Statistics: Posted by nay-seven — 20 May 2009, 18:12
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Statistics: Posted by maxdis — 20 May 2009, 13:42
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BTW - I see that my memory didn't serve me right when I listed switch, toggle and absolute as reception modes. It should have been absolute, relative and toggle, of which relative isn't of much interest for the on/off or trigger types of messages we're dealing with here.
Here's a tip not directly related to the FCB (especially if it's not capable of the press=127/release=0 behaviour) for getting the most out of CC switches: Use the momentary mode. That way you can get several different types of behaviour from the control in Usine by choosing between switch and button and reception modes:
Switch/absolute: press = 1, release=0
Switch/toggle: 1st press = 1, next press = 0
Button/absolute: press = 1+0, release = 1+0
Button/toggle: press=1+0, release = nothing
The one thing missing when using a lot of foot controllers this way for typical stomp box style switching duties, is the visual feedback from a LED that shows the status of the pedal/CC.
Statistics: Posted by bsork — 20 May 2009, 09:21
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Statistics: Posted by nay-seven — 19 May 2009, 22:06
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If you have trouble because the FCB sends too much data for each press but you don't want to or can't program it, it should be possible to use the MIDI trace in Usine to single out separate CCs for each pedal, and edit the learned MIDI assignments (the little "R") to use the correct CCs.
Statistics: Posted by bsork — 19 May 2009, 22:02
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i'm using the fcb1010,and i would like not to have to push a switch(pedal button? two times to disable my effect,in fact it systematically send a 127 value when i come from another switch ... i 've tried to get it in a pass if change,but i don't see clearly how to do it....pliiiize help !
did you solved this problem? I'm having the same issue....I enable a switch with a pedal, then I enable a second switch with another pedal; then, if I want to DISABLE the first switch, I have to press two times the first pedal...very annoying! It seems the FCB1010 will forget the status of a pedal, when you are pressing another pedal...or I'm missing some option?Should I try to upgrade the FCB1010 to the UNO firmware?
thank you
Statistics: Posted by maxdis — 19 May 2009, 19:26
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and it works...
maybe you can use this software to configure your's :
http://www.mtnsys.com/faq-fcb/PCEditorBeta.htm
assign any midi control number , must work...
Statistics: Posted by nay-seven — 22 Feb 2009, 14:59
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Statistics: Posted by nay-seven — 21 Feb 2009, 23:23
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if don't work try maybe a math /logical module like A=B ( with B = 127...? )
or give us more details...
Statistics: Posted by nay-seven — 21 Feb 2009, 18:08
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Well, you couldn't have made it easier for yourself (or anyone, for that matter): normally the fcb1010 is quite tough to use as a "simple" control surface because it's meant to control the v-amp or suchlike, and therefore every button/switch/pedal sends multiple signals together, which are interpreted by the slave device; if you try and simply assign a "midi learn" to the switches it's more than likely that you'll get contradictory results or conflicts between switches (because there's normally no easy way to tell the host application how to correctly filter incoming midi messages).
In the case of Usine, since in the patch view everyone can see what happens when you press a switch, it's easy to build filters to suit everyone's needs, without fussing around with reprogramming the foot controller from scratch...
Great info, as that's the only foot controler I've been considering, not the least of which is because it sends midi notes.In the case of Usine, since in the patch view everyone can see what happens when you press a switch, it's easy to build filters to suit everyone's needs, without fussing around with reprogramming the foot controller from scratch...
Usine is so great - I just can't get enough physical controllers now that filtering and routing is a negligible task.
Statistics: Posted by runagate — 03 Jan 2008, 19:16
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Statistics: Posted by Golcondio — 30 Dec 2007, 11:16
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First of all, check out the yahoo group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/fcb1010/
Once you join, you'll have access to the "files" section, in which you'll find a lot of useful utilities for programming the fcb1010 via software instead of tapdancing on those hard-to-press buttons... The one I use is the Ed Dixon one: it's got a very detailed help file.
In my case, all I want from my foot controller is the ability to switch between presets in the preset manager, and of course to be able to use my expression pedals!
I loaded a "midi in" module in my patch and looked at the numbers displayed when I press a switch (Senso, the possibility to actually SEE what signals are doing is the most amazing thing you could have thought of):
the "code1" signal displays a number which is the switch I pressed -1. Cool, so it can be directly connected to the preset manager's "num" inlet.
When I moved the exp pedals, unluckily they sent a "code1" of 27 and 7 respectively, which played dirty tricks on the preset manager.
Closed Usine, I fired up the fcb1010 programming utility, sent a sysex from the foot controller to the utility to get its settings, then edited the midi channel for the expression pedals: expA went to midi ch2, and expB went to midi ch3 (I don't know if it's necessary to put them on different channels, but I thought it wouldn't hurt). I then sent a sysex from the program to the fcb1010 to store the preset.
Back into Usine, I saw that now the program changes were sent through midi ch1, while the controllers used their own private channel.
I routed the midi in module through a midi filter, manually set the "chan filter" to 1, and connected the "code1" on the filter to the "num" on the preset manager: et voilà!
NOW, try to do the same with Ableton Live: just google for a way of changing presets (namely, on an amp simulator vst, which is a must for a laptop guitarist) on Live using the fcb1010, and see if you can handle it...
I know that, with a very limited knowledge of Usine, midi sysex, and the inner workings of the fcb1010, I managed to reach my goal in less than 30 minutes!
Statistics: Posted by Golcondio — 29 Dec 2007, 12:25
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