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1. Let s move on Page 20 7 Selecting the floorboard configuration type The different available configuration types have been explained in detail in chapter 3 The preferred configuration type can be selected as a first step in the setup assistant as shown in previous chapter However you can also choose one of the configuration types at any time by clicking the small floorboard icon indicated above This opens following dialog a8 Mode selection Regular mode using 100 5 banks 1 __ Direct Select mode Direct Select mode with 20 stomps Direct Bank Select mode Regular mode In regular mode you can browse through upto 100 banks using the Up and Down switches The LG FCB banks can contain any mix of regular presets stompboxes and momentary effects Cancel FO ee Choose one of the configurations and the lower part of the dialog will give you some more info about that selected mode Page 21 8 Doing the global configuration PRESET CONFER ARA TA LG FCB v 1 0 0 You enter global configuration mode by clicking the according text in the FCB1010 display window The text turns red as shown above and the global configuration dialog appears in the lower half of the screen Expression pedal setups Global expr assignment External expression pedals Internal expr pedal A Internal expr pedal B 1 Volume Expr 1 wiring Wiper to tip Wiper to r
2. iF F When you click the button of one of the 2 message streams a ProgChange MIDI message is added to the stream After that you can edit its contents in the right side content panel after a delay of 0 ms The first radio button indicates that we want to add a MIDI message to the stream The selection fields below that allow you to add any type of MIDI message on any MIDI channel Indeed if you click the dropdown box in the setup panel you will see that you can choose from all message types defined in the MIDI standard Also you can combine any number of different MIDI messages within the same message stream This is a huge extension of the functionality of the original FCB1010 which only allowed a fixed number of messages per preset limited to ProgChange ControlChange or NoteOn NoteOff and each sent on their global MIDI channel which needed to be the same for all presets Another option in the setup panel is the possibility to add a programmable delay before sending the MIDI message This is a powerful option which can be very useful for certain MIDI controlled amps or effects processors Some of those devices need some time after receiving a ProgChange command for loading a new sound If you want to select a sound and activate a few effects with one single click which is perfectly possible with the LG FCB board you might need to add a small delay between the ProgChange command and the effect activat
3. it is advised to read this manual just once from start to finish However if you want to get up and running quickly here are the basic steps 1 Connect the included USB cable between LG FCB board and computer Power your FCB1010 2 Upon first connection allow the computer to initialize the necessary drivers for MIDI USB communication Those drivers are part of the operating system no driver install is needed Windows XP Vista 7 On Windows a series of status balloons will pop up when connecting your LG FCB for the first time They show that new hardware has been detected and drivers are being installed When ready the system will notify you that your new hardware is installed and ready to use This is also visible in the hardware manager screen of the Windows PC as a LittleGiant USB Audio device USB Audio Device Properties General Properties Driver Details O USB Audio Device A Device type Sound video and game controllers Manufacturer Generic USB Audio g Location Location 0 LittleGiant Device Manager File Action wiew Help fein fa Rm IRE File Action View Help e mE mS e NE 4 qh Esprimo PC JE Computer GORDIUS1 Computer Se Disk drives 32 Display adapters A DYD CD ROM drives 4 Floppy disk controllers H Floppy disk drives IDE ATA ATAPI controllers gt Keyboards j Mice and other pointing
4. FCB1010 setup regular or UnO If you have been using the FCB1010 prior to the upgrade with the LG FCB kit you might want to transfer your old setup to the upgraded floorboard as a starting point for your new LG FCB setup That s possible Make sure you make a backup of your setup under the form of a SysEx file prior to upgrading You can do this with any of the available FCB1010 editors In LG FCB Control Center you can now import the old setup by selecting the menu File gt Import from gt SysEx This creates a new LG FCB setup which contains all the MIDI messages which you had programmed in your previous FCB1010 setup Just save the newly created setup and download it to your LG FCB board You can now test the floorboard as described above using the simulator screen and MIDI monitor of Control Center prior to testing your setup with your rig connected After that you can start from this setup and extend its functionality using the power of the LG FCB extension board LG_FCB 5 Setup New P Open k Save H Save as Import from Export to i SysEx Done This concludes our Quick Start step by step guide Once you have successfully followed these steps you are ready to discover the actual power of the LG FCB board The next chapter will introduce the different available configuration types for an LG FCB equipped FCB1010 in detail Page 8 3 The LG FCB configuration types This chapter covers
