Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller

"The Voodoo Lab ground switcher runs back into a rack," says Caleb Followill's guitar tech.

The rack of pedals in Matthew Followill's guitar rig is controlled by his Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller (3:57 into this video). He has "8 channels of multiple loops" on it.

In this 2012 photo of Silversun Pickups' Baltimore concert, the Voodoo Lab Ground Control can be seen under Aubert's feet.

During the Europe leg of the 2005 Real Illusions tour, Vai had a Ground Control Pro on his onstage pedalboard to control his reverb, chorus, delay, and pitch effects.

According to this website he currently uses the Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller for his rack on the Getaway tour.

This item was spotted in the rig rundown video.

Around 0:25 in this video of Jared Followill's bass rig walkthrough, his guitar/bass tech shows that Jared uses the Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller out on the floor, next to his tuner and an extra reverb pedal.

At 22:01 of Premier Guitar's Rig Rundown a Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller was spotted.

At 3:45 in this gear run of Hetfield's equipment, the ground control is shown which is one of his key pieces of gear.

At 3:47 Troy Van Leeuwen states, "I also run a Ground Control unit because I'm also running MIDI to change the newest piece of gear I have which is called a Fractal (Audio Systems Axe-FX II)."

According to pictures on his site, Paisley uses the Ground Control to switch between 4 amps, vibrato, delay, tremolo, wah, dirt, and phase.

Listed on the official Metallica website.

In this video, Devin Townsend of [Vai](http://equipboard.com/band/vai), [Front Line Assembly](http://equipboard.com/band/front-line-assembly), [The Wild Hearts](http://equipboard.com/band/the-wildhearts), and [Strapping Young Lad](http://equipboard.com/band/strapping-young-lad), talks about his effect units and other equipment, mentioning the Voodoo Lab foot controller at 1:12.

"Traynor controls the Axe-FX with a Voodoo Lab Ground Control," it says, in [this article](http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/Rig_Rundown_Bushs_Chris_Traynor), by Premier Guitar.

From the interview with Premier Guitar: *What effects did you use for Blood In, Blood Out?* *Holt: I use a ton of different pedals. I love stompboxes—they’re like crack to me! I have pedals from Maxon, Dunlop, HomeBrew Electronics, Pigtronix. I use a lot of the Maxon Tube Screamer-type pedals. They made the original ones, so they have ones that are exactly like the original, sought-after ones, and they also have updated versions.* *I also love the Boss Octaver. I’ve never been without one my whole life. Dunlop makes a bass octave pedal, which sounds probably even a little better and has a smaller footprint, which I also like. And I use a* **Voodoo Lab Ground Control**. *With Slayer, I’ve been using the Dunlop Jerry Cantrell wah. Kerry [King] uses the Zakk Wylde wah, so I wanted something to differentiate our wah sounds.*

On [this page](http://www.metallica.com/band/band-bio-gear.asp) of Metallica's website, a Voodoo Lab Ground Control is listed among Robert's gear.

Around 11:55, Nickelback's guitar tech shows the Ground Control Pro as part of Ryan's gear.

Used by Daron since its release. Daron's tech is switching from clean to dirt tones with it at the side of the stage so Daron's doesn't have to care about switching amps on stage. Clean sounds come from a Marshall Plexi head or a Divided by 13 FTR-37 head and dirt sounds from a modded Marshall Plexi head.

In this video, Opeth guitarist Fredrick Åkesson shows us his Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro at (0:16).

Jim Root talks about a MiDi controller that is controlled backstage.

Mick as well as Jim Root use MiDi Foot Controllers by Voodoo Lab.

There are two pedalboards, one of which Graef uses to control the rig through most of the show. On his board are the Ground Control Pro for all MIDI program switching, an RJM Technology Amp Gizmo for amp channel changes (via MIDI), a Micro POG, Diamond Tremolo, Xotic EP Booster, Boss AW-1 and an Ernie Ball VP Jr. Rooney’s pedal board onstage sees another Ground Control Pro, a tuner, Earnie Ball VP Jr. and a Dunlop Wah controller—all connected to the Dunlop Rack Wah for onstage control of volume and wah.

Simultaneous control of up to 8 MIDI devices 8 assignable instant access switches Controls up to 4 GCX Guitar Audio Switchers Bright, stage-friendly alphanumeric display Use volume/expression pedals for real-time control of your sound via MIDI continuous controller messages

Ryan can be seen with a Voodoo Lab ground Control Foot Controller on his board in a picture taken for this blog on July 15, 2015.

