David Gauthier
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I believe so. The 3.2 update mostly added features for the XL and XL + (fixed 2 way communication and added access to 768 presets). The features for the Axe fx standard and ultra was carried over from previous versions.
Update: I received a beta 3.2 chip today, and 2 way communication seems to work fine with my XL. If you have an XL or XL+, you will want to wait for the 3.2 chip to be released before ordering. If you have the standard AXE-FX 2, version 3.1 will work fine.
With this issue fixed, I think that the FCB1010 with EurekaProm is a great alternative.. You can access presets, toggle up to 10 effects of your choosing along with the 2 expression effects, view tuner, tempo and effects status, access 8 scenes, access favourite presets and the looper. Once you get used to toggling through the modes and functions, it is pretty powerful for not a lot of dough.
Hello David , Did you manage to get the Expression Pedals of the FCB work with the Axe ??Am unable to do so . Awaiting yours. Thanks. KevinI just got my EurekaProm this week. Everything works as advertised, except that I am having trouble with the 2-way communication with my Axe-FX 2 XL. With just midi out from the FCB1010, you can change presets, scenes, access the looper, access favourite presets and effects on/off. However, you can't see the tuner on the display or the effects status in effects mode. Neither are deal killers for me, but it would be nice if I could get the midi in from the Axe-FX working. It seems that the sysex messages coming from the Axe-FX are confusing the FCB, causing it to freeze. If I disconnect the midi in (FCB) cable in or turn the "send realtime sysex" to off on the Axe-FX, the FCB unfreezes, but then you can't receive the tuner or effects status features. I have tried different cables and checked to see if midi in is working on the FCB and that the midi out is working on the Axe-FX, so I don't think it is a hardware problem. Perhaps firmware revisions have changed the sysex messaging and the EurekaProm can't read it. Or perhaps I am not setting the midi parameters correctly on the Axe-FX. I have had a couple of instances where it seemed that 2 way communication is happening, but it doesn't persist for long.
If anyone has success with 2-way midi, please let me now.
Can you have 5 scenes on the bottom row after selecting the preset and still retain the top first 5 switches as stomp box function. In people showing demos I never see a situation where to select your preset you can press the bank switches up or down. Then the bottom row retains the scenes for that preset and top for stomps. This is how I have the UNO set up, but can only have 9 presets.
Thanks nickxmix
Hello David , Did you manage to get the Expression Pedals of the FCB work with the Axe ??Am unable to do so . Awaiting yours. Thanks. Kevin
Hello David . Thanks for your confirmation. Can you give me the steps to do so as to get the EP work please. Thanks. KevinYes, the expression pedals work fine with the EurekaProm. I have set mine up as external controllers 1 and 2 so that I can change what they do in each preset.
When you set up as external controllers which cc you use?Hello David . Thanks for your confirmation. Can you give me the steps to do so as to get the EP work please. Thanks. Kevin
When you set up as external controllers which cc you use?
Hi,
Say I'd like to have the pedals assigned to certain effects all the time (e.g. 1=Delay,2=Distortion, 3=Phaser, etc.), while these effects are "placed" at different positions in the Axe Edit grid. Sometimes an effect (e.g. a delay) is available in a scene, sometimes not. And sometimes on and off depending on the preset and scene. Will the effects of the FCB 1010/Eureka automatically "map" to the effects in the preset and scene, meaning that they are correctly assigned and the pedal LEDs are immediately on/off when I change a preset or scene or create a new one?
Would be cool if that'd work, in that case I could continue to focus on Axe FX presets and just "use" the FCB1010 with it without dealing with midi too much. And also some nice pedal labels would make sense then.
In Effects mode, the switches are mapped to a specific midi CC function and that mapping is the same for all presets. If you select switch 1 to toggle the drive on/off, and switch 2 to toggle delay on/off that is all they will do across all presets.
I do a mixture of both, I have set dedicated on/off switches for drive, delay, chorus, phaser, flanger, pitch and reverb and have those labelled. I have 2 switches dedicated to scene up and down so that I can switch scenes in EF mode without having to tap dance.
"Right click on the control parameter..???? Do I have this step in axe fx 2?Kevin,
I am assuming that the FCB has no mechanical problems, you have the EurekaProm 3.2 installed correctly, have selected the FA configuration on the FCB (see the EurekaSound website), and have the FCB connected to the axe fx with 2 midi cables. You may want to do an expression pedal calibration on the FCB as outlined here:
http://www.eurekasound.com/eurekaprom/setup
The default settings for the expression pedals A and B in fractalaudio configuration are for external controllers 1 and 2 (cc numbers 16 and 17).
In any patch, you can assign any parameter that can be modified to external controllers 1 and 2 and use expression pedals A and B on the FCB to control them. Just right click on any parameter that has the symbol with the rectangle with a line through it and right click. That is where you assign that parameter to a controller. For example, right click on the control parameter in the wah block, then set source to Extern 1. Now you can use expression pedal A to control it. Right click on the mix level of any other block, set to extern 2 and use expression pedal B to mix in an effect gradually. These assignments can be changed for each patch.
I hope that helps.
Dave
I can't right click in anything and there are no triangles....Kevin,
I am assuming that the FCB has no mechanical problems, you have the EurekaProm 3.2 installed correctly, have selected the FA configuration on the FCB (see the EurekaSound website), and have the FCB connected to the axe fx with 2 midi cables. You may want to do an expression pedal calibration on the FCB as outlined here:
http://www.eurekasound.com/eurekaprom/setup
The default settings for the expression pedals A and B in fractalaudio configuration are for external controllers 1 and 2 (cc numbers 16 and 17).
In any patch, you can assign any parameter that can be modified to external controllers 1 and 2 and use expression pedals A and B on the FCB to control them. Just right click on any parameter that has the symbol with the rectangle with a line through it and right click. That is where you assign that parameter to a controller. For example, right click on the control parameter in the wah block, then set source to Extern 1. Now you can use expression pedal A to control it. Right click on the mix level of any other block, set to extern 2 and use expression pedal B to mix in an effect gradually. These assignments can be changed for each patch.
I hope that helps.
Dave
Kevin,
I am assuming that the FCB has no mechanical problems, you have the EurekaProm 3.2 installed correctly, have selected the FA configuration on the FCB (see the EurekaSound website), and have the FCB connected to the axe fx with 2 midi cables. You may want to do an expression pedal calibration on the FCB as outlined here:
http://www.eurekasound.com/eurekaprom/setup
The default settings for the expression pedals A and B in fractalaudio configuration are for external controllers 1 and 2 (cc numbers 16 and 17).
In any patch, you can assign any parameter that can be modified to external controllers 1 and 2 and use expression pedals A and B on the FCB to control them. Just right click on any parameter that has the symbol with the rectangle with a line through it and right click. That is where you assign that parameter to a controller. For example, right click on the control parameter in the wah block, then set source to Extern 1. Now you can use expression pedal A to control it. Right click on the mix level of any other block, set to extern 2 and use expression pedal B to mix in an effect gradually. These assignments can be changed for each patch.
I hope that helps.
Dave