Spitball - Boss FS-5L Use

Kidmag

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Hi all,

I generally learn so much from you guys, I figured I'd throw this out there and suck more info from the collective.

I just found a Boss FS-5L latching footswitch deep in my pedal drawer and thought hey, I bet I could assign something useful in the AX8 to this.

So anyone use an extra footswitch with their AX8? How do you use it?

Thanks!
 
I have one setup for a mild boost. It turns a drive block on and off. I sit the pedal just to the left of my unit and is an easy go to for my foot. My lead patches are always a toggle between S1 & S2 on Switch 1 (bottom left). I used a roland momentary switch for a while and had it set to emulate but without some visual indication on hte switch, I could not tell if it was on or off. I replaced it with a powered switch which I love. When I had hte momentary switch, I played around with using it as a touch wah and it was really good. There are lots of ways to use it. Have fun
 
Depends on you but if you can assign a modifier to the parameter you can use that switch on it.
Global volume/db boost/cut, Filter boost, Filter cut, X/Y, scene toggle (a/b), scene scroll, Boost switch in Amp block, kill switch/tuner, relay switch for real Amp. Lots and lots of options really.
 
You could use it for the two control switches. There's a recent thread here taking all about them. Pretty powerful. Don't know if it's possible but I'd like to assign something like that to looper record and play/stop
 
I JUST set up a preset today using a FS-5U to turn on the Pitch block to give a harmony 5th. One of the songs a band I'm doing some shows with plays "Already Gone" by the Eagles and that solo has some harmony notes in it, but not the whole solo. Works perfectly! At least I THINK its a 5th. Either way - totally works!
 
HI
I have a few small switches that i was thinking about setting up to trigger a block or something else..how would i go about doing this? is it in the wiki? Its obviously assigning it through midi?..thanks
 
When setting up mine, I didn't do anything with MIDI - just assigned the Pitch block to be activated by external pedal 2 (where the FS-5U was plugged in) if that helps.
 
When setting up mine, I didn't do anything with MIDI - just assigned the Pitch block to be activated by external pedal 2 (where the FS-5U was plugged in) if that helps.


hi thanks, sorry for dumb question but where do i find that on the ax8. assign the block in axe edit
 
Don't worry about asking questions ever, even if you think they are dumb - odds are they might help someone :)

In my Pitch block in the lower right corner of AXEdit where it says Bypass Mode, I right clicked and then set Source to Extern 2. Attached a couple images that might help. :)

I have auto-engage off because the FS-5U has a momentary/latch switch on it and, it worked the way I wanted it to when I plugged it in. lol.
 

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Don't worry about asking questions ever, even if you think they are dumb - odds are they might help someone :)

In my Pitch block in the lower right corner of AXEdit where it says Bypass Mode, I right clicked and then set Source to Extern 2. Attached a couple images that might help. :)

I have auto-engage off because the FS-5U has a momentary/latch switch on it and, it worked the way I wanted it to when I plugged it in. lol.

ahhh thats where it is, totally forgot about that. I have opened that before, forgot where it was..thanks for your help!
 
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