Sharkdog said:
Jay Mitchell said:
I use a Behringer FCB1010 (non-Uno). I operate it in non-Direct Select Mode. The FCB presets in Bank 00 are all set for stompbox-type use, i.e., they don't send a PC command, only CCs.
I have Bank 01 in the FCB programmed to call up my go-to presets. That gives me access to as many as 10 presets (so far, I've never used more than four on a gig) by pressing two switches (Up switch to select Bank 01, then one of ten preset-select footswitches). Once I've selected the preset I want for the song we're about to play, I go back to Bank 00 (press Down switch once). Now I have 10 stompbox selections available. At present, I've implemented eight of those, including one to set tap tempo and one to select tuner/mute.
This would work for me - but I have NO IDEA how to program a control change (which I think is the ability to switch say, delay on or off). All it does is change from preset to preset by bank & number.
Can I program it to switch delay on & off within the same preset? If so how? I know, I am an idiot. Please help
Are you able to program the presets that it sends yet? (i.e. are you familiar with how to edit anything on the FCB yet?)
If you are able to program presets, the CCs really aren't much more difficult.
Ossandust, who wrote the optional UnO firmware upgrade code, also penned a programming guide for both the UnO and non-UnO firmwares. You can find the non-UnO version at the FCB1010 Yahoo Group here (registration is probably required)...
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/fcb1 ... /*%20HELP/
...under "Programming the FCB1010.pdf"
I highly recommend getting that guide and printing it out as it is much easier to follow than the official manual. Preset configuration starts on page 9 of that doc, and under that section, in Step 3, is "How to program CC1 (controller change message 1)" [there are two CCs per footswitch available on the FCB].
Additionally, this passage on pages 3/4 is extremely relevant...
Ossandust's FCB1010 Programming Guide said:
3. CC 1 .. 2
Each patch can send up to 2 Controller Change messages. Each message consists of a CC command byte, followed by a CC number between 0 and 127, and a value, also between 0 and 127.
Toggling CC:
Instead of sending both CC messages at the same time, a patch can also send alternating CC values: the first time a patch is selected, it sends CC1 with value1; if the patch footswitch is clicked a second time, it sends CC2 with value 2.
This mode is automatically enabled when following conditions are met :
- CC1 and CC2 are both enabled [/*:m:2p9rqwm7]
- CC1 and CC2 use the same MIDI channel [/*:m:2p9rqwm7]
- CC1 and CC2 used the same Control number[/*:m:2p9rqwm7]
If that seems over your head, just take it slow. A week of headaches with the FCB and you'll be a genius on it afterward. A day of headaches and you'll have a decent idea of what it can do. Two days, and you should be able to program anything it can do while referencing that guide.
(On the MIDI and Axe-Fx end of things... a CC is a number, and a value. Pick a CC number... any number 1-127 will do (
do not pick zero! -- CC number 0 switches between the three Axe-Fx banks; won't harm anything, but can be confusing at first). A CC value of 64 or greater (most people just use the max of 127) will toggle an effect block on, and a CC value of 63 or less (most people just use the lowest value, 0) will toggle an effect block off. How do you know which CC number will toggle which effect block? You set it up by reading about the Axe-Fx's I/O menu, Control page (I think that's where it is, but I don't have my Axe-Fxes powered right now to check for sure.))
Lastly... for the UnO people, voes has a copy of the UnO version of the Guide on his site (see the first post in this thread) in the Howto section.
