Installation

For Windows

0. BOSS GT-1 Setup

   Connect the BOSS GT-1 via USB. Don't launch FL Studio yet. Install GT-1 Driver Ver.1.0.1 for Windows 10/11 from repo folder prerequisites/Drivers. This allows it to be

1. Move files to directories

   a. Put src/device_BOSSGT1.py in directory UserAccount/Documents\Image-Line\FL Studio\Settings\Hardware\BOSS GT1

   b. Put generator presets in UserAccount/Documents/Image-Line\FL Studio\Presets\Plugin presets\Generators\MIDI Out

2. Configure FL Studio

   Launch FL Studio. Go to MIDI settings by pressing F10. Find BOSS GT-1 in the devices. In dropdown, select BOSS GT1.

Configure port (e.g. 8).

Add MIDI Out channel. Set port to match BOSS GT1. Set preset to one of guitar effects.

(Optional): Make a template so subsequent FL Studio files already have channels added.

For Mac

Not implemented for Mac. Maybe everything still translates.

For Linux

FL Studio not available for Linux!

Use

The MIDI out channel has several pages of knobs organized by subsets of BOSS GT1 functionality. Turning the knob in the pages is virtually the same as turning the physical knob on the BOSS GT1.

You can right click a knob and select Create Automation Clip to create an automation track in the playlist which you can use to set values at different times in the playback sequence.

Ladders

1. Used Midi-Ox to decode system exlusive messages sent when turning knobs on the Boss GT1. Messages recorded in this spreadsheet.

2. Followed instructions here to make a new MIDI controller implementation