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

$99.00 USD Sale Save
Type Polar Plus
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 $69 $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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    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.

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    Robert Oleary
    US Customs ruined it!

    My polar max was held up in customs for almost a month. It seems that they opened it and disassembled it as the ports were misaligned with the holes and the screen was crooked. I opened it up and noticed that the touch screen was separated from the board. Almost in two pieces only held together by the ribbon cables. I managed to get it back together properly and it works but the touchscreen is super slow. I have to press and hold an icon for 8 seconds to get a response. I realize this is not your fault, but it still sucks and I needed to vent

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    ChrisR
    TONEX should come with this!

    Awesome, great build quality, does the job. It’s changed the way I use TONEX one. Get one