The Dwarf mod gets stuck on a blank patch if I scroll through the pedalboards too quickly. Basically, if I switch to one pedalboard and then to the next one before the previous one has loaded, it gets stuck in a sort of ‘limbo’ with a completely blank pedalboard, and I can no longer load other pedalboards from the Dwarf mod; I can only do so by connecting it to the computer. And even then, if I disconnect it from the PC, navigation stops working; I have to switch the Dwarf off and on again. Is there a solution, or is this a system bug? Thank you 
Based on my experience:
If you switch from a pedalboard to another with a B (up) or a C (down) footswitch, you’ll see a blinking led showing that the pedalboard is loading. During this time if you try to go to another pedalboard → Crash.
When you select another pedalboard with the left most encoder + click, there is no blinking led, so no way to know if your pedalboard is loaded or not…
So it’s best to wait a few seconds before selecting another pedalboard.
Yes, that’s exactly how it works. During live performances I need to switch quickly between pedalboards; I suppose the only solution is to adjust the list of pedalboards according to the tracklist, but that might change quite often… Would it be possible to sort this out? Perhaps simply by making it so that you have to hold down a button to load the pedalboard, rather than it happening automatically?
If you’re using the leftmost encoder, you can scroll to select your pedalboard and then tap it to load a new one. Just be sure to wait 10 to 15 seconds (depending on the weight of your pedalboard) before taking any action. You can also organize your pedalboards into banks; see: MOD Dwarf User Guide - MOD Wiki
However, this crashing issue is very real, and after some bad experiences, I personally avoid changing pedalboards during live performances…preferring to have a heavy, optimized pedalboard (Portal plugin, parallel connections) running at 256 frames and using snapshots.
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Yes, unfortunately for me, that’s pretty much out of the question. I bought the DWARF so I could do everything I couldn’t manage without a whole bunch of pedals, to create my own custom patches and come up with some really weird sounds. Sometimes the patches are very complicated, so I’m forced to change pedalboards for almost every song. Organizing them into banks certainly helps, but I’ll still have to scroll through the pedalboards. I suppose I’ll just have to get used to it or find ways to make things easier for myself live, but it’s a bit of a shame that this problem exists. It would be enough to ensure that loading isn’t automatic once you scroll through the presets with the footswitches… it shouldn’t be complicated to implement
As a workaround, you can directly recall the pedalboards via midi, without scrolling through the PBs using the device footswitchs.
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Yes of course, I did a try with a cheap M-vave chocolate sending PC, it works pretty well, so far no crash…
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Interesting! How does it connect to the DWARF? It works via USB?
Yes, It works via USB.
There’s a companion app to set up the midi messages, not properly use friendly… But, given the cost, it’s ok.
There’s a whole thread in this forum to help with using the midi chocolate.
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that’s cool. Is there a way to control more pedals at the same time?
sure. Use CV. you can basically could control all parameters at the same time if you want. It’s pretty awesome.
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you mean from the Dwarf to the other pedals? that would be great
HOsen is likely talking about the use of CV to control multiple parameters within the Dwarf pedalboard as explained at CV Tutorial - MOD Wiki
You can use midi signals from your Dwarf pedalboard to control other devices by using Mindi for instance (One thing to note is Most MIDI devices and DAWs label their 16 available channels from 1 to 16. Mindi’s Behavior: The plugin exposes its channel selection via a dropdown menu numbered 0 to 15.)
Snapshots are designed for changing parameters quickly MOD Web GUI User Guide - MOD Wiki , which may allow you to achieve some of the changes you are looking for.
The wiki has good, detailed information, but given the complexity and flexibility of the device and routing, you can envision a goal, but it may take some trial and error or outside help to achieve the result you want.
There are a lot of folks that use the forum that can help out if they have a solid grasp of the the context and desired result.
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Oh, and just to piggyback off of Abotte, you can use an external midi controller using Program Changes to switch pedalboards on the Dwarf MOD Dwarf Device Settings - MOD Wiki
And this is the forum thread about the Mwave Chocolate, which I believe is capable of making those changes (I don’t own one) MIDI "Chocolate" 🍫 controller with the Mod Dwarf, an introduction
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awesome, thank you very much!
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you also can use CV to modify outgoing Midisignals, for example I use ADSR to smooth Signals
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By organizing with Banks, you can set multiple times the same pedalboard in a Bank.
The best way to avoid this is using a mix of new pedalboards and pedalboard snapshots.
Every time that you have some room (meaning CPU and RAM resources) to keep two or more “pedalboards” in a single one, just do it and swap between the required sounds using snapshots. That will change immediately.
The lag loading pedalboards is a trade-off because when you load a pedalboard, all the plugins there need to be loaded. It’s exactly like using a DAW on the computer and loading a session. If the session has heavier plugins, it will take longer to load because it needs to load those plugins. If it has lighter plugins will take less. But it will always take a bit because the plugins need to be loaded.
On the other hand, snapshots are not a new session and load immediately, because basically they change the parameters of the same session.
That’s actually possible. If you use the knob, you just need to change the list behaviour in the device settings.
As @Abotte and @zwabo mentioned, if you need to change them using your feet, some controlling sending program change messages can be a solution. I personally use that on my setup.
You can even use just a MOD Dwarf to control other devices in your setup. If they receive MIDI you just need to somehow generate the required MIDI messages inside your MOD Dwarf pedalboard and send them either via the MIDI port or the USB port
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