Polar // ToneX One USB, MIDI, and Wireless Controllers

$59.00 USD Sale Save
Type Polar Pico
Colour Black
Average time to ship: 8 days or less
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ToneX One MIDI Control

Take full control of your ToneX One pedal with MIDI—no complicated setup required. Just connect your ToneX One to this small, powerful box using USB-C, and you’re ready to go. It powers the pedal and sends MIDI messages to switch presets, tweak settings, and more. Truly plug and play.

How It Works

Each unit features an ESP32 wireless board, a custom 9V center-negative power circuit, USB-C for connecting the ToneX One, and a 3.5mm TRS (Type A) MIDI input. You can also control your pedal wirelessly via Bluetooth or WiFi using a compatible MIDI controller or app.

Polar Pico, Mini, Plus, and Max

Our Polar controllers come in four sizes—Pico, Mini, Plus, and Max. All four models offer the same core features and connections, including USB, wired MIDI input, and wireless MIDI. The difference lies in the user interface options, so you can choose the layout that best fits your rig. See the table below for a side-by-side comparison.

 

 Polar Pico

Polar Mini

Polar Plus

Polar Max

75mm x 36mm x 23mm 37mm x 55mm x 27mm 100mm x 42mm x 48mm 120mm x 108mm x 32mm
No Screen 1.69" LCD Non-Touch Screen 1.69" LCD Non-Touch Screen 4.3" LCD Touchscreen
No Footswitches No Footswitches 2 Footswitches for Preset Changes 2 Footswitches for Preset Changes
300mA 300mA 300mA 600mA min. 1A recommended
$59 $79 $99 $199

    Supporting the Creator & Other Important Details

    The open source firmware for these devices was created by Greg Smith, who has generously supported the production and sale of these products. Your purchase also helps financially support his open source project and continued maintenance of the project. 10% of all sales revenue will be sent directly to Greg.

    Disclaimer: The ToneX One doesn’t officially support MIDI control, so this product works by translating USB messages—just like the ToneX app sends—and triggering them via MIDI using onboard code. It works reliably today, and the same approach is used by others in the community.

    However, a future firmware update from IK Multimedia could break this functionality. The open-source project powering this controller has kept pace with changes so far, but we can’t guarantee future compatibility. Because this relies on a third-party project, PIRATE MIDI can’t offer returns or refunds if future ToneX updates make this control method stop working.

    Customer Reviews

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    Farrin
    What a great little tool!

    I bought this for a mini board I was building with my TonexOne and it works perfectly! It’s great to see what preset I’m on (and also being able to use all 20 presets!) plus the ability to toggle on and off the compression, delay, reverb, and mod effects is huge!

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    Pietro Tognoli
    Great job!

    Brilliant! The Polar Max is amazing! Really happy with the purchase and it would deserve an extra star if there were some video tutorials to go into more detail about connecting to MIDI control systems via Bluetooth.

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    Leon Brown
    Superb bit of kit!

    This is what IK should have done in the first place. Makes Tonex ONE a better option than the full Tonex pedal. Massive thanks to Pirate Midi and Greggs Smith.
    https://youtu.be/dL7V-3_e7Gg

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    DinosaursRex
    Worth the wait

    Downsides:
    - I had to wait a bit (1,5 months or so)
    - there is a little bit latency

    Pro's:
    - It makes your ToneX One a beast!
    - I love it!

    5 stars for tthe product!
    (the wait is because my location and the latency is very neglectable)

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    Alan
    Space saver

    I'm controlling the Pico with a Line 6 HX Effects, I only need to change programs & this little unit is mounted under my board, It looks like a majic trick. Pretty amazing I think.