I still haven't come up with a good strategy for switching off my II to the Ax8.
I use the FCB1010 in stompbox mode, so I control 8 scenes along the bottom row (with the second click function, I add a solo scene to each selection) and run effects along the top.
Most of what I do can be MIDI controlled via ableton, as our show is largely tracked, but I just haven't had the time to sit down and make a bunch of different patches to be automatically changed.
The lack of CPU is what mainly bummed me out. I liked having most of what I needed in a single patch, in case the automated stuff broke down. Most of my existing automation just sends CC's for scene changes on a single patch, not program changes.
I'll admit a lot of it is just general laziness. But at this point I might just stay with the II. I got the AX8 thinking it would make things easier for me, but I think I was wrong about that. Not the fault of the unit, of course, just incorrect reasoning on my part.
I use the FCB1010 in stompbox mode, so I control 8 scenes along the bottom row (with the second click function, I add a solo scene to each selection) and run effects along the top.
Most of what I do can be MIDI controlled via ableton, as our show is largely tracked, but I just haven't had the time to sit down and make a bunch of different patches to be automatically changed.
The lack of CPU is what mainly bummed me out. I liked having most of what I needed in a single patch, in case the automated stuff broke down. Most of my existing automation just sends CC's for scene changes on a single patch, not program changes.
I'll admit a lot of it is just general laziness. But at this point I might just stay with the II. I got the AX8 thinking it would make things easier for me, but I think I was wrong about that. Not the fault of the unit, of course, just incorrect reasoning on my part.
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