Will 3rd party expression pedals work with axe III’s FC?

[guitarfreak365]

I run 3 mission ep-1s with my mfc currently. I’m not very knowledgeable with this stuff but since the new FC is dumb and isn’t an actually midi controller does that mean we would have to buy a special expression pedal from fractal if you wanted to control an expression pedal of their FC?

 

[iaresee]

I haven’t touched an FC yet but I would be stunned if you couldn’t use third party expression pedals with it. I think you can safely assume yes here.

 

[unix-guy]

Just to add a bit... The EP-1 really has nothing to do with midi. It's an expression pedal, just like Fractal's EV-1.

Both use the same mechanism (as do almost all expression pedals) to communicate with a midi controller, which is ultimately just a potentiometer that uses a pedal instead of a knob to adjust the value.

This article from Mission would be a good thing for you to read:

https://missionengineering.com/understanding-expression-pedals/?v=7516fd43adaa

 

[guitarfreak365]

Just to add a bit... The EP-1 really has nothing to do with midi. It's an expression pedal, just like Fractal's EV-1.

Both use the same mechanism (as do almost all expression pedals) to communicate with a midi controller, which is ultimately just a potentiometer that uses a pedal instead of a knob to adjust the value.

This article from Mission would be a good thing for you to read:

https://missionengineering.com/understanding-expression-pedals/?v=7516fd43adaa

Thanks! I’ll check that out.