Setting up an RJM Mastermind GT to control an Axe-Fx 3 Mark 2

JSXtremist

JSXtremist

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Hello fellow RJM Mastermind GT and Axe-Fx 3 users! I'm getting my Mastermind GT/22 up and running with an Axe-Fx 3 Mark 2 (after using it with an Axe-Fx 2 XL for a few years). I'll post any questions I have here. First up...

Supposedly the Mastermind GT can access all 1024 presets on the Mark 2, but only 768 presets can be stored on the Mastermind GT. Since the Mark 2 has been out since September of 2020, I assume this is a hardware limitation of the Mastermind GT and not something RJM can fix with a firmware upgrade. Can anyone confirm this?
 
That's a bummer. Thanks for all of your hard work on the wiki, yek!

As I've begun to program buttons in the MMGTEditor, I've noticed it has pre-defined CC Numbers for the Axe-Fx 3. Can these be re-defined?

2: Control26: Ext Ctrl 1635: Tuner52: GEQ 374: MultiDly 1104: Vol/Pan 3126: Mixer 1154: Multicomp 1
11: Ext Ctrl 127: Looper Record37: Input 153: GEQ 475: MultiDly 2105: Vol/Pan 4127: Mixer 2155: Multicomp 2
12: Ext Ctrl 228: Looper Play38: Input 254: PEQ 178: Chorus 1106: Tremolo 1128: Mixer 3158: Tentap 1
13: Ext Ctrl 329: Looper Undo39: Input 355: PEQ 279: Chorus 2107: Tremolo 2129: Mixer 4159: Tentap 2
14: Ext Ctrl 430: Looper Once40: Input 456: PEQ 382: Flanger 1110: Pitch 1130: Synth 1162: Resonator 1
15: Ext Ctrl 531: Looper Reverse41: Input USB57: PEQ 483: Flanger 2111: Pitch 2131: Synth 2163: Resonator 2
16: Ext Ctrl 632: Looper Half42: Output 158: Amp 186: Rotary 1114: Filter 1134: Vocoder 1166: Looper 1
17: Ext Ctrl 733: Tap Tempo43: Output 259: Amp 287: Rotary 2115: Filter 2138: Megatap 1170: Tone Match 1
18: Ext Ctrl 834: Scene 144: Output 362: Cab 190: Phaser 1116: Filter 3139: Megatap 2178: Plex Dly 1
19: Ext Ctrl 934: Scene 245: Output 463: Cab 291: Phaser 2117: Filter 4142: Crossover 1179: Plex Dly 2
20: Ext Ctrl 1034: Scene 346: Comp 166: Reverb 194: Wah 1118: Drive 1143: Crossover 2186: FB Return 1
21: Ext Ctrl 1134: Scene 447: Comp 267: Reverb 295: Wah 2119: Drive 2146: Gate 1187: FB Return 2
22: Ext Ctrl 1234: Scene 548: Comp 370: Delay 198: Formant 1120: Drive 3147: Gate 2190: MIDI Block
23: Ext Ctrl 1334: Scene 649: Comp 471: Delay 299: Formant 2121: Drive 4148: Gate 3191: Multiplex 1
24: Ext Ctrl 1434: Scene 750: GEQ 172: Delay 3102: Vol/Pan 1122: Enhance 1149: Gate 4192: Multiplex 2
25: Ext Ctrl 1534: Scene 851: GEQ 273: Delay 4103: Vol/Pan 2123: Enhance 2150: Ringmod 1195: IR Player 1

Here is a screenshot of the window in the MMGTEditor:

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With the Axe-Fx III, you don't assign CC numbers. There's no need. All MIDI traffic occurs through sysex. So keep them at default (NONE). Only exception: External Controllers. If you use these, you need to assign a CC on the Axe-Fx, and use the same on the GT.
 
Is there a way to set the Mastermind GT where if I rename a preset on the Axe-Fx 3 it will automatically update the name on the Mastermind GT?
 
JSXtremist said:
Is there a way to set the Mastermind GT where if I rename a preset on the Axe-Fx 3 it will automatically update the name on the Mastermind GT?
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No. But if you look at my layout, there's a page with utility buttons on it and one of those buttons fetches the current preset name from the AFIII for the current preset in the MM GT.
 
iaresee said:
No. But if you look at my layout, there's a page with utility buttons on it and one of those buttons fetches the current preset name from the AFIII for the current preset in the MM GT.
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Yes, that’s the Sync Names function. It doesn’t work real-time.
 
"Get Preset Names" allows for dumping names of a specific preset range from the Axe-Fx (define the Start Preset, End Preset, and press Start).

I knew about that method, have used it, and it's mentioned in the Mastermind GT manual on pages 11 and 19.

I didn't see a "Sync Names" function as @yek mentioned.

In the layout @iaresee provided, on his Utilities page there is a button named "Update Preset". It uses the button type called "Upd Prst Name" which does what I'm looking for (syncs just the name of the current preset on the Axe-Fx to the Mastermind GT). Thank you!
 
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JSXtremist said:
"Get Preset Names" allows for dumping a specific range of presets from the Axe-Fx (define the Start Preset, End Preset, and press Start).

I knew about that method, have used it, and it's mentioned in the Mastermind GT manual on pages 11 and 19.

While I didn't see a "Sync Names" function as @yek mentioned, in looking through the layout @iaresee provided, I saw the button type called "Upd Prst Name" does what I'm looking for. "Upd Prst Name" syncs the name of the current preset on the Axe-Fx to the Mastermind GT. Thank you
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Yes, that's the one.
 
I like your labels across the top, @yek. I've been planning to do the same with my Brother P-touch labeler.

Are the "Pg 1", "Pg 2", "-", "+", "Last", and "All Scenes" along the bottom all Hold functions?
 
yek said:
This layout is the result of years of tinkering, and links to my "kitchen sink" preset.
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Now that I've got my GT22 dialed in I rarely change it. I'm about to make a few pages for working with Abelton Live but the Axe-Fx III stuff has been solid for a long time now.
 
When using the Scenes Menu button type on the Mastermind GT, once I select a scene it leaves the Scenes Menu, returning to the page I was on. I'd like to stay on a scenes page until I manually navigate away from it. How can this be done? Do I have to set a button to load a manually built scenes page to get around this?

Also, it'd be nice if I could get the main display of the Mastermind GT to show both the preset and scene name currently loaded.
 
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