Edit: the problem was caused by my 5-pin MIDI cable being incorrectly plugged in into the 7-pin MFC MIDI out jack so that the pins were rotated one slot to the left. This caused the MIDI LED to light up although the Axe FX didn't receive the correct MIDI signal. It can also cause the MFC to appear completely disconnected from the Axe FX if it's rotated to the other side.
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I had a very basic MIDI setup with my MFC101 for scenes 1-5, preset up/down, and tuner - enough to get me through rehearsals and gigs until I get my hands on a FC. This was set up two weeks ago on FW 5.02 (the Axe FX is in a rehearsal room so I update it more infrequently) and worked without problems. I had a gig yesterday and decided to upgrade to 5.07 before the show for the improved scene switching speed. After setting up at the venue, I found that the Axe FX no longer reacted to any MIDI commands, even though the MIDI In LED showed that there was a signal coming from the MFC.
I tried the following things to fix it, all without success:
And in the case that this turns out to be a bug, what information should I collect to help find the problem? I'm planning on doing a system backup via fractal bot before any further experiments, would that be sufficient or is there anything else?
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I had a very basic MIDI setup with my MFC101 for scenes 1-5, preset up/down, and tuner - enough to get me through rehearsals and gigs until I get my hands on a FC. This was set up two weeks ago on FW 5.02 (the Axe FX is in a rehearsal room so I update it more infrequently) and worked without problems. I had a gig yesterday and decided to upgrade to 5.07 before the show for the improved scene switching speed. After setting up at the venue, I found that the Axe FX no longer reacted to any MIDI commands, even though the MIDI In LED showed that there was a signal coming from the MFC.
I tried the following things to fix it, all without success:
- Rebooted the Axe FX and the MFC, checked the cable (which shouldn't be an issuse if the MIDI LED is reacting to the MFC switches, right?)
- Checked MFC basic settings (e.g. Axe FX mode, port) and MIDI channel, switched MFC and Axe from MIDI channel 1 to 2 and back
- Reassigned a functionality to a different CC# on the Axe FX and the MFC
- Used "Learn" on the Axe FX and pressed a switch on the MFC (this didn't work even though the LED reacted, doesn't that imply a MIDI channel mismatch?)
And in the case that this turns out to be a bug, what information should I collect to help find the problem? I'm planning on doing a system backup via fractal bot before any further experiments, would that be sufficient or is there anything else?
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