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looks like another average FC,and with no MIDI info is kind of suspect... offcourse it depends what you want to control with it. Luis --- Raul Bonell <raul.bonell@gmail.com> wrote: > hi luis and all, > > does anybody know if this could be of any use for us > loopers? > its price is under 100... possibly max could > understand all incoming > data and convert it conveniently. just quick > thought. > > http://www.digitech.com/products/controlx.htm > > raul. > > 2007/12/1, L.A. Angulo <labaloops@yahoo.com>: > > > > wow,ive been checking out the manual of this FC > very > > powerful indeed,the only drawback is more tap > dance > > not enough switches,why on earth didnt they do > this > > with the FC-200? on the other hand,compact with a > led > > screen and its price tag aint bad for what it can > do > > thanx for the tip! > > Luis > > > > > > --- Mech <mech@m3ch.net> wrote: > > > > > At 6:55 PM +0200 10/29/07, Sjaak wrote: > > > >Thanks for all your replies. It appeared that > the > > > FCB1010 was too > > > >big to fit under my synth stand; second: my > > > supplier told me that a > > > >lot of the FCB's have been returned within a > year > > > due to hardware > > > >failures..... So I have decided to buy the > Roland > > > FC-300 > > > > > > > >First impression: > > > >+ all pedals can be of type latch or momentary > => > > > piano sustain can > > > >be programmed :) > > > >+ good positioning of all pedals > > > >+ good visibility of green and red LED's on > stage > > > >+ easy to progam, no manual needed > > > >+ build like a tank => as the FC-200 > > > > > > I've got an FC-300 too, and this is a fine > summary > > > of many of its > > > good points. Although you will probably need > the > > > manual to look up > > > many of its more subtle functions. > > > > > > >- 1 global midi channel setting => it's not > > > possible to store > > > >different midi channel's with a pedal setting > > > > > > This is not correct at all. > > > > > > Ignore Standard and Control Modes (as well as > Sysex > > > Mode, unless > > > you've got a VG-99). Those modes are worthless > > > unless you want to > > > dedicate the FC-300 to a single device, and I > never > > > even bother with > > > them at all. The fourth Mode -- Patch Mode -- > is > > > where you want to > > > be. In this Mode, the FC-300 will send MIDI > > > messages to any MIDI > > > channel, programmable per pedal. > > > > > > In fact, this is where the FC-300 gets over the > > > MAJOR complaint I > > > always had against the FCB-1010 (even though > I've > > > got one an FCB > > > too): the expression pedals (not the switches) > on > > > the FCB could only > > > ever be set to a single channel. So, for > instance, > > > you couldn't > > > control Feedback on your Looper, then switch > patches > > > and use that > > > same expression pedal to control, say, Filter > Cutoff > > > on a synth > > > module. > > > > > > Not only can the FC-300 do that (I'm doing it > with > > > several different > > > patches), but you can actually use a single > pedal to > > > control SIX > > > different parameters simultaneously. These can > each > > > be on different > > > MIDI channels if you like. You can not only > scale > > > the control range > > > (parameter 1 may have a range of 0 - 127, while > > > parameter 2 only has > > > a range of 50 - 70), but you can also reverse > the > > > ranges of > > > individual parameters (1 may have a range of 0 - > > > 127, while 2 has a > > > range of 127 - 0; accomplishing a nice little > > > crossfade between > > > sounds/effects, for instance). > > > > > > At Y2k7, for instance, I had programmed all the > > > volume swells for the > > > VG-99 into the right-most expression pedal (I > could > > > have easily done > > > it by switching to SysEx Mode, but I wanted the > > > convenience of > > > staying in one Mode during the performance). > The > > > left expression > > > pedal controlled a variety of different > functions, > > > depending upon > > > patch: Feedback on my Looperlative channels; > Volume > > > of specific > > > tracks; Feedback of the echo effect built into > the > > > VG; Speed of the > > > Leslie effect on one Patch; Track Playback Speed > on > > > the LP-1; etc., > > > etc., etc. > > > > > > I kept the CTL 1 & CTL 2 switches the same on > every > > > patch (Rec/Dub, > > > and Stop Now;Erase) for purposes of consistency, > but > > > I could have > > > programmed those for independent functions per > > > patch. Likewise, I > > > attached an FS-6 footswitch for CTL 3 & 4, and > > > dedicated those to > > > Previous Track and Next Track functions on the > > > Looperlative. The > > > individual patches cycled through a variety of > > > functions too numerous > > > to name here. > > > > > > You imagine it, and you can probably program it > in > > > Patch Mode on the FC-300. > > > > > > >- only 1 control message per pedal > > > > > > Again, not correct. > > > > > > In Patch Mode, you can actually send multiple > > > messages to multiple > > > channels (up to 6 messages, IIRC) on pedal > press. > > > In addition, you > > > can send an additional 6 messages on pedal > release. > > > The pedal > > > release messages can be programmed (per pedal) > to > > > fire off on either > > > physical release (good for Note Off messages, so > you > > > can turn it into > > > a set of MIDI bass pedals, or whatever etc.). > Or > > > they can be delayed > > > until the next pedal is pressed, so that the > release > > > messages are > > > fired off just prior to the next pedal's > messages > > > are sent. This > > > latter function might be good, for instance, for > > > setting up a series > > > of chords that sound until the next "chord" > pedal is > === message truncated === www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs