Re: FC-300

["L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>]

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
> 
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