5. behavior MIDI channel CC number CC value range between heel down and tip down positions For ease of use each setup can be given a meaningful name double click the name to edit it You can specify an inverted sweep by choosing a bigger value at heel position and smaller value at tip position Details for selected setup Channel 1 B Heel value Q CC Number 7 8 Tip value 127 B T Page 22 Global expr assignment Internal expr pedal A Internal expr pedal B The default behavior of each expression pedal is defined by adding a pedal setup to its global assignment list Each assignment list can contain multiple pedal setups This way a single pedal might for instance send volume commands on multiple MIDI channels or do a fader effect between 2 sounds by combining a simultaneous rising and falling volume sweep 81 Volume 81 Wah k F F t External expr pedal 1 External expr pedal 2 881 Whammy 01 Delay mix 8 2 External expression pedal wiring and calibration Obviously this part of the global setup is relevant only if you have installed the optional external expression pedal module The described calibration procedure covers the external expr pedal inputs only calibration of the FCB1010 internal expr pedals is described in the Behringer manual Calibration E Calibrate The LG FCB kit is shipped with pre calibrated expression pedal inputs However a slight adjustment mig
6. board to support any of both wirings In the global configuration choose the wiring of your expression pedal and send this setting to the LG FCB board by downloading the setup If you are not sure about which setting to choose calibrate your pedal as described above and then have a close look at the expression pedal output Even when choosing the incorrect wiring option you will still be able to have your expression pedal send the full MIDI range However you will notice a very non linear sweep CC values will rise very quickly from O to 80 and after that they will go much slower from 80 to 127 Correcting the wiring setting will result in a smooth and linear sweep from 0 to 127 When in doubt just try out both settings to see the difference External expression pedals Expr 1 wiring Wiper to tip Wiper to ring Expr 2 wiring Wiper to tip Wiper to ring You can also watch a small YouTube video covering this topic go to YouTube and search for Ig fcb tutorial 5 8 3 MIDI USB routing Send the generated MIDI messages to the MIDI port to the USB port The MIDI messages sent by the LG FCB board can be routed to the MIDI connector to the USB connector or Send the incoming MIDI messages both The same applies to the incoming MIDI which can M1 to the MIDI port MI to the USB port also be routed to each of both ports MIDI and or USB _________________ Page 24 8 4 Blocking repeated Prog
7. each bank This way the LG FCB board allows much more flexibility than the UnO firmware 3 1 Regular mode 00 w LG FCB Control Center untitled lgp PRESET CONFIGURA TON GLOGAL CONFIGURATION Foor comtrroiucen HM no FCB1010 connected PRESET 001 PRESET 002 PRESET 003 PRESET 004 PRESET 005 TapTempo A In regular mode you organize the FCB1010 presets in banks of 10 You can have up to 100 banks in total Most of you won t need 1000 presets therefore you can specify how many banks you actually use When scrolling up or down through those banks using the Up Down switches all unused banks will be skipped The 2 digit display shows you the index of the current bank numbered from 00 up to 99 Page 9 Presets stomps or momentary effects Each switch can be configured to work in one of 3 available modes PRESET 001 Most switches will be used for regular presets When you click the switch the corresponding preset is selected its LED goes ON and its MIDI messages are transmitted As you will learn later on a preset can send any number of MIDI messages both on switch press and or on switch release Important property of a preset only one can be active at a time When you select a second preset the previous one will be unselected its LED will go OFF You will know this behavior already from the standard FCB1010 A switch can also be configured as stompbox A stompbox is a toggling or tw
