MIDI and Modifiers, Argghh!

Mr.Modeler

Mr.Modeler

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Am sending CC#6 to turn the amp Input Boost On and Off. Have set the modifier for the Input Boost to External 5. Have set External 5 to CC #6 in the MIDI / Remote menu.

Nothing happens. I know the CC #6 is being seen by the FM3.

What am I missing? It's driving me nuts. Have read what I could find but it hasn't helped.
 
How do you know it's being received?

If you set Input Boost directly to CC#6 to see if that works?
 
Because I used the Learn mode to set the CC# in the External Control assign. When I pressed the switch the value changed from none to 6. I tried setting the Input Boost directly to 6 but that didn't work either.
 
Mr.Modeler said:
That is the part I think I'm missing. I didn't see a setting to toggle the value like there was for bypassing effects. I must be missing MIDI commands being sent by the MC6, right?
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Yes... Typically these are referred to as IA (instant access) switches. They are normally sending 0 (off) and 127 (on) although technically off is 0-63 and on its 64-127.

Many midi controllers don't allow specifying the data value and send only 0/127.

Anyway, no experience with the MC6... I would think you have options to specify midi CC number, midi CC value and midi Channel.
 
unix-guy said:
Yes... Typically these are referred to as IA (instant access) switches. They are normally sending 0 (off) and 127 (on) although technically off is 0-63 and on its 64-127.

Many midi controllers don't allow specifying the data value and send only 0/127.

Anyway, no experience with the MC6... I would think you have options to specify midi CC number, midi CC value and midi Channel.
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Yes, I can configure all those commands. Would I set the CC value to 0-63 to try to turn it on to see if that works? I'l try that. Hang on. Doing this between cooking pancakes lol.
 
Do you happen to have a midi to USB adapter? You can use a midi monitor like Midi OX to see what the MC6 is sending...
 
unix-guy said:
Do you happen to have a midi to USB adapter? You can use a midi monitor like Midi OX to see what the MC6 is sending...
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Yes but I'm confident it's sending the right data. It works with everything else except the modifier stuff. Here's the screen of what of what it's doing.

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Ok, some progress. Maybe. The Input Boost is now stuck in the On position lol. Guess I'll need a separate MIDI command to turn it off? No way to toggle it On/Off with each press of the switch on the MIDI controller? Gotta go cook some more pancakes......
 
The switch has to alternate values between 0 & 127. The MC6 manual probably has a section about toggling CC values like this somewhere.
 
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