Dan uses a Voodoo Lab Ground Control, as his guitar tech mentions in this video. Around 9:35 he says, "The brain of all of this system...unless he's using his wah pedal, he's free to roam...I think it allowed him to do things he'd never done before because he'd always been tethered to the pedalboard."

Ground Control at 9:32

"I control everything with a Voodoo Lab GCX Audio Switcher and a Ground Control Pro."

you can see the voodoo labs on top of his rack. considering Bjorn also uses one it makes sense that they are using the same model.

I use a VooDoo Lab Ground Control Pro with a MIDI foot controller, so it’s very easy to program and sturdy, so it’s good for live use.

List of equipment on Coroner's official reunion website

Billy shows this in the video.

In this Premier Guitar article, Steve Pedulla's pedal board is shown to include a Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI foot controller.

Listed on http://davematthewsband.com/gear/band-equipment

Listed on http://davematthewsband.com/gear/band-equipment

Moving on to his pedal board, Joe first introduces his Voodoo Lab Ground Control.

In the middle of Mark's board, the Ground Control dominates the space for controlling the Eleven rack.

We can see at 0:27 on this video this MIDI controller on Mike Kerr's pedalboard

In this Gear tour with Jerry Horton of [Papa Roach](http://equipboard.com/band/papa-roach), he goes over some of his gear for live use, and shows his Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro at 4:15.

Dave gives a rundown of his rig in this video, mentioning the Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro at 1:53.

Zach uses a Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller, according to Guitar Geek's rig diagram.

The Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller can be seen in this Facebook photo of Charlie's studio.

Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro MIDI Foot Controller.

"My studio and touring rigs are similar in that I use the Fractal Audio Axe-Fx Ultra pre-amp for both. Studio-wise, the setup I use for almost everything is pretty simple; MacBook Pro, Logic, Toontrack and Spectrasonics software instruments, Nord Lead 2, Axe-Fx Ultra, a pair of Yamaha HS-80m monitors, and an Apogee Duet interface. Live I use the Axe-Fx Ultra, powered with a Rocktron Velocity 300 power amp and controlled by the Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro"

Seen on the GuitarPlayer page for Justin Derrico was his gear used during P!nk's "Truth About Love" Tour, a Ground Control Pro can be seen on his pedalboard

In this photo, posted to Athan Hilaki's [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/athanlive), a Voodoo Lab Ground Control can be seen.

At 10.48 in this video you can see Nick talking about his use of the Ground Control Pro.

As the de-facto lead guitarist, er mando-man, Kang bounces between his Ron Oates Custom 5-string Octave Mandolin or Walker Electric 5-string Octave Mandolin. To amplify his custom 5-strings, he cranks up a Two-Rock Custom Reverb and Groove Tubes D75 Power Amp through a Bogner 2x12 cab. His two-board setup boasts a DigiTech XP100 Whammy Wah, a Electro-Harmonix Micro Metal Muff, a Electro-Harmonix Micro POG, a Electro-Harmonix Micro Synth, a Electro-Harmonix Q-Tron, a Line 6 DL4, a Keeley Phaser, a Fulltone Full-Drive 2, a Keeley-modded Ibanez TS808 Tube Screamer, a Keeley Katana Clean Boost, a Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner, a Maxon Compressor, a Ernie Ball Volume Pedal, a Roland GR-33 Guitar Synth, a TC Electronic G-Force, a Sarno Music Solutions Steel Guitar Black Box, and the boxes are powered by a Voodoo Lab Ground Control and a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+. And his uses various Elixir strings and Fender Extra Heavy picks.

Imagine being able to instantly reconfigure your entire rig with the touch of a single button. Now you can! And, you aren’t limited to just MIDI processors. With the addition of a GCX Guitar Audio Switcher, you can also control all your stompbox and rack effects, select amp channels, and more. The Ground Control Pro can simultaneously control up to 8 different MIDI devices, each on their own channel. And, you can assign 8 of its buttons for instant access of GCX loops and processor functions. This gives you stompbox style control over your processor or modeling amp’s internal effects. The finest full-featured MIDI foot controller available, the Ground Control Pro is compatible with all MIDI controlled devices, and delivers the flexibility, ease-of-use, and rugged reliability necessary to meet the needs of the most demanding professional players. Whether you are controlling a refrigerator sized rack, using a modeling amp, or just a single processor, the Ground Control Pro is the perfect choice for all of your performance needs.

As part of Van Zandt's rack in 2008.