8. for the sake of simplicity the wizard creates the same layout in all banks A further simplification limits the choice for each switch to a preset a bank specific stompbox a global stompbox or a global momentary effect although in reality each switch can be defined as global or non global whether it is a preset switch stompbox or momentary effect 6 3 MIDI messages APM FCB LG setup assistant MIDI messages You can add as many different MIDI messages as you like to your setup using multiple MIDI channels As a starting point this wizard creates a simple set of ProgChange and ControlChange MIDI commands on one single channel All presets will send a single ProgramChange message All stompboxes and momentary effects will send a ControlChange message with value 127 ON or O OFF All MIDI messages will be sent on channel 1 v Expression pedal A sends ControlChange 7 vi Expression pedal B sends ControlChange 11 The next and final step gives you again a few very limited choices in contradiction to the full flexibility which an LG FCB setup actually offers You can specify which MIDI channel will be used for all auto generated MIDI messages and you can specify a ControlChange number for each of the 2 expression pedals With this limited information a setup will be created with following preset contents Each regular preset contains a single ProgramChange message with increasing ProgChange number used for se
9. small preferences menu you can choose to display the ProgramChange messages using a range from 000 to 127 or from 001 to 128 Regardless of this setting a MIDI message always uses a value range of 000 127 However in the case of ProgramChange messages many will find it more intuitive to display this as a value going from 001 to 128 because that s how many manufacturers number the presets in their gear a8 Preferences ProgramChange value range Show PC values as 000 127 Show PC values as 001 128 Cancel 5 2 File menu The file menu contains the standard options to open or save a setup or to create a new one A list of recently opened files is available for quick access Two ControlCenter specific options require some more explanation Import from Text or SysEx and Export to Text or Sysex Page 15 Since all setups are sent to the LG FCB board and received from the LG FCB board as one long MIDI SysEx message you can also export your setup to SysEx This would allow you if ever necessary to send your setup to the FCB1010 using any third party SysEx Librarian However keep in mind that part of your setup is never sent to the LG FCB board and is therefore not stored in the exported SysEx file we re talking about all preset names and the comments which you can enter about each of the presets Importing a setup from SysEx is also possible Again you will never restore preset names or comment
10. you have downloaded the updated setup to your LG FCB board you are ready to proceed with the actual calibration When you click the Calibrate button ControlCenter will show you the transmitted ControlChange values for each of the 2 external expr pedals Do a full sweep with both pedals and check if the full range of 0 127 is being monitored Page 23 If the value of O is never reached in heel down position you will need to increase the ADC minimum value for that pedal If however you have a large dead zone in the heel region that is the value of O is reached long before the pedal is in full heel down position you will need to decrease the ADC minimum value After changing the value click the Update button to send the changes to the LG FCB board and test again You might need a few iterations to find the optimal setting The same applies to the tip position of the expression pedal if you never reach the maximum value of 127 decrease the ADC maximum value If you reach value 127 too soon increase the ADC maximum value Wiring Expression pedals come in 2 flavors sometimes referred to as Roland c type or Yamaha type pedals The Roland type pedals have the wiper of the internal potentiometer wired to the tip of the stereo jack The Yamaha type pedals have the wiper wired to the ring of the stereo jack Roland type Yamaha type wiring wiring The optional expression pedal board has the necessary electronics on
11. CUPAU ON esson na eL Ere S 6 9 PECS EU EEE E EE 8 2 External expression pedal wiring and calibration eessessssesesrresessrrssrrrresrrressrresrrrrssrereserresseeee Bo MIDRUSB TOULE senera EE r E E 8 4 Blocking repeated ProgramChange messages cccccesccccssceceeecsceescccceececeeecsseuecsseuseeenecensueeeeenees a Doing the preset configuration ccccccceseccccessccccesececeesececceuscceeeuececsesececeueeessusecesseneceesengneeeeas 9 1 Preset NAME and COMMEN1 cccsceceecccscscececscscaccucecscnscscscnsaesecscucasaesecseseusasaesecscataueecseseaececas 26 9 2 The two message streamMS esscsucnsacensctserscusesecsonadeassaccasaetereseeteuedsevasecastutctcssduneonccne to suapenetonauneeounenen 26 Pe MIDI WAS S EE ataron a N A 27 9 AENect GCEIN AUIO WW COMIMAGIIGS seresa aE E E AO E AE 28 9 5 Expression pedal commandS sesssssssseessrrresrreresrrresrrerssrrreessreresreressrerssreresserssrereserersseeresererssseene 28 SO Reay CONA e a Ea 28 10 Ue ne Sa o MO 0 ee a E ee 29 11 Sending and receiving patch dumps to and from the LG FCB board ceccccsessseceeeeeeeeeeees 30 12 Monitoring the LG FCB MIDI output ssssssessssensssrrrssrreessrrrressrerosrrressreresererssereserersseeeeseeeesseere 31 Page 2 1 Introduction The LG FCB Control Center is an editor for the FCB1010 equipped with the LG FCB extension board More info about the extension board and how to install it can be found
