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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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. You can choose Port 1, 2, 3, 4 or All independently for any Control. Channel: The MIDI Channel that the data is transmitted out on for the selected Port(s). You can choose any single channel, 1 thru 16. 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. Additionally, we've included a few FBV presets for you already. To follow are some details on how to manage FBV presets. 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. (Your FBV MkII device's internal memory holds one complete . fbv preset file at a time. ) TIP: Even though all the settings within the Line 6 FBV Control application GUI are automatically stored on your connected FBV device, it is a good idea to always do a "Save" or "Save As" of all your FBV device's settings as an FBV preset on your computer once you've completed editing the settings using the Line 6 FBV Control application. This ensures you always have a "backup" of all these current settings as an . fbv preset file to return to as you edit and create other settings! Open an Existing FBV Preset · With your FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device connected to your computer's USB port, launch the Line 6 FBV Control application. · Go to the File > Open menu within the application. [. . . ] It is highly recommended that you run Line 6 Monkey at the end of your Line 6 FBV Control application installation, and to do so often to be sure you have the latest updates for all your Line 6 software and hardware products. Registering your Line 6 hardware is also very important because it ensures that you're dialed in for warranty service and makes it possible for us to contact you if new software versions or other cool enhancements are offered - cutting edge technology and such!Once you've installed the Line 6 Monkey software, connect your FBVTM MkII to your computer's USB port (and please disconnect any other Line 6 USB devices for now since we only want Line 6 Monkey to check your FBV). Be sure to exit the FBV Control application as well as any MIDI/DAW applications that might be running. [. . . ]