FCB1010 Midi setup

FCB1010 Midi editor Setup

These screen shots are examples of using the FCB1010 Midi editor by Ed Dixon.
Go to the page link above to find out how to get the free editor and other FCB1010 info.

Program changes are used to change presets in GR2. Pressing on pedal #1 in this example will change to preset #1 in the current GR2 preset bank.
The expression pedals are both turned on. Pedal A is set up as controller #27. Pedal B is set up as controller #7. The controller numbers don't matter as long as something else is not using that same controller number. The minimum and maximum values are the Midi number range that the pedal sends. Expression pedal A is set to send the full Midi range from 1 to 127 in this example. I have pedal B set to send a range of 25 to 100. This pedal is set up as my Wah Wah pedal in GR2 and this range sounds good to me. I have limited the range that the wah wah pedal can sweep in GR2 because this area sounded the best to me when rocking the pedal back and forth.

Note that I have the 5 Stomp boxes set to NC. This means, do not change the stomp box switches when I switch to this preset. If you wanted stomp box 2 to come on when you changed to this preset #1, you would change Stomp box #2 button at the bottom to ON. There are three switch settings available.
NC=No Change, ON=turn stomp box on, OFF=turn stomp box off.

Midi Monitor screen shot
Here's what Midi messages are sent when pedal #1 is pressed.

Midi Monitor
Here's what Midi messages are sent when Expression pedal A is pressed.

Here is the setup for stomp box #1 which is switch #6. Program Change #4 is used to carry the Stomp box info in the UNO chip upgrade. Don't mess with this setting if you have the UNO chip.

I am sending Midi note #120 when I step on pedal #6. Midi note #120 can now be assigned to do whatever you need it to do. In my case, I turn on an Octavia in GR2. Sending Midi notes to GR2 to switch things on and off seemed to work better than sending Control change numbers.

Note that the Control Changes boxes 1 and 2 on the left are unchecked but the Alt box on the right is checked but greyed out. This allows you to toggle the pedal #6 LED on and off. One press of the pedal and the LED comes on, press again and the LED goes off. If you do not check the Alt value, the pedal LED will come on as long as you hold down the pedal and go off as soon as you take your foot off the pedal. The only way to check the Alt box is to check the box at the left end first, then check the Alt box, then uncheck the left side box.
Note that the Expression pedal buttons are set to NC. This means, do not change the state of my expression pedals when I press on pedal #6/stomp box #1. My expression pedals are still active and doing the same thing they were set up to do when I entered preset #1 by pressing pedal #1.

Midi Monitor
Here's what Midi messages are sent when pedal #6/Stomp Box #1 is pressed.

This shot shows you the Global settings tab in the Midi editor. I have stompBox mode checked. I have SysEx receive checked also. This lets you send a .syx file to the FCB1010 without doing anything to the pedal. The .syx file is the programming information file that resides inside the FCB1010. You can only do this with the UNO PROM chip. The FCB1010 just has to be on and hooked up to your Midi controller to be able to send a .syx file.
I have Block repeated program changes checked. This means that if you step on pedal #1, the FCB1010 will send a Midi signal, if you step on it again, the FCB1010 will not send the exact same signal again.
The other setups are personal. If you need Midi merge, check it. If you use tap tempo, check it. I don't use the FCB relay switches or Tap tempo and so I have them unchecked.