12. Center untitled lgp Tt LG D3 w eT D PET CONTROLLER no FCB1010 connected STOMP 06 STOMP 07 STOMP 08 STOMP 09 STOMP 10 7 STOMP 01 STOMP 02 STOMP 03 As mentioned above in Direct Select mode you don t have any stompboxes available For that reason a special extension to the Direct Select mode has been introduced which adds direct access to 2 banks of 10 stompboxes The Up switch can be used to toggle between both stompbox banks A click on the Down switch indicates that you want to select a preset using the known Direct Select mode So you click Down followed by 2 digits in order to select any out of 100 available Page 11 presets Three clicks are required to select any preset while a single click on switch 1 10 toggles the corresponding stompbox and a click on the Up switch toggles between the 2 stompbox banks As before the display shows the index of the currently active preset Apart from that a sign is shown next to the preset index when the second stompbox bank is currently active 3 4 Direct Bank Select mode 80 0 w LG FCB Control Center untitled lgp RESET COMPIRURA TION GLOGAL CONF R E GURATON FOOT ContROoOLLER IMI no FCB1010 connected PRESET 001 PRESET 002 PRESET 003 PRESET 004 PRESET 005 D If you want to use a large number of banks in a flexible way you might consider using the Direct Bank Select mode We intentio
13. LG FCB CONTROL CENTER PATCH EDITOR FOR THE LG FCB EQUIPPED FCB1010 Contents Me MOO OE aneneayaceeeecnean E yams Cel ac es EU ea E ro eee ee ee eee ee 3 The LOFCECONEUrIUONntypES een ene E nen ee SERCU OVO CO Series garrtanc ccs seers Sars pee tees ace eae ruse ad oak amen ote A ancaaneennnetas aneeseueaaateenneet 3 2 Direct Select MOUE ocarine EAEE eee ee ee eens 33 Direct Select MMOS WITH 20 StOMPS sa cesstaicecadeceuxcaiectesstaacesasaaiSuacvatcbedeuntcosasantcdecuseaeuteseatauraeetaraces 3 4 Direct Bank Select mode sesssssesssesesesesesseresesesesesresesesesesesesesrrveseseseseevessereveresesenenreoeseseseresesereens 4 The LG FCB Control Center user interface c cccsceccscecccceccsceecscuccscucescuceecuceuaecusaeceeaecscueasceeness 5 The LG FCB Control Center menu StrUCtULe ccceccececcececcsceccscccscceecuceecucaecsceeascsceuscusascesuecass Did PETE REMC SS E A o E E E E E SPA E IU A P A E T E IE A E E E EEE EAE ET EEE AE E A E E E 5 3 Communication setup MIDI DOSES seirce EEn EE EE SA Setup assista Nie A SOFRAN are UO 2 E aN A EA E C Me Sa S E E E er eee es 6 1 LG FCB Operation MOE wiivececesscccsicieisscesasesscsvancieves cases E E 2 WEO e E eee etevevoanecosass tetas asiedevaveesssneeccne eee Oea VIDIMO SS aac ec tare eurecesuarnec E A S Selecting the floorboard configuration type seseesesseesesreresrrrerssreresrresssreresrrrrsrereserressrereserresseee Doing the ZIGDAlCONTI
14. ON to show which preset is currently being edited Preset name Comment PRESET 001 First message stream 77 Ch 1 ProgChange 081 2 Set stompbox Reverb ON 3 Set stompbox SOLO ON Second message stream Selected message MIDI msg _ Stompbox _ Epxr pedal _ Relay Send ProgChange D Channel Number l 8 l 8 _ after a delay of 0 ms 9 1 Preset name and Comment The first fields you will notice are the preset name and comment fields These fields are actually not part of the setup which is sent to the LG FCB board Since the FCB1010 only has a small 2 digit display there s no use storing a large text in the floorboard The text data is part of the LG FCB binary setup stored on your computer but not part of the MIDi SysEx patchdump sent to the floorboard Preset names are displayed at all time above each preset switch in the ControlCenter main screen This can be very helpful while browsing your setup Also the optional comment field can be used to memorize some details about the programming of the selected preset 9 2 The two message streams Each preset has 2 message streams streams or bursts of transmitted MIDI data A regular preset can send a first stream of messages on switch click and it can optionally send a second stream of messages on switch release Each stream is shown as a list of messages and buttons allow to add or remove messages and up down b
