I finally pulled the trigger on an FC-12 because I became tired of using my Helix Floor to control the Axe-FX III (so I sold it off).
I always subscribe to getting a bigger foot controller rather than a smaller one, because in the immortal words of David Lee Roth when evaluating the value of things, he look at options as there only being "big, bigger, and best!"
After having a mixed bag of experiences with the MFC-101, MFC-Edit, anfd the Axe-FX II, I was thinking I was going to be in sysex programming hell with the new unit.
I have to say, my fears were unwarranted. Within 5 minutes of reading the 3 sheets of paper that came with it, I was up and running with my EV-1 expression pedal calibrated too.
For my uses, it was one of the easier foot pedal implementations that I ever experienced.
After an hour and a half, I settled on the Mode 2 configuration to switch scenes and presets as needed.
Gapless scene switching with no pops was finally on tap. Happy, happy, joy joy!
The displays and LEDs are nice and bright, even in low light conditions.
I can't recommend it enough.
If I could ask for two improvements, they would be:
If you are on the fence about getting one, then all I have to say is just do it! You won't be disappointed.
I always subscribe to getting a bigger foot controller rather than a smaller one, because in the immortal words of David Lee Roth when evaluating the value of things, he look at options as there only being "big, bigger, and best!"
After having a mixed bag of experiences with the MFC-101, MFC-Edit, anfd the Axe-FX II, I was thinking I was going to be in sysex programming hell with the new unit.
I have to say, my fears were unwarranted. Within 5 minutes of reading the 3 sheets of paper that came with it, I was up and running with my EV-1 expression pedal calibrated too.
For my uses, it was one of the easier foot pedal implementations that I ever experienced.
After an hour and a half, I settled on the Mode 2 configuration to switch scenes and presets as needed.
Gapless scene switching with no pops was finally on tap. Happy, happy, joy joy!
The displays and LEDs are nice and bright, even in low light conditions.
I can't recommend it enough.
If I could ask for two improvements, they would be:
- Allow the displays to scroll to display longer preset name and button labels if needed.
- Allow a double tap function so that I can condense 8 scenes into 4 buttons with labels (e.g. button 1 single tap = Scene 1, double tap = scene 2), as that would allow me to use the upper row of switches for for switching on and off the FX loop, FX channel, or select FX on/off without needing to sacrifice a scene to do that.
If you are on the fence about getting one, then all I have to say is just do it! You won't be disappointed.