My setup:
I have the FM1 receiving midi on channel 1 and the MC6 on channel 2. You may choose other channels, but be sure that they are two seperate channels, to prevent problems.
The Control Changes # I am using are arbitrary too, you can choose other ones. Set these up on the FM3 under Setup, MIDI/Remote:
Bypass effects: Bypass tab
Looper: Looper tab
Scenes and presets: Other tab
Expression pedal (external control): External tab
FM3 setup
Set the FM3 to the correct midi-channel:
On the unit, go Setup, MIDI/Remote. Set midi channel to 1
Set up control switches on the FM3
To switch banks on the MC6, we will need to send out Program Changes.
In FM3-Edit, press 'FC Controllers' (near the top right), then CS-Midi.
Set up the switches like this:
Click on "CS1" for a drowdown menu. Set up CS2 through CS4 as above (Enable: yes, Type: PC, Channel: 2) but use these values:
CS2 on value 1
CS3 on value 2
CS4 on value 3
(you can set this up via the FM3 too, Setup, FC Controllers/Onboard Switches, Scroll page right untill CS MIDI tab)
Set up a layout on the FM3
on the "FC Controller" page, select the layout you want to use (I use 8)
Set up as below:
Footswitch 1 and 2 (Scenes and Effects) are set up the same as this one (TAP), but use CS1 and CS2 respectively
In FM3 edit, click Devices. set up Start up layout:
(or on the FM3: SEtup, FC Controllers/Onboard Switches, Devices Tab)
That is it for the FM3 side of things
MC6 setup
Go to the online editor: https://editor-mkii.morningstar.io/ and connect to your device.
Controller setup, General settings:
"Save Preset Toggle" and 'Midi Channel are the most important ones. The other ones are just preference.
MC6 Bank setup.
I use the following banks:
1. Scenes
2. Effects
3. Presets
4. Looper
On the top of the screen, select the bank with the dropdown menu, then in "Edit Bank" change the name of the bank (if you want to, not necessary, but better to keep things organised). Don't forget to save.
Select presets:
Select appropriate bank (top of screen) and presetnumber. (Dropdown menus)
For preset 1 on the FM3, send Program Change 0 etc (For preset 2, send PC 1 ....) etc
Add Msg 2 if you want to go directly to the scenes page when you select a preset
Change Scenes:
Select appropriate bank (top of screen) and presetnumber. (Dropdown menus)
Other switches set up exactly the same. For scene X use CC value X-1 (example: for Scene 4, use value 3). If you want 'mutually exclusive active scenes', make sure you toggle disengage for the other presets in the Scenes bank)
Scrolling through scenes: (+1 / - 1)
Incremental scroll is setup the same, just use different CC number
Activate/Bypass effect:
Select appropriate bank (top of screen) and presetnumber. (Dropdown menus)
Other ones are setup the same, but use different CC's
Looper:
Select appropriate bank (top of screen) and presetnumber. (Dropdown menus)
Other ones are the same, just different CC's