15. The LG FCB banks can contain any mix of regular presets stompboxes and momentary effects The first step of the wizard lets you select one of the available operation modes or configurations Those configurations have been discussed in great detail in chapter 3 6 2 Switch layout ANLO FCB LG setup assistant Switch layout Although you can fully customize the switch layout for each bank separately this wizard proposes a simplified general layout to start from switch 1 will be a switch 2 will be a preset B switch 3 will be a preset B switch 4 will be a preset B switch 5 will be a preset r switch 6 will be a bank specific stompbox switch 7 will be a bank specific stompbox switch 8 will be a _bank specific stompbox A switch 9 will be a _global stompbox B switch 10 will be a _global momentary effect B l T GoBack Continue Page 18 The next step lets you define the switch layout of the banks which switches will be used for regular presets which for stompboxes and which for momentary effects This step is only available for regular mode or direct bank select mode since the other operation modes have a fixed switch layout of 10 regular presets per bank The wizard allows you to define one single switch layout which will be applied to all banks Be aware that an LG FCB setup offers much more flexibility with the possibility to define a different layout in each bank but
16. devices F Monitors B Network adapters Other devices Ports COM amp LPT SB Processors j Sound video and game tontrollers Audio Codecs l Legacy Audio Drivers p Legacy video Capture Devices Media Contr l Devices SoundMay Integrated Digital Audio Standard Game Port Disk drives Bs Display adapters gt e DVD CD ROM drives a Floppy drive controllers 5 Human Interface Devices ca IDE ATA ATAPI controllers lt Keyboards A Mice and other pointing devices gt E Monitors gt amp Network adapters gt E Portable Devices J Ports COM amp LPT E Processors DP Security Devices Sound video and game controllers ill High Definition Audio Device lad LittleGiant JE System devices gy Universal Serial Bus controllers Video Codecs System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers Page 4 Mac OSX On Mac the MIDI driver install happens silently After connecting the LG FCB it will appear as MIDI device in MIDI Studio Applications gt Utilities gt Audio MIDI Setup gt Show MIDI Window You will notice 3 built in bi directional MIDI USB ports Compare it to the 2x4 MidiSport a dedicated MIDI USB interface in the screenshot below ane MIDI Studio Default a oP 5 Q Default 7 irur AALA imna Aa Icon Size Configuration Add Device Remove Device Show Info Rescan MIDI Test Setup a D fe sor A I POT o0 o
17. duplication of info we would like to refer to the Quick Page 30 12 Monitoring the LG FCB MIDI output In chapter 10 we explained how you can simulate the MIDI output of your LG FCB equipped FCB1010 using the Control Center user interface In chapter 11 we briefly revisited the steps required to download your LG FCB setup to the floorboard Now you are ready to check the actual MIDI output of your programmed FCB1010 and compare it with the simulation A first requirement is that you have selected the correct MIDI USB port for monitoring As shown in step 3 of the Quick Start guide chapter 2 you need to select the port labeled LittleGiant port 1 for monitoring purposes as mentioned on p 5 port name can be slightly different depending on operating system A second requirement is that your LG FCB board needs to be programmed to forward all its MIDI to its USB port and not only to its MIDI OUT port This routing setup is part of the global configuration which is explained in chapter 8 If routing to USB was not enabled yet enable it now and don t forget to save the change and download the updated setup to your floorboard Now click the small black MIDI connector icon in the MIDI IN monitor field The icon will turn red as depicted below and the MIDI IN monitor field will be enabled As soon as you click a switch on your floorboard or rock an expression pedal the transmitted MIDI messages will appear in the monitor fie
18. e patch dump icons located beneath the MIDI connector icon are no longer grayed out Page 6 Let s create a very simple setup just for 20 0 FCB LG setup assistant testing Go to Setup gt Setup Assistant and a step through the consecutive pages of the setup wizard leaving everything on its default values As a result a setup will be created containing 100 presets each sending a single ProgChange command Of course the LG FCB board will allow you to create much more extended and complex setups but this one is perfect for a first test Use File gt Save as to save this newly generated setup for later reference Select the operation mode you want to use for your LG FCB Click an option to read more details about it Regular mode using 10 banks C Direct Select mode O Direct Select mode with 20 stomps Direct Bank Select mode Regular mode In regular mode you can browse through up to 100 banks using the Up and Down switches The LG FCB banks can contain any mix of regular presets stompboxes and momentary effects E Click the send patch dump icon the one with the arrow pointing down The status bar should immediately mention Data transfer completed correctly This procedure actually downloads the setup to the LG FCB board through USB and then reads it back again The received and transmitted setups are compared byte by byte This way you can rest assured that t
