Is there a prize for most buttons / nerdiest setup? !!
MFC - Scene + fx switching on Axe3 spdif'd to Axe2 (Axe2 does Reverb, Synth, Post Tremolo, Post Enhancer, looper - Axe3 everything else). - Extra Cool Stuff it does:
- 4 Delay Switches grouped - the 4th switch brings in the active Source Audio Nemesis delay pedal preset (changes with Axe Preset).
- 2 Pre-Pitch block switches: both off (default) = whammy on expression pedal, both on = dive, 1st on only = drop 1/2, 2nd on only = Octave.
- Feedback Expression pedal brings in controlled feedback from Digitech Freqout pedal.
- Gain Expression pedal is for the Rhythm scene to go from edge+ to mean with associated tone adjustment.
POD - Controls Axefx one at a time pre and post fx- Extra Cool Stuff it does:
- 7 of 8 switches are grouped (one on at a time, turning one on, flips any other that's on, to off - configurable to 0, 1, or 2 groups of any combination of switches).
- Switch 7 controls whether the fx controlled are "pre" or "post" fx. So with switch 7 (ALT) off, I get the green fx (pre) in a set of 7 grouped switches. With switch 7 on, I get the red fx (post) in a set of 7 grouped switches.
- Switch 8 in the switch group brings in either a L6 M5 effect (pre mode), or an Eventide H9 effect (post mode). I call these "specials"!.
- On a separate Pod bank I get some preset level overrides for the following (these can also be setup to default in any config per Axefx preset).:
- Sw1=Swap out the TC Mimic pedal effect in pre position to Axefx Enhancer effect in post position, for the Enhancer switch on MFC.
- Sw2=Swap out the Digitech Freqout effect for Digitech Mosaic 12 String Effect for the Feedback Expression pedal on MFC.
- Sw3,4=Force Loops 3 and 4 to On for this preset.
- Sw5=Swap out Axefx Drives for Externally connected OD/DS, for the OD/DS switches on MFC.
- Sw6=Swap out all Axefx prefx controlled by the pod to same L6 M5 prefx, for the pre fx switches on the Pod.
- Sw7=Swap out all Axefx postfx controlled by the pod to the same H9 postfx, for the post fx switches on the Pod
- Sw8=Swap out all Axefx delays to same Nemesis delays, for the delay switches on the MFC.
- Pod connected expression pedals contol Axefx modifiers.
- Pod looper controls control Axefx looper.
- Black labels are for using the Pod as a Pod which I never do.
VooDoo Labs Switcher - Extra Cool Stuff it does:
- Automatically switches in a Strymon Iridium preset # for amp/cab on related patches (Strymon running full stereo w separate amp model L and R).
- With the Voodoo Labs Amp Channel Switcher (top left), automatically switches in tube Amp Head(s) (see below) channels for related MFC scene switches in patches that control real amps.
- Automatically switches in external OD/DS pedals and L6 M5 depending on POD / MFC / Patch settings.
- Automatically switches in TC Mimic pedal on the pre right side only before dual amps (best doubler setup imo) for end to end stereo patches, controlled by the MFC enhancer switch.
- I never actually control this switcher with my feet - it's only used via midi from MFC / POD.
- Midi programming done with Bome Midi Translator Pro (80 routines - approx 1k lines of code).
- Roland Octacapture facilitates output to any / all of: Studio Monitors (4Ch), 212 stereo Cab w C90s powered by tube amp head p.a. sections, 2x112 Cabs with V30 powered by Ehx 44 Magnums, 2x Fr Cabs powered by Matrix Gt1000fx.
Before anyone asks: I don't gig, never gig'd, likely never will - just a crappy guitar player hobbyist that appreciates some good tone and likes to tinker with gear while frustrated trying to play whatever scale / song I'm working on... The goal was / is to have one integrated system that lets me play in varying modes (modelled amps / pedals, real amps /pedal , IRs, real cabs ...) via switching without needing to be futzing with reconnecting wires all the time to change from one gear variation to another.
Typical Patch