User manual LINE 6 FBV CONTROL APPLICATION BASIC USER GUIDE

[. . . ] Line 6 FBV ControL AppLiCAtion BAsiC User GUide FBV ShortboardTM & ExpressTM MkII Controllers Mac OS® X & Windows® Line 6 FBV Control: Table of Contents Table of Contents Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1·1 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1·1 The Line 6 FBV Control Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1·1 Connect Your FBV MkII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1·2 Take Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] · MIDI Machine Control (MMC): Specific commands for commonly used for controlling things such as transport parameters and mechanical functions (Play, Stop, Record, etc. ) · Mackie: Specific commands in the "Mackie Universal Controller" format, commonly used for transport parameters and mechanical functions (Play, Stop, Record, etc. ), on MIDI software that supports the Mackie Control format. Value: Allows you to select a MIDI Value for the selected MIDI Command. These options differ depending on the type of MIDI Command selected (see the MIDI Command descriptions above). · If the MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change, with either Increment or Decrement as the Switch Mode, you can select a value of 1 thru 10* to provide switching through Banks/ Presets by this amount per click. *Note: It is actually possible to select a value of "0" for the Bank or Program Change command type when set to the Increment/Decrement Switch Modes, however, this is not recommended since this is not a valid option for most MIDI applications to receive. · If the MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change, with Fixed as the Switch Mode, you can select any value of 0 thru 127 to switch directly to this numbered Bank/Preset. · If the MIDI Command is MIDI CC, you can choose a value of 0 through 127, or Custom. If Custom is selected, the Toggle 1/Up and Toggle 2/Down options in this control row become selectable, so that the each Toggle action can be defined with its own separate MIDI CC value. · If the MIDI Command is MMC, you can choose between the options Play, Stop, Play/Stop, Record Punch-Pro Tools, Pause, Fast Forward, or Rewind. 2·3 Line 6 FBV Control: Overview · If the MIDI Command is Mackie, you can choose between the options Play, Stop, Play/Stop, Record Punch, Pause, Fast Forward, or Rewind. Toggle1/Up Toggle2/Dn CC/Val Columns: These columns become selectable when the MIDI Command is set to "MIDI CC" and Value is set to "Custom". Individual values can be then be entered manually here to specify the Toggle 1/Up and Toggle 2/Down alternating switch behaviors. Port: The FBV Control software MIDI Out port the data is to be sent out. The FBV MkII device offers four independent USB MIDI Out Ports that are selectable by other MIDI software on your computer to receive the MIDI Commands FBV is transmitting. Channel: The MIDI Channel that the data is transmitted out on for the selected Port(s). If the you have selected "All" in the Ports column for the Control, the current MIDI Channel setting is used for all four MIDI Ports. (To change the channel number, click directly on the value and drag up/down, or use your mouse wheel!) Switch Mode: The options available here are dependent on the currently selected MIDI Command. (There are no Switch Mode options for the Pedal Wah, Pedal Vol, or Pedal 2 controls. ) · If the MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change, the options available here are Increment, Decrement, or Fixed: · Increment: Sets the footswitch to increment thru Banks/Programs by the amount of 1 to 127*, as set in the Value column. · Decrement: Sets the footswitch to decrement thru Banks/Programs by the amount of 1 to 127*, as set in the Value column. *Note: It is actually possible to select a value of "0" for the Bank or Program Change command type when set to the Increment/Decrement Switch Modes, however, this is not recommended since this is not a valid option for most MIDI applications to receive. · Fixed: Sets the Footswitch action to jump to a specific Bank/Program number 0 through 127, as set in the Value column. · If the MIDI Command is MIDI CC, the options are Single, Momentary, or Toggle to provide these types of footswitch behaviors. · If the MIDI Command is MMC or Mackie, there are no selectable Switch Mode options. TIP for FBV Shortboard MkII: Whenever you press a footswitch or move a pedal, the LCD display on your FBV device shows abbreviated text indicating the MIDI message sent (e. g. CH 1 CC 63 VAL 127 tells you the message was sent on MIDI Channel 1, MIDI CC 63 Command, with a CC Value of 127). 7 - No Device Connection Status Indicator: If no FBV MkII device is detected when you launch the Line 6 FBV Control application, you'll see this alert at the bottom of the application window, meaning that you either neglected to connect the FBV unit's USB cable, or there is a problem detecting the device: TIP: Try connecting the USB cable directly to one of your computer's on-board USB ports rather than into a USB hub for the best connectivity. 2·4 Line 6 FBV Control: Overview Opening and Saving FBV Presets The Line 6 FBV Control application allows you to create, edit and save all the current settings within the application GUI as a "patch", or FBV preset file stored on your computer hard drive. This means you can backup the complete settings currently loaded in your FBV Shortboard or Express MkII hardware's internal memory, or numerous customized versions of those settings, as individual FBV presets and load any one of them into your FBV's memory at any time. As mentioned earlier, whenever your FBV MkII device is USB-connected to your computer, and the Line 6 FBV Control application is launched with the device selected, the contents of the device's internal memory is automatically loaded into the FBV Control application's GUI. Additionally, whenever you edit any single setting in the FBV Control application, the changes are automatically written to the FBV MkII device's internal memory. [. . . ] Some MIDI and DAW applications make this all pretty easy, while others require more manual settings to access their parameters via MIDI. 3·5 Line 6 FBV Control: Using Your FBV with Software Applications MIDI Learn Functionality Many applications now offer a handy "MIDI Learn" functionality, where you click on the desired knob/slider/switch in the GUI of the software to place it in a "Learn" mode and then simply access the control on your FBV MkII device and the software instantly maps the FBV switch/pedal to control the selected parameter. For example, POD FarmTM 2, Propellerhead Reason® and Ableton Live® applications provide exactly this type of functionality for most of their parameters - including their transport buttons, track options, and even their synth & effects parameters!For applications that offer this "MIDI Learn" capability, you'll want to be sure that your FBV MkII footswitch and pedal controls have MIDI commands assigned so that the target software has something to "learn. " You can typically set each FBV MkII control to send a different MIDI CC command and the software will utilize this communication with FBV. To configure these settings, you can of course use the Line 6 FBV Control application's Control Properties List options (see page 2·3), or try loading the "FBVDefault. fbv" preset we've provided as a starting point. [. . . ]