Programmable true bypass looper with midi - Guidance/Advice needed

[facon]

Hey guys,

I'm starting my journey on attempting to design a programmable true bypass looper with midi. If I could somehow incorporate banks into this, it would be so much better since I could save space. Also having the ability to change effects order would be great, but not as much of a concern.

I'm going off of http://www.geofex.com/article_folders/spiderfx/spiderfx.htm for design on the programmable looper portion.

This is a bit of a daunting task to start off from scratch. Can any of you offer guidance as to how I can incorporate everything into one system? I don't mind if it takes me a year to learn the inner workings and programming. This is a hobby and the $1200 equivalents on the market are well out of my reach.

Here are my goals:

Looper should be true bypass (have a couple tone suckers).
Accommodate up to 20 pedals.
Send midi data that can be programmed on the looper or on a computer and dumped to the looper.
Mono input and isolated stereo outputs.
Accommodate 6 pedals that have a mono input, but have stereo outputs.
One row of footswitches that include master bypass, tuner mute, patches 1 - 4, bank up, bank down.
Possibly be able to program the order that the effect will be in the signal chain.
Have an LCD panel that displays the current patch and can be used to program midi.
The ability to choose only one or both outputs in the presets.
Can take my wife out to dinner occasionally as well as mow the lawn.

Is all of this possible? Guidance to free information or books that I should purchase are both welcome. Thanks in advance.

[pbillingsley89]

I am starting a similar quest myself. This post has obviously been dormant for a while, but I wanted to know if you found any useful resources on this topic.