Getting Started with MFC-Edit
What to do after you install it ...
"Read The Manual", while good advice, isn't something people want to do before trying the program to see if its even worth reading the manual in the first place
(MFC-Edit is loaded with power and features and the Owner's Manual is 35 pages long!) So I'm creating this page for most of us ...
Here's my suggestion, assuming that you are learning the editor as well as the MFC-101:
If your MFC-101 is not connected to your computer, or you just want to poke around MFC-Edit without hooking up the MFC-101, MFC-Edit comes with "stock" sysex files in the MFC-101/dumps folder (in your Home folder), that you can load up and mess with to learn the program.
REMEMBER - MFC-Edit contains both it's own and the MFC-101 Owner's Manuals accessible from the Help menu, and there are always helpful "Nuggets" available almost everywhere by right-clicking the mouse on the screen part you're interested in.
Those are the basics. As you learn more about the equipment you can use more and more powerful features of the editor. You can also ask questions on the Forum - lots of really smart people on there.
What to do after you install it ...
"Read The Manual", while good advice, isn't something people want to do before trying the program to see if its even worth reading the manual in the first place
(MFC-Edit is loaded with power and features and the Owner's Manual is 35 pages long!) So I'm creating this page for most of us ...Here's my suggestion, assuming that you are learning the editor as well as the MFC-101:
- Dump a file from your MFC-101 to the computer using Fractal Bot (see the Fractal Bot Owner's Manual), or the built-in receiver from the MFC-Edit "Tools" menu. MFC-Edit will complain if your "plumbing" is incorrect or the transfer is unsuccessful. Until this step is successful you cannot proceed with anything else. (See the thread "
Problems with dump/restore of MFC-101 ?" in this forum for help with this). - MAKE A COPY OF THE FILE IN A SAFE PLACE
- Transmit the file immediately back to the MFC-101 to make sure that the bi-directional communication between the computer and MFC-101 is flawless. If you have any problems with sending the sysex dump back to the MFC-101 you must resolve them before going any further. (Actually, you can't go any further until you resolve that) Once that is working reliably ...
- Launch MFC-Edit and open the file you just captured from the MFC-101
- Go to the SONGS tab first and add about six songs - enter only the first Preset of each song
- Go to the SETS tab and choose the songs in a particular order for a "Set"
- Rename the Set by double-clicking the column header - you can enter up to 7 characters
- Save the file or Save As to save it to a different name
- Transmit the file back to the MFC-101 using Fractal Bot
- Make sure that your SONGS and SETS exist on the MFC-101 by pressing the Edit->Setup->Page-Right (#7) switches on your MFC-101. Pressing the UP and DOWN switches should scroll through your sets and you should see the Set Name that you entered. If you don't, recheck each step.
If your MFC-101 is not connected to your computer, or you just want to poke around MFC-Edit without hooking up the MFC-101, MFC-Edit comes with "stock" sysex files in the MFC-101/dumps folder (in your Home folder), that you can load up and mess with to learn the program.
REMEMBER - MFC-Edit contains both it's own and the MFC-101 Owner's Manuals accessible from the Help menu, and there are always helpful "Nuggets" available almost everywhere by right-clicking the mouse on the screen part you're interested in.
Those are the basics. As you learn more about the equipment you can use more and more powerful features of the editor. You can also ask questions on the Forum - lots of really smart people on there.