono cable for my channel switching, but that wasn't too big of a hassle.

The biggest head ache is getting a grasp on how to program the channel switching. I still don't have the process completely down, but I was able to program 8 different patches between 5 pedals, and 3 channels in about a 2 hour period. (From opening the box for the first time to being completely done. ) I'm not sure if the different modes on the Mark V:25 are actually footswitchable though. I do know that Joyo makes a PXL switcher with 2 triggers and a Midi input/output. That might be worth looking into for any midi capable pedals or amps in the future.

Hope this helped

 

[prsplayer86]

 

[dfrattaroli]

Thanks man. It looks like you have the Pro. The Live.is the one with MD I which would control my Strymons. Built well?

 

[cyndicate]

I've been using one with my BE-100, and it's been working great with my board. Build quality is pretty solid. It seems that where they save on cost is the jacks they use, they are housed in the unit itself instead of separate jacks being installed. Haven't had any issues so far but then again I've only owned it for a month or two. There is a fairly long tutorial video on youtube where some guy in Europe goes through the whole setup process. I just picked up a Mark V 25 and it just arrived today so I'll be trying it out with the Joyo this weekend (hopefully).

Switching wise everything works perfect, easy to program. I haven't A/B it enough at higher volumes to figure out if its sucking any tone though. Might have to do a test when I get out of busy season.

 

[cyndicate]

Just tried it with the Mark V 25 today, the switching works perfectly for channel switching and EQ. I wish instead of EQ being footswitchable the modes were switchable. This little amp is killer though!

 

[Spaceboy]

had the PXL Pro... worked perfectly but the switches are stiff

 

[Md.rozzi5]

I have a problem with my pxl live. I was using it to program my carvin v3 amp with midi, and it was working great. At first I had trouble, but it was because my midi channel had to be 2. I don’t know why, but it worked. I was up to my third bank when I accidentally edited the bypass midi mode instead of active. I quickly realized my mistake and thought, oh well, let me just go back in and fix it. I fixed up that particular channel (turn off bypass, enable active) but then when coming out of edit mode I discovered that my amp no longer reacted to the pxl. All of my other presets were not being recognized. I tried making my amp relearn, I tried turning both amp and pxl off and on. I tried another midi cable. I tried looking up how to reset the pxl to factory settings, but that doesn’t seem possible. I even went into each bank/channel to make sure bypass was turned off. I also tried every other midi channel(1-16). Nothing works, my amp doesn’t recognize the pxl out of nowhere. Does anyone know what the issue might be? Thanks.

 

[pfapin05]

These have documented issues, just do a search about them. I wanted to pull the trigger on one, but I think I will pass.