Nobody using automated scene changes via MIDI? I am curious about different approaches to that topic. Thats the road I want to go down when I receive my FM3 (hopefully next week).
this is my current setup. FM3 + Voes MX-5 and SW-1 + Mission Engineering SP-1 (wah) + Roland EV-5 (volume).
On the FM3 I use presets with 4 different AMP+CAB combinations going from clean to mean.
FM3 buttons:
Button 1 normal press: Pitch (mostly configured as detune-chorus to save CPU)
Button 2 long press: Phaser
Button 2 normal press: Drive
Button 2 long press: Drive channel
Button 3 normal press: Delay
Button 3 long press: Delay channel
MX-5 controls on Page A (scene page)
btn 1-4 normal press: scene 1-4 (which are 4 different AMP+CAB scenes)
btn 1-4 long press: scene 5-8 (variations on scene 1-4)
btn 5 normal press: tempo
btn 5 long press: tuner
SW-1 switches from Page A (scene page) to Page B (preset page).
In Page B btn 1-5 are my 5 master presets (remember all presets have 4 different AMP+CAB scenes).
Once a preset is selected, the MX goes back to Page A (scene page).
Notice that the MX-5 has exactly the same space between buttons as the AX8 FX8 FM3.
If I need more I take the MX-12 3x4. More info about this setup on https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/lets-see-those-fm3-rigs.158779/page-40#post-1996737