Apologies if addressed before and I've gone through both manuals (FC and Axe) as well all 12 hours of the absolutely superb @ccroyalsenders Axe FX course.
A little background. Like a number on the forum, I've used Bandhelper to change presets on the Axe. In the Axe II days, I would connect a MIDI cable (or USB) to the Axe FX II from the iPad and when presets changed, the MFC would be updated automatically.
With the Axe III and the MFC, I think I had to reverse this (it has worked successfully) and I connected the iPad to the MFC Midi IN and the MIDI Out of the MFC to the Axe III Midi In. This would change presets on the MFC and the AXE III and with the use of MFC Edit, all my effect states would be set as well. However, I did have issues trying to trigger other MIDI devices (Voice Live) with this setup but I worked around it in my studio set up.
So now comes the FC's and this raises a few questions for me (and perhaps others)
- I assume with the Axe and FC's , I will be back to Bandhelper sending messages to the Axe which will automatically update the FC's. This is awesome if so and as I've read puts all the intelligence in the Axe.
- I've also read from the FC manual that "Don’t be mistaken and expect MIDI messages at the MIDI THRU port of the III; all MIDI messages are generated by the Axe-Fx III at its MIDI OUT port". Does this mean for messages triggered by the FC? If so, what does the MIDI Out send that is different than the MIDI Thru? And does USB MIDI send Out, Thru or Both?)
- Do both MIDI (USB and 5 PIN) operate at the same time or if you select USB over Midi does that take precedence and disable the 5 PIN. I want to take advantage of the MIDI USB speed but am not sure if I will need the Out or Thru functionality of the 5 PIN?
- What I'm thinking will be my optimal setup is
IPAD MIDI OUT to AXE MIDI IN
IPAD MIDI IN to AXE MIDI OUT
FC to AXE via FASLINK
If I understand correctly, this will enable all FC functionality, Preset changes via bandhelper and with the added functionality of the AXE III the ability to send PC and CC changes to other devices via the MIDI OUT port and IPAD.
Does that make sense?
Perhaps others will have similar questions so throwing this out there for the experts.
Happy Holidays all and thanks to this community as it makes the best product on the market that much better.
MM
A little background. Like a number on the forum, I've used Bandhelper to change presets on the Axe. In the Axe II days, I would connect a MIDI cable (or USB) to the Axe FX II from the iPad and when presets changed, the MFC would be updated automatically.
With the Axe III and the MFC, I think I had to reverse this (it has worked successfully) and I connected the iPad to the MFC Midi IN and the MIDI Out of the MFC to the Axe III Midi In. This would change presets on the MFC and the AXE III and with the use of MFC Edit, all my effect states would be set as well. However, I did have issues trying to trigger other MIDI devices (Voice Live) with this setup but I worked around it in my studio set up.
So now comes the FC's and this raises a few questions for me (and perhaps others)
- I assume with the Axe and FC's , I will be back to Bandhelper sending messages to the Axe which will automatically update the FC's. This is awesome if so and as I've read puts all the intelligence in the Axe.
- I've also read from the FC manual that "Don’t be mistaken and expect MIDI messages at the MIDI THRU port of the III; all MIDI messages are generated by the Axe-Fx III at its MIDI OUT port". Does this mean for messages triggered by the FC? If so, what does the MIDI Out send that is different than the MIDI Thru? And does USB MIDI send Out, Thru or Both?)
- Do both MIDI (USB and 5 PIN) operate at the same time or if you select USB over Midi does that take precedence and disable the 5 PIN. I want to take advantage of the MIDI USB speed but am not sure if I will need the Out or Thru functionality of the 5 PIN?
- What I'm thinking will be my optimal setup is
IPAD MIDI OUT to AXE MIDI IN
IPAD MIDI IN to AXE MIDI OUT
FC to AXE via FASLINK
If I understand correctly, this will enable all FC functionality, Preset changes via bandhelper and with the added functionality of the AXE III the ability to send PC and CC changes to other devices via the MIDI OUT port and IPAD.
Does that make sense?
Perhaps others will have similar questions so throwing this out there for the experts.
Happy Holidays all and thanks to this community as it makes the best product on the market that much better.
MM
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