rllw
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Just got my AXE III today, and it's amazing. Regarding the MFC-101 Mark 3 interaction, as said in other threads, it functions great as a general midi controller. The MIDI implementation is very flexible on the AXE III, huge improvements over the AXE XL+. It was very easy to program the AXE III to learn my existing MIDI setup. Very very cool! If you're not comfortable with MIDI, it's not difficult, check out the MFC manual.
A. General Setup
1. Disable AXE mode on MFC by following instructions on page 12 of MFC manual.
2. Unplug Faslink
3. Setup MIDI port on MFC by following instructions on page 13 of MFC manual. "Use Port MIDI"
4. Plug in MIDI Out of MFC to MIDI In of AXE III
5. Plug in the power to your MFC101
B. MIDI Programming of I/A Switches already setup with MIDI commands
1. I previously controlled several XL+ paramaters via midi with my MFC. Therefore it was very easy to setup the III to learn.
2. If you have NOT previously setup your MFC to use MIDI commands, follow the instructions on page 24 of the MFC manual.
3. To learn already existing MIDI functions on the AXE III, do the following
C. To Setup the AXE III to respond to MIDI Program Control messages:
1. Go to page 154 of AXE Manual
2. Follow instructions to turn "Program Change" ON
D. To Setup Scene Increment/Decrement
1. Follow the instructions on page 24/25 of the MFC manual to setup 2 I/A switches with MIDI commands. I used 123/124 because that was the default for XL+. Setup Switch Control Change Messages as "IA10 c1 CC#123 Ch01" and "IA05 c1 CC#124 Ch01"
2. Follow the insturctions on page 56 of the MFC manual to change the IA Switch Control Change ON/OFF Values. I used I/A 10 as follows: "IA10 c1 off127 onOFF" and IA05 c1 off127 onOFF".
3. Follow the insturctions on page 65 of the MFC manual to change the IA Switch Types to "Momentary".
4. Follow the isntructions above (B) to setup the AXE III to respond to the programmed I/A switches by MIDI.
5. The above can be used to switch channels as well.
E. For direct scene select, you would have to set the value to the appropriate scene.
To access Scene 1 from I/A switch 9 setup the following (assuming AXE on midi channel 1):
1. Setup the Scene select MIDI on the AXE III
2. On the MFC Setup the I/A Switch MIDI CC
3. Setup the MIDI command/Value to send with the I/A switch
4. Repeat for each I/A switch you wish to assign, changing the IA switch nubmer and scene Value as appropriate.
5. Change the switch type to "Momentary":
6. Link all of the IA switches that you used for direct scene selection
Another great resource from Morphosis: https://www.cabir.eu/de/content/13-mfc101-for-axefx3
A. General Setup
1. Disable AXE mode on MFC by following instructions on page 12 of MFC manual.
2. Unplug Faslink
3. Setup MIDI port on MFC by following instructions on page 13 of MFC manual. "Use Port MIDI"
4. Plug in MIDI Out of MFC to MIDI In of AXE III
5. Plug in the power to your MFC101
B. MIDI Programming of I/A Switches already setup with MIDI commands
1. I previously controlled several XL+ paramaters via midi with my MFC. Therefore it was very easy to setup the III to learn.
2. If you have NOT previously setup your MFC to use MIDI commands, follow the instructions on page 24 of the MFC manual.
3. To learn already existing MIDI functions on the AXE III, do the following
a. Click Setup on the AXE III
b. Go to the MIDI setup menu
c. Hit page twice to get to the "bypass" menu
d. Scroll down to the AXE function you wish to control
e. Press "Enter" to get the AXE into "learning" mode
f. Press the MFC I/A switch
g. The AXE III "learns" the MIDI command and will associate it to bypass that switch.
h. Repeat.
b. Go to the MIDI setup menu
c. Hit page twice to get to the "bypass" menu
d. Scroll down to the AXE function you wish to control
e. Press "Enter" to get the AXE into "learning" mode
f. Press the MFC I/A switch
g. The AXE III "learns" the MIDI command and will associate it to bypass that switch.
h. Repeat.
C. To Setup the AXE III to respond to MIDI Program Control messages:
1. Go to page 154 of AXE Manual
2. Follow instructions to turn "Program Change" ON
D. To Setup Scene Increment/Decrement
1. Follow the instructions on page 24/25 of the MFC manual to setup 2 I/A switches with MIDI commands. I used 123/124 because that was the default for XL+. Setup Switch Control Change Messages as "IA10 c1 CC#123 Ch01" and "IA05 c1 CC#124 Ch01"
2. Follow the insturctions on page 56 of the MFC manual to change the IA Switch Control Change ON/OFF Values. I used I/A 10 as follows: "IA10 c1 off127 onOFF" and IA05 c1 off127 onOFF".
3. Follow the insturctions on page 65 of the MFC manual to change the IA Switch Types to "Momentary".
4. Follow the isntructions above (B) to setup the AXE III to respond to the programmed I/A switches by MIDI.
5. The above can be used to switch channels as well.
E. For direct scene select, you would have to set the value to the appropriate scene.
To access Scene 1 from I/A switch 9 setup the following (assuming AXE on midi channel 1):
1. Setup the Scene select MIDI on the AXE III
a. Setup
b. MIDI Remote
c. Page over "Other"
d. Setup a CC number for "Scene Select". In this example, let's use 99.
b. MIDI Remote
c. Page over "Other"
d. Setup a CC number for "Scene Select". In this example, let's use 99.
2. On the MFC Setup the I/A Switch MIDI CC
a. Check out page 55 of the MFC Manual 12.4.8 IA Switch Control Change (CC#) Settings
b. IA09 c1 CC#99 Ch01
c. Note c1 above means "command 1", which we need to setup next
b. IA09 c1 CC#99 Ch01
c. Note c1 above means "command 1", which we need to setup next
3. Setup the MIDI command/Value to send with the I/A switch
a. Check out 12.4.9 IA Switch Control Change ON/OFF Values of the MFC manual
b. IA09 c1 Off Off On00
c. Note: the On00 above should correspond to the scene you wish to access (see table below).
b. IA09 c1 Off Off On00
c. Note: the On00 above should correspond to the scene you wish to access (see table below).
4. Repeat for each I/A switch you wish to assign, changing the IA switch nubmer and scene Value as appropriate.
CC Values, Scenes.
0 = Scene 1
1 = Scene 2
2 = Scene 3
3 = Scene 4
4 = Scene 5
5 = Scene 6
6 = Scene 7
7 = Scene 8
0 = Scene 1
1 = Scene 2
2 = Scene 3
3 = Scene 4
4 = Scene 5
5 = Scene 6
6 = Scene 7
7 = Scene 8
5. Change the switch type to "Momentary":
a. Check out page 65 of the MFC manual 12.5.10 IA Switch Types
b. EDIT : SETUP : PAGE" (10x)
c. IASw 09 Type MOM
b. EDIT : SETUP : PAGE" (10x)
c. IASw 09 Type MOM
a. Check out page 66 of the MFC manual 12.5.14 IA Switch Link Setting
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