creativespiral
Inspired
I'm super excited for the III. Planning on selling off 2XL to help offset the cost.
My real hesitation is with the pedal. I've read through all the threads, and understand the design differences and timing of the the FCs... a couple months off.
The thing is, I LOVE MY MFC-101, and would like a GOOD OPTION to just keep that with the III. With my four switch extension, and custom kick tags, I've got probably $900 invested in it... seems like a real shame if an alternate firmware for the III can't be loaded into it to keep similar functionality.
It could be firmware that writes over the existing II firmware and only works on the III... I would assume there is plenty of memory. Based on everything I've read, it seems like the MFC-101 is capable of this from a hardware standpoint... its just a matter of developing a firmware option.
The MFC-101 is a great product, and it seems like a real shame for it to become obsolete (only act as basic MIDI with no feedback). Even if its a rough, beta firmware with not all the functionality, it would be great to give users an option. Even if the screen wasn't updated with text, but the switches just kept track of effect states, that would be enough to make the MFC a viable option.
I would even happily pay $ for a new firmware download for the MFC. Or if Fractal doesn't have resources to create a III firmware, is it possible that its something that could be open-sourced a bit... so the community could try and come up with a solution?
My real hesitation is with the pedal. I've read through all the threads, and understand the design differences and timing of the the FCs... a couple months off.
The thing is, I LOVE MY MFC-101, and would like a GOOD OPTION to just keep that with the III. With my four switch extension, and custom kick tags, I've got probably $900 invested in it... seems like a real shame if an alternate firmware for the III can't be loaded into it to keep similar functionality.
It could be firmware that writes over the existing II firmware and only works on the III... I would assume there is plenty of memory. Based on everything I've read, it seems like the MFC-101 is capable of this from a hardware standpoint... its just a matter of developing a firmware option.
The MFC-101 is a great product, and it seems like a real shame for it to become obsolete (only act as basic MIDI with no feedback). Even if its a rough, beta firmware with not all the functionality, it would be great to give users an option. Even if the screen wasn't updated with text, but the switches just kept track of effect states, that would be enough to make the MFC a viable option.
I would even happily pay $ for a new firmware download for the MFC. Or if Fractal doesn't have resources to create a III firmware, is it possible that its something that could be open-sourced a bit... so the community could try and come up with a solution?