Bug? Mysteriously Self Activating Wah V7

groovenut

groovenut

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I did this video as an example of a rogue preset I have that the wah activates upon power up. At first I was baffled by the tone change upon power up, as I had not even remembered there being a wah in the preset. This took some time to sort out, but I found the issue via Axedit's grid layout.

The preset was saved with the wah bypassed. External 1 was assigned as controller. No controllers were plugged into the Axefx II. Changing the preset and returning to the preset in question, returns the wah to it's bypassed state. I have removed the controller from the wah block (as it's not needed int his patch) and it seems to have alleviated the issue. However, I wanted to post this for Cliff and M@ just n case it was a "bug" and not a feature. I am not heavily dependent upon external controllers at this point, so I am unsure as to what the intended purpose of this behavior could be. As such I am passing this on in the spirit of bringing it to light.

Thank you!

 
External 1 was assigned as controller. No controllers were plugged into the Axefx II.
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That's likely your problem.

Go to the I/O menu and tab over to the MIDI page. Scroll down until you see EXT CTRL 1 INIT VAL and make sure it's set to 0% instead of 100%. These settings initialize the controller values on the Axe-Fx before any value for them has been received via MIDI. It's likely set to 100% and you have the block set to auto-engage is my guess.
 
Check, if the modifier is set to PC RST = OFF, if so: set it to ON and save while WAH is bypassed
 
The interesting thing to me is that this is a factory preset that I had used before and not had this behavior. #24 Brown Eye. Granted I had never power up on this preset until just this morning, so it may have always been this way. I will check the suggestion. Thanks.
 
groovenut said:
The interesting thing to me is that this is a factory preset that I had used before and not had this behavior. #24 Brown Eye. Granted I had never power up on this preset until just this morning, so it may have always been this way. I will check the suggestion. Thanks.
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factory presets do not have external controllers connected to them, so it was changed at some time. If your EXT CTRL INIT VAL is set to 100% it will kick on when no external controller is plugged in. It has always been this way by design.
 
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