OK, so I have a few questions for those of you using your X3 Live (with the latest updates) as a controller for your AxeFx:
Can you configure the upper row of 5 switches on the X3L to act as Instant Access Switches on the AxeFx?
My main concerns are this:
- Switching to the right patch (duh - wouldn't even be entertaining the X3L if it couldn't do that)
- Displaying the preset name on the X3Live - not interactively, but I can kludge it by creating an X3L patch in that location and name it to the same name as the patch on the Axe Fx. I just have to keep them in synch if I move them around or rename them. No biggie.
- Use stomp buttons as IA switches on the AxeFx
- Add at least 1 more expression pedal (I know you CAN do this)
- 2-way communication. I'd like to have the LED on the IA reflect the status of the IA on the AxeFx. I suppose I could kludge this like the preset name display...
Nice to haves:
- Ability to control other MIDI devices (like send program changes on different channels)
- More flexibility to re-assign functions to stomp switches
I believe the FBV has ALL of those capabilities, but at this point I'd have to run the FBV into a PC and then back out via MIDI, which is a pain. I mean I have a tiny 1U 1/2 rackspace PC, and I could put XP Embedded on it and optimize it to boot very quickly and do nothing but translate MIDI over USB to MIDI over MIDI, but bringing PCs to gigs kinda frightens me, they are so unreliable and tend to add yet another level of complexity to the whole shebang. I shouldn't have to bring a backup for my MIDI pedal too! It would be REALLY nice if Line6 simply made a small MIDI-over-USB to MIDI-Over-MIDI converter box. It would open up a host of new possibilities
Can you configure the upper row of 5 switches on the X3L to act as Instant Access Switches on the AxeFx?
My main concerns are this:
- Switching to the right patch (duh - wouldn't even be entertaining the X3L if it couldn't do that)
- Displaying the preset name on the X3Live - not interactively, but I can kludge it by creating an X3L patch in that location and name it to the same name as the patch on the Axe Fx. I just have to keep them in synch if I move them around or rename them. No biggie.
- Use stomp buttons as IA switches on the AxeFx
- Add at least 1 more expression pedal (I know you CAN do this)
- 2-way communication. I'd like to have the LED on the IA reflect the status of the IA on the AxeFx. I suppose I could kludge this like the preset name display...
Nice to haves:
- Ability to control other MIDI devices (like send program changes on different channels)
- More flexibility to re-assign functions to stomp switches
I believe the FBV has ALL of those capabilities, but at this point I'd have to run the FBV into a PC and then back out via MIDI, which is a pain. I mean I have a tiny 1U 1/2 rackspace PC, and I could put XP Embedded on it and optimize it to boot very quickly and do nothing but translate MIDI over USB to MIDI over MIDI, but bringing PCs to gigs kinda frightens me, they are so unreliable and tend to add yet another level of complexity to the whole shebang. I shouldn't have to bring a backup for my MIDI pedal too! It would be REALLY nice if Line6 simply made a small MIDI-over-USB to MIDI-Over-MIDI converter box. It would open up a host of new possibilities