FC-6 Sidecar: Total Success

iaresee said:
The one GT/22 feature I wish the FCs would adopt is the hold-to-select-block-channel feature. On the GT/22 you can hold an IA switch to bring up a "channel picker" view for the block where you can pick the block's channel. It's amazing.
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I'd like that, I think more than the current cycling method.
 
Sleestak said:
Wouldn't it be interesting if there was a "headless" version of the FM9, that was nothing more than a small pedalboard-friendly box with jacks and a single power LED? Just basically a A/D and D/A box with the DSPs for all the processing. It wouldn't need displays, switches, or anything else.
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Even better... if you could have the DSP and ins/outs in a 1U rack chassis in the backline, the footswitches on the floor in front of you, and the display and knobs in a small box attached to your mic stand, so you could easily use the performance controls without bending over? That would be the pinnacle of convenience.
 
ShavenYak said:
Even better... if you could have the DSP and ins/outs in a 1U rack chassis in the backline, the footswitches on the floor in front of you, and the display and knobs in a small box attached to your mic stand, so you could easily use the performance controls without bending over? That would be the pinnacle of convenience.
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Blue tooth and a full featured app will accomplish this.
 
These days, I'm pretty much just playing church gigs out, so stage space isn't an issue at all- I have tons of room- but yea, I completely agree with OP's point- having another FC available to augment your primary FC (or FM9) is fantastic. I've been using a dual FC setup for quite a while now- pretty much since the FC-12 first became available- by using the FC12 for Scenes and Control Switches, and the FC-6 as banks, presets, and looper controls. The 12 also does individual effects through another layout. It's super handy, and it'd be hard to move to anything else. When I'm lazy, I just take my FM9, but when I do, I really do miss the flexibility of the big board. It weighs a bit, but less than any individual amp that I own, and it's easy to transport with one of those foldable carts, and it's not like I'm really traveling with it... anyways, yea, my board:
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Flatnine said:
I use my FC-6 as a sidecar for my Police Tribute band- I have multiple delay divisions set up up for instant access- tapout the tempo, select division, off we go!!! Works beautifully, especially since leader constantly calls audibles.

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Cool idea to set that up with delay subdivisions! Do you use channels for that, I'm guessing?
 
Flatnine said:
I use my FC-6 as a sidecar for my Police Tribute band- I have multiple delay divisions set up up for instant access- tapout the tempo, select division, off we go!!! Works beautifully, especially since leader constantly calls audibles.

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I'm even using an orange XLR for my FC6 sidecar! :D

For Friday's gig, I'll have tuner, tap tempo and sticky reveal under first row switches on the FC6. It'll still be setup to show 6 scenes for me.
 
Joe Bfstplk said:
This is my current setup:
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I have been giving serious thought to shelving the Duo 24 in favor of a Duo 34, and moving pedals 1-3 over to the FM9 board to run in the pedal jacks of the FM9, since those are my three critical, must-have pedals. I'd stick the Expression IO underneath the Duo 34 board to run the buttons I use all the time (the ones with the colored button toppers) that currently reside on the FC6 board, and stick the FC6 and pedal 4 onto the Duo 17 I have hanging around. Then the optional "sidecar" board would need just an AC plug (to power the lights) and a FASLINK II plug to be operational....
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how did you mount the fc-6 and the fm9 on the pedalboard?

I do use some of these ones here
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