I got this to replace a PaintAudio Midi Captain which stopped booting reliably on day #2 . The M1 is pretty awesome once you play with it for a bit. It's solidly build and the footswitch is like a tank! The manual leaves a lot to be desired and what I figured out was over a few hours and a couple of factory resets. I am not using the wireless X/Y switch, just the F10W Footswitch. Here's a quick setup for anybody that's interested.
This is roughly replicating the setup I had on my AX8 where I had access to several scenes and was able to toggle on and off certain effects as needed.
I have a gig this weekend and I needed to get a familiar setup, as I get more familiar with the FM3 this will probably be modified to more of an OMG type setup (Scene Page, Effect Page, Looper Page).
Note: On the M1 think of the Preset as the value you want to send. You can have multiple banks of 10 presets.
In theory you could use the M1 in Setlist Mode and setup a 'Song' with Scene Presets and a 'Song' with Effect Toggles
and switch between the two modes with one of the switches on the footpedal. You could also do something similar in preset mode by creating banks of presets Bank1 'Scenes', Bank 2 'Effects'.
(This is a 'dumb' way to fake an OMG setup as the FM3 will only respond to MIDI messages sent to it,
although you might be able to have the FM3 change the song or preset bank on the M1 untested)
I am using this in Preset Mode.
You could assign the CC messages directly to an effect (Drive Toggle) but I find that using the External Controller
gives me a little more flexibility in assigning what the bottom row of switches do.
Initial Setup on the M1
Press: Preset Mode > Preset Library
Rename Stock Presets:
Original Name Rename CC Val Toggle
Preset 1 -> Scene 1 34 0 Off
Preset 2 -> Scene 2 34 1 Off
Preset 3 -> Scene 3 34 2 Off
Preset 4 -> Scene 4 34 3 Off
Preset 5 -> Scene 5 34 4 Off
Preset 6 -> EC1 80 127 On
Preset 7 -> EC2 81 127 On
Preset 8 -> EC3 82 127 On
Preset 9 -> EC4 83 127 On
Preset 10 -> EC5 84 127 On
Steps:
1) Preset Mode
2) Preset Library
3) Double Tap Name of Preset you want to edit
4) Rename the Preset (e.g. Scene 1) Don't forget to hit the check to save the name
5) Tap + to add Midi Message
6) Tap the highlighted block
7) Assign CC# and Value
8) Assign Toggle On for Preset6-10 (EC1-5)
This should result in Bank 1 of Presets like this
Scene 1 | Scene 2 | Scene 3 | Scene 4 | Scene 5
EC1 EC2 EC3 EC4 EC5
From here you can assign these to a footswitch or X/Y Controller
F10W Footswitch
1) In Preset Mode Select Footswitch Pedals (you will see a visual representation of the footswitch)
2) Tap the + button to add a preset
3) For the Bank buttons, long press and select Bank Preset from the Menu
Finally, Setup the MIDI on the FM3 (look online or in this forum)
At this point you should have access to Scene 1-5 on the top row of buttons
and have 5 toggle switches assigned to external controllers 1-5
This is roughly replicating the setup I had on my AX8 where I had access to several scenes and was able to toggle on and off certain effects as needed.
I have a gig this weekend and I needed to get a familiar setup, as I get more familiar with the FM3 this will probably be modified to more of an OMG type setup (Scene Page, Effect Page, Looper Page).
Note: On the M1 think of the Preset as the value you want to send. You can have multiple banks of 10 presets.
In theory you could use the M1 in Setlist Mode and setup a 'Song' with Scene Presets and a 'Song' with Effect Toggles
and switch between the two modes with one of the switches on the footpedal. You could also do something similar in preset mode by creating banks of presets Bank1 'Scenes', Bank 2 'Effects'.
(This is a 'dumb' way to fake an OMG setup as the FM3 will only respond to MIDI messages sent to it,
although you might be able to have the FM3 change the song or preset bank on the M1 untested)
I am using this in Preset Mode.
You could assign the CC messages directly to an effect (Drive Toggle) but I find that using the External Controller
gives me a little more flexibility in assigning what the bottom row of switches do.
Initial Setup on the M1
Press: Preset Mode > Preset Library
Rename Stock Presets:
Original Name Rename CC Val Toggle
Preset 1 -> Scene 1 34 0 Off
Preset 2 -> Scene 2 34 1 Off
Preset 3 -> Scene 3 34 2 Off
Preset 4 -> Scene 4 34 3 Off
Preset 5 -> Scene 5 34 4 Off
Preset 6 -> EC1 80 127 On
Preset 7 -> EC2 81 127 On
Preset 8 -> EC3 82 127 On
Preset 9 -> EC4 83 127 On
Preset 10 -> EC5 84 127 On
Steps:
1) Preset Mode
2) Preset Library
3) Double Tap Name of Preset you want to edit
4) Rename the Preset (e.g. Scene 1) Don't forget to hit the check to save the name
5) Tap + to add Midi Message
6) Tap the highlighted block
7) Assign CC# and Value
8) Assign Toggle On for Preset6-10 (EC1-5)
This should result in Bank 1 of Presets like this
Scene 1 | Scene 2 | Scene 3 | Scene 4 | Scene 5
EC1 EC2 EC3 EC4 EC5
From here you can assign these to a footswitch or X/Y Controller
F10W Footswitch
1) In Preset Mode Select Footswitch Pedals (you will see a visual representation of the footswitch)
2) Tap the + button to add a preset
3) For the Bank buttons, long press and select Bank Preset from the Menu
Finally, Setup the MIDI on the FM3 (look online or in this forum)
At this point you should have access to Scene 1-5 on the top row of buttons
and have 5 toggle switches assigned to external controllers 1-5