MIDI Captain Config

Why it exists

The Paint Audio MIDI Captain MINI 6 is a well-built MIDI controller, but getting started with it is harder than it needs to be. The manual isn’t an intuitive read, and the useful videos are difficult to find among the ones that aren’t.

This repository is the configuration I worked out for my own use, published so nobody else has to start from a blank file. It includes two HX Stomp configurations and a Windows HID example that turns the controller into a keyboard shortcut trigger.

Setup

Plug the controller in over USB and power it on while holding footswitch 1. It mounts as a drive. Drop a config file into a supersetup folder on that drive, renaming it to match the page it should occupy (page0.txt for the first). The repository documents the specifics.

Gotchas worth knowing

Account for every footswitch. If you’re on a different model to the MINI 6, a config that misses a switch will produce Python boot errors. Assigning something harmless to spare switches, such as a tuner toggle, avoids it.

Back up before you change anything. It’s straightforward to write a config that effectively bricks the device, and considerably less straightforward to recover from it without the original.

Contributions are welcome if you’ve worked out a configuration for a different pedal or model.