19. e programmable memory chip the LG FCB board uses an electrically erasable chip for firmware storage As a result firmware upgrades can be done very easily through USB without the need for disassembling the unit as was previously the case Simply select the firmware file which should have the file extension lgf and it will be downloaded to your LG FCB board This menu option will only be enabled after a connection has been established between Control Center and LG FCB by clicking the big MIDI Connector icon in the main screen Page 17 6 The setup assistant The setup assistant allows you to create a new LG FCB setup in just a few mouse clicks Inevitably the resulting setup will use only a very small subset of the possibilities of the LG FCB board But it can serve as the starting point for building a much more extended setup tuned to your needs Using the setup assistant can also be a good way to experiment with the different LG FCB operation modes and test things out with a few quickly generated sample setups 6 1 LG FCB operation mode ANOO FCB LG setup assistant LG FCB operation mode Select the operation mode you want to use for your LG FCB Click an option to read more details about it Regular mode using 10 8 banks O Direct Select mode Direct Select mode with 20 stomps Direct Bank Select mode Regular mode In regular mode you can browse through up to 100 banks using the Up and Down switches
20. en limited to the minimum Below is an overview of the main functionality and how to access it 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 LG FC8 Control Center Igfcb02 Igp is PRESET CONFIGURA NON GLOGAL CONFIGURATION LG_FCB v 1 0 0 9 OOT CONTROLLER PRESET 001 PRESET 002 PRESET 003 PRESET 004 PRESET 005 i B p g g MIDI IN monitor MIDI output for preset PRESET 001 MIDI output for expr pedal B Ch 1 ProgChange 001 MIDI output for expr pedal A Ch 1 ProgChange 0081 amp Ch 1 CtrlChange 7 124 Ch 1 CtrlChange 7 122 Ctrl Change 7 120 Ch 1 CtrlChange 7 12 Ch 1 CtrlChange 7 014 Ch 1 CtrlChange 7 015 Ch 1 CtrlChange 087 016 Ch 1 CtrlChange 7 017 Ch 1 CtrlChange 007 018 5 lt Data transfer completed successfully 1 Clicking the MIDI connector icon establishes a connection with your FCB1010 Before this is possible the used MIDI USB ports need to be selected This is a one time operation after initial setup the chosen ports are permanently stored as user preference 2 Downloading a setup to your FCB1010 or uploading a setup from FCB1010 to computer is done by clicking these icons A connection needs to be established to enable the 2 buttons 3 In LG FCB Control Center you can name all presets Although those names cannot be displayed on the FCB1010 itself they are very helpful while working on your setup in the edit
21. en plugging in the USB cable after launch of ControlCenter use the Refresh button to refresh the detected MIDI ports In some cases it might be necessary to close ControlCenter and launch it again with the USB cable connected and FCB1010 powered to get the MIDI USB communication working correctly A Communication setup MIDI interface MIDI IN port for patchdume LittleGiant Port 3 H MIDI OUT port for patchdum LittleGiant Port 3 LH MIDI IN port for monitoring LittleGiant Port 1 Attention Use the port labeled LittleGiant Port 3 or alike for patchdumps Use the port labeled LittleGiant Port 1 or alike for monitoring purposes OK Bg gp As mentioned in the dialog use LittleGiant port 3 for communication between ControlCenter and LG FCB and use LittleGiant port 1 for monitoring the LG FCB output Also make sure that your setup has USB output enabled this is the case by default As explained in detail below one of the global settings is the choice of MIDI output routing MIDI can be sent to the MIDI connector to the USB connector or to both Make sure routing to the USB connector is enabled if you want to monitor the LG FCB MIDI traffic in ControlCenter 5 4 Setup assistant Use of the setup assistant is covered in detail in the next chapter It allows you to create a new setup with just a few mouse clicks 5 5 Firmware upgrade While the original FCB1010 firmware was stored in a one tim
