Using a MFC Ports to control Volume

[Old News]

Can this be assigned ext control 1 and 2 so it could be controlled by a simple switch box connected to two external ports on the MFC?

From wiki

Preset level: using Vol Inc/Vol Dec to adjust the preset level while playing

There's a very convenient way to adjust the preset level on the fly (without manual editing): Volume Increment and Volume Decrement. These commands let you adjust the preset level in small steps while playing and the adjustments are saved automatically!
To make this work, assign these commands to switches on your foot controller. Vol Inc: MIDI CC 35, Vol Dec: MIDI CC 36. The MFC-101 has dedicated commands for this purpose.

 

[bwanagary]

Yes.

 

[Old News]

Thanks -- can you give a quick walk through on how -- looked at wiki and manual and I still can't figure out how. I am assuming (Mechanical) - two trs cables (from port 1-2 or switches 1-2) - to switch box (independent switches).

Need to know what to do either on MFC or AF2 to make this work so port 1 through switch 1 controls cc 35 vol dec and port 2 through switch 2 controls cc 36 for vol increase.

Alternative - (which might be more elegant) - one TRS Y cable - (TRS tip to switch 1+2) single ring cables -Y to external box)

Thanks

 

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Found it --

Question I have is for this function - what do I set the switch type to? AUT?

8 EXTERNAL SWITCHES
External footswitches provide an additional means to control your Axe-*‐Fx or a connected MIDI device. Each switch
can be set up globally or at the preset level to send custom OFF and ON values (0 and 127 by default) for one MIDI
Control Change number.
Each External Switch jack on the MFC-*‐101 can accept two switches via a TRS-*‐to-*‐dual-*‐TS or “Insert” type cable. A
TRS cable connected to “Jack1+2” will have Switch 1 on the TIP and Switch 2 on the RING. A TRS cable connected
to “Jack3+4” will have Switch 3 on the TIP and Switch 4 on the RING. It also is possible to connect a single switch to
either one of the jacks using a TS (normal guitar) cable, but it is recommended that you disable the MIDI function
of the unused second switch (2 or 4) when doing so.

Figure 8-*‐1: External Switch Appearance on Insert Cable Plugs

8.1 Setting Switch Hardware Types
Footswitches are classified according to the operation into several basic physical types: “TOGGLE” (a.k.a.
“Latching”) switches, and “MOMENTARY” switches (a.k.a. “hold,” subdivided into “Make” and “Break” types). All
types are supported by the MFC-*‐101, but you must adjust MFC-*‐101 settings according to the type of each
connected switch:
1. Press the EDIT footswitch to enter EDIT MODE.
2. Press SETUP footswitch to select the SETUP menu.
3. Press PAGE" footswitch 13x to get to the External Switch Hardware Type screen:
4. Press the INCR or DECR footswitch to select XS1, XS2, XS3 or XS4.
5. Press PARAMETER" footswitch to select the Switch Type field.
6. Tap the INCR or DECR footswitches to select MOMENTARY or TOGGLE according to the physical
switch type of your connected hardware.
7. Press !PARAMETER to return to the first cursor position and repeat this process from step 4 for
each additional connected switch, or press EXIT to return to PERFORMANCE MODE.

 

[bwanagary]

Depends on the mechanical type of switch. You should use only a "Momentary" ( not "Toggle") switch. Then set the type to "Hardware".

 

[Old News]

Depends on the mechanical type of switch. You should use only a "Momentary" ( not "Toggle") switch. Then set the type to "Hardware".

Can't get it to work

Using TRS Y cable
tip and ring end going into this

R2E2 2 button Aux switch | T1M EFFECTS
with the 'onsong app' option (independent outputs) for sep outs


On MFC I did

Edit > Midi > XS1 off 000 On 127
changed it to
XS1 off 000 On 35

and
XS2 off 000 On 127

changed it to

XS2 off 000 On 36


Hit - exit/save -- and nothing.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

 

[chris]

Can't get it to work

Using TRS Y cable
tip and ring end going into this

R2E2 2 button Aux switch | T1M EFFECTS
with the 'onsong app' option (independent outputs) for sep outs


On MFC I did

Edit > Midi > XS1 off 000 On 127
changed it to
XS1 off 000 On 35

and
XS2 off 000 On 127

changed it to

XS2 off 000 On 36


Hit - exit/save -- and nothing.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

that's setting the range and value. put it back to 000 and 127

i believe the page before that one is where you set the CC# to your desired settings.

 

[Old News]

that's setting the range and value. put it back to 000 and 127

i believe the page before that one is where you set the CC# to your desired settings.

Perfect! it works now like a charm now.

xs1 #035
xs2 #036

increases and decreases volume on output mixer.

Easy way to adjust vol on the fly at a gig!

It is cool because you can tweak volume by scene

Thanks!!!!!!