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Explore the ONWARD controls in your browser and connect compatible MIDI hardware to send settings to your pedal. The reference below shows the controls mapped in Nitelite; available functions depend on the pedal and firmware. The default MIDI channel in Nitelite is 2. Browser MIDI control works in Chrome, Edge, Opera, or Brave — no install required.
Knobs
Control
MIDI CC
Description
SIZE
CC 14
Glitch sample length and overall timing. Controls subdivision when MIDI clock-synced.
MIX
CC 15
Balance between input and Onward effect (both channels). Controls ramp speed when ramping is engaged.
OCTAVE
CC 16
Additional voice. Left half = lower octave, right half = upper octave. Noon = disabled.
ERROR
CC 17
Amount of error/glitch artifacts
SUSTAIN
CC 18
Sustain/decay of captured audio
TEXTURE
CC 19
Left half = sample rate reduction, right half = overdrive. Noon = disabled.
Alt / Secondary Knob Functions
Control
MIDI CC
Description
SENSITIVITY
CC 24
Detection sensitivity for audio-triggered capture
BALANCE
CC 25
Balance between Freeze and Glitch channels
DUCK DEPTH
CC 26
Depth of ducking when DUCK dip is engaged
ERROR BLEND
CC 27
Blend amount of the error effect
USER FADE
CC 28
User-defined fade time when FADE toggle is set to USER
FILTER
CC 29
Filter applied to the effect output
Switches
Switch
MIDI CC
Positions
ERROR TYPE
CC 21
TIMING / CONDITION / PLAYBACK
FADE
CC 22
LONG / USER / SHORT
ANIMATE
CC 23
VIBRATO / OFF / CHORUS
DIP Switches — CONTROL
Control
MIDI CC
Description
SIZE
CC 61
Enable ramping/expression control for SIZE knob
ERROR
CC 62
Enable ramping/expression control for ERROR knob
SUSTAIN
CC 63
Enable ramping/expression control for SUSTAIN knob
TEXTURE
CC 64
Enable ramping/expression control for TEXTURE knob
OCTAVE
CC 65
Enable ramping/expression control for OCTAVE knob
BOUNCE
CC 66
Ramp mode (off, one-shot) vs Bounce mode (on, continuous LFO)
SWEEP
CC 67
Sweep direction: Bottom (B, knob=min) or Top (T, knob=max)
POLARITY
CC 68
Ramp polarity: Forward (F) or Reverse (R)
DIP Switches — CUSTOMIZE
Control
MIDI CC
Description
MISO
CC 71
Mono In, Stereo Out
SPREAD
CC 72
Unique stereo processing
LATCH
CC 73
Changes hold functions from momentary to latching
SIDECHAIN
CC 74
Sidechain effect
DUCK
CC 75
Duck effect - reduces effect level when playing
REVERSE
CC 76
Reverse playback
1/2 SPEED
CC 77
Half speed playback
MANUAL
CC 78
Manual trigger mode
Footswitches
GLITCH — CC 103, hold: CC 105
FREEZE — CC 102, hold: CC 106
Special MIDI Functions
Tap Tempo — CC 93
Expression — CC 100
MIDI Clock Sync — CC 51. When on, the pedal follows incoming MIDI clock to sync the SIZE parameter. When off, MIDI clock is ignored and SIZE is set manually or via tap tempo.
Ramp/Bounce — CC 52. Enables or disables the ramp/bounce movement globally for parameters assigned in the CONTROL DIP bank.
Dry Kill — CC 57. Removes the dry signal from the output, passing only the wet effect signal. Useful in parallel effects loops.
Trails — CC 58. When on, the effect signal fades naturally after bypass instead of cutting off immediately (buffered bypass with trails).
Ramp Speed — CC 20. Controls how fast the ramp or bounce movement travels between the start and end positions.
MIDI Sync Subdivision — CC 53. Sets the note subdivision used when syncing SIZE to MIDI clock. 0=Whole, 1=Dotted Half, 2=Half, 3=Dotted Quarter, 4=Quarter, 5=Dotted 8th, 6=8th, 7=8th Triplet, 8=Sixteenth.
Factory Reset — CC 56. Resets all settings and presets to factory defaults. This will erase all saved presets.
Retrigger Glitch — CC 108. Immediately retriggers the Glitch channel capture, restarting the sample from the current input.
Retrigger Freeze — CC 109. Immediately retriggers the Freeze channel capture, locking in a fresh snapshot of the current input.
Hardware Presets
ONWARD has 122 hardware preset slots, recalled using MIDI Program Change. Nitelite supports saving to hardware over MIDI.