Volume Up/Down plus Save with footswitch

Hi, Folks,

I was watching a Rig Rundown for Failure on Youtube. Ken Andrews has his AxeFx II set up so that two external footswitches can raise or lower the patch level by +/- 1dB and automatically save it. He said this was a feature of the AxeFX II.

So, is there a similar feature for the AX8? Is this an actual feature in the AxeFX II, or is it a combination of things that can be programmed?
 
Yes, i use it all the time. Go to control tab in global settings where all midi assignments are. Find Vol incr and Vol decr parameters there, assign your controller there.
 
I have these buttons on my midi controller always ready when i need a tiny boost or just to level sounds. It is super useful feature, i dont know any other device that does this.
 
Yes, i use it all the time. Go to control tab in global settings where all midi assignments are. Find Vol incr and Vol decr parameters there, assign your controller there.

I did exactly like this but it doesn't work, nothing happened...maybe I miss something? I tried all modes: momentary, latch...
I use Boss FS-7.
 
Thanks! but I still have no success to make it work...

I have copied a post by @philipacamaniac (I don't know how to make a link to a post). This may help and the bit in bold is very important.



Many new users get confused about the external footswitch and pedal configuration options. Here's a quick primer. This is all in the manual but a second read sometimes helps.

There are 4 pedal jacks that can be used with either a switch or an expression pedal. These 4 pedals are assigned under I/O: CTRL.

There are also 12 "external controllers" which have a confusing name. The external controllers are strictly for assigning modifiers to parameters within presets. These external controllers can either have a MIDI CC source or one of the 4 pedals as a source.

For convenience, Fractal assigns a default of PEDAL 1 - 4 to EXT CONTROL 1 - 4. This means that pedals you plug in to a new AX8 are instantly available as External Controllers 1 - 4 for use in presets (for wah or volume in some of the factory presets).

If you want a Pedal to have some other global function under I/O: CTRL, you need to first unassign that pedal from its default assignment as an External Controller. Each pedal can only have one function in I/O: CTRL, so the first function in the list seems to take priority. I don't know if this is a bug or intended design, since the pedals can be assigned to multiple items (they just won't work).

So for example, if you want to use Pedal 3 as a tap tempo switch, you have to assign TEMPO TAP on that screen to PEDAL 3, but you also have to set EXT CONTROL 3 to anything other than the default of PEDAL 3. "OFF" is usually the best choice.
 
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