Robert Twiddy
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Introduction
Firstly, you do not have to do anything to the Meloaudio Commander in terms of changing settings in the pedalboard. You can also if you want to, but here I only describe how you can use presets and FX on off using the preconfigured set up in the Pedal board to get you started quickly.
All you need to do when you first get your MC is hold down the bank down button when powering on and you will get a list of devices. Scroll down to AxeF, switch off and on again and you are ready to rock.
Until you do the Axe FX III set up presets will work 1 to 95 and you can page up and down the standard 0 to 95 presets. Buttons 1 to 4 will do nothing as their values are not in your Axe Fx III factory settings and therefore do nothing when you first use the pedal board.
You can select scenes and bank up and down to select them, but the standard set up does not do this Leon Todd has a video on how to do this if you want to. For my own presets I am happy not to use scenes but just switch the FX that I want on and off. Most scenes are preconfigured variations on the same thing. This is a simple controller and I think if you want all the bells and whistles live from the Axe Fx III then you need to invest in FC6 or FC12 controller as they dont use midi they use sysex commands.
Axe Fx III set up
The settings to switch everything on for using Buttons 1 to 4 and also expression pedals needs to be Set up before they can work. I also suggest you use an unused area for presets that you are going to design and configure for your own rig. So I use 385 onwards. You will see that the maximum offset is 383, I have selected 380 just so A starts at a round number.
I set the Meloaudio Commander up following these settings and learning how to switch FX on/off and how to configure the presets for myself.
To set up your 1 to 4 as CC to switch on and off FX page to BYPASS under Midi/Remote Setup
So I have selected to use button 1 for Drive, Button 2 for Phaser, Button 3 for Chorus and Button 4 for Delay on/off
You can use any of the 4 buttons to switch on/off any FX
To assign the button you carry out the following:
To set the expression pedal up as a volume pedal both to plug into the Meloaudio commander or in the back of the Axe Fx III carry out the following:
Good Luck and hope you have fun with the Melo
Firstly, you do not have to do anything to the Meloaudio Commander in terms of changing settings in the pedalboard. You can also if you want to, but here I only describe how you can use presets and FX on off using the preconfigured set up in the Pedal board to get you started quickly.
All you need to do when you first get your MC is hold down the bank down button when powering on and you will get a list of devices. Scroll down to AxeF, switch off and on again and you are ready to rock.
Until you do the Axe FX III set up presets will work 1 to 95 and you can page up and down the standard 0 to 95 presets. Buttons 1 to 4 will do nothing as their values are not in your Axe Fx III factory settings and therefore do nothing when you first use the pedal board.
You can select scenes and bank up and down to select them, but the standard set up does not do this Leon Todd has a video on how to do this if you want to. For my own presets I am happy not to use scenes but just switch the FX that I want on and off. Most scenes are preconfigured variations on the same thing. This is a simple controller and I think if you want all the bells and whistles live from the Axe Fx III then you need to invest in FC6 or FC12 controller as they dont use midi they use sysex commands.
Axe Fx III set up
The settings to switch everything on for using Buttons 1 to 4 and also expression pedals needs to be Set up before they can work. I also suggest you use an unused area for presets that you are going to design and configure for your own rig. So I use 385 onwards. You will see that the maximum offset is 383, I have selected 380 just so A starts at a round number.
I set the Meloaudio Commander up following these settings and learning how to switch FX on/off and how to configure the presets for myself.
- Press SETUP
- Scroll to Midi Remote and press ENTER
- GENERAL Midi Channel 1
- GENERAL Display Offset 0
- GENERAL Scene Revert OFF
- GENERAL Eff. Bypass Mode VALUE
- GENERAL Send Realtime Sysex ON
- PC CONFIGURATION Program Change ON
- PC CONFIGURATION Ignore Redundant PC ON (just in case the foot switch does)
- PC CONFIGURATION Send MIDI PC Chan 2
- PC CONFIGURATION Midi PC offset 380. ( now this is if you want to access your own set 380 upwards. If 0 it will start at Preset 0 so it is wherever you decide you want to set up your own custom presets)
- PC CONFIGURATION PC Mapping OFF
- INITIAL VALUE External Control 1 100%. ( this is so there is volume when you first turn on)
- INITIAL VALUE External Control 2 100% ( if you have 2nd pedal for way same
To set up your 1 to 4 as CC to switch on and off FX page to BYPASS under Midi/Remote Setup
So I have selected to use button 1 for Drive, Button 2 for Phaser, Button 3 for Chorus and Button 4 for Delay on/off
You can use any of the 4 buttons to switch on/off any FX
To assign the button you carry out the following:
- Scroll to Drive 1
- Press buttons C Learn and you will get a display Learn Mode Waiting, Exit to Cancel
- Press button 1 on the Midi commander and the value CC will appear in Drive 1
- Carry out the same for Phaser button 2, Chorus Button 3, Delay Button 4.
To set the expression pedal up as a volume pedal both to plug into the Meloaudio commander or in the back of the Axe Fx III carry out the following:
- Page to External under Midi/Remote Setup
- Select External Control 1 and move the expression pedal and pedal 1 or a value will appear
- Scroll to I/O
- Select Input 1 Volume and move the volume pedal and Pedal 1 or a value will appear
Good Luck and hope you have fun with the Melo