22. he setup was correctly stored on the LG FCB board You can now test the setup by clicking a few footswitches on the FCB1010 and comparing the transmitted messages with the expected messages shown by the simulator which is part of Control Center The simulation screen is shown as soon as you don t have the preset configuration or global configuration pane activated You can toggle those panes by clicking the corresponding label in the display area of the FCB1010 representation PHESET CONFIGURATION GLOBAL CONFIGURATION LG_FCB v 1 0 0 In order to enable monitoring click the little black MIDI connector icon in the MIDI IN monitor field The icon turns red and the MIDI USB port is opened for monitoring incoming MIDI traffic MIDI output for preset MIDI output for expr pedal A MIDI output for expr pedal B MIDI IN monitor page 7 10 Click switch 1 on your FCB1010 and the monitor field should now also display a single ProgChange 001 message on channel 1 You can repeat the same test using other switches on the FCB1010 and in the Control Center simulator screen The Up Down buttons let you scroll through the different banks PRESET 2 PRESET 3 PRESET 4 PRESET 5 MIDI output for preset PRESET 3 MIDI output for expr pedal A MIDI output for expr pedal B MIDI IN monitor Ch 1 ProgChange 0083 Ch 1 ProgChange 081 7 D ae a Je LALA In nan Tar Ch 1 ProgChange 083 Importing an old
23. ht be needed when connecting your own expression pedal for the first time A wrongly calibrated unit will never reach the end values of the programmed range or it will show excessive dead zones at both ends of the range Before clicking the Calibrate button there are a number of things to take care of first The USB port for MIDI monitoring needs to be selected correctly See menu Setup gt Select MIDI ports gt MIDI IN port for monitoring Make sure this is set to LittleGiant The FCB1010 needs to send its messages to this USB port and not only to the MIDI OUT port Activate this in the routing panel of the global configuration as shown in topic 8 3 below A unique expression pedal setup needs to be assigned to each expr pedal Each of these setups needs to use a unique CC number This is necessary for ControlCenter to link the incoming ContrChange messages to the correct expression pedal Use the global expr pedal assignment setup described in previous topic to assign the necessary expr pedal setups After calibration you can again remove those setups or adapt them to your needs It s advised to program the expr pedal setups with a full range during calibration that is with Heel value set to O and Tip value set to 127 Programming a limited range at this stage might confuse you during calibration since you would never reach the limit values of 0 127 Once you have met all of the points above and
24. in a separate manual The current manual covers the Mac and PC editor application which comes with the board The application allows you to create and manage LG FCB setups download them to the board through USB or upload existing setups from LG FCB board to computer for backup It also has a built in simulator which shows you the expected MIDI output for each switch press or pedal movement The editor doesn t send any MIDI messages on its own it s not a virtual floorboard but it does have a window to monitor incoming MIDI messages sent by the LG FCB board This way actual MIDI output from the floorboard can be easily compared with simulated output from the editor Two separate versions of the LG FCB Control Center have been created one for Windows one for Mac Each of these versions uses methods native to the operating system for accessing the MIDI hardware This turned out to be the most reliable approach for this type of application The LG FCB Control Center is not only a patch editor It can also be used for upgrading the firmware on the LG FCB board Unlike the original FCB1010 the LG FCB board stores its firmware in erasable non volatile memory Along with the added USB connection this allows for easy firmware upgrades Just load the firmware file in Control Center and download it to the connected board through USB Page 3 2 Quick Start guide In order to grasp all the details and possibilities of the hardware and editor
25. ing Expr 2 wiring Wiper to tip Wiper to ring 1 Wah a y aly ate at MIDI routing Generated MIDI Incoming MIDI to the MIDI port IM to the MIDI port M to the USE port Mi to the USE port __ Don t send the same ProgChange message twice External expr pedal 1 External expr pedal 2 o1 Whammy 901 Delay mix Details for selected setup Channel 1 8 Heel value Q CC Number 6 8 Tip value 127 LTI 8 1 Expression pedal setups Both expression pedals of the FCB1010 can be programmed to send any ControlChange message The LG FCB kit also comes with an optional expression pedal module which replaces the original relay output jacks with 2 stereo input jacks for external expression pedals If you have installed this optional module you can program the 2 external expression pedals labeled expr pedal 1 and expr pedal 2 in the editor additionally to the 2 internal expression pedals which are labeled expr pedal A and expr pedal B Expression pedal setups All expression pedals can be programmed to send ControlChange messages with a given CC number and with CC value within a given range This programming can be global which means it is not depending on the currently selected preset or it can be different for each preset as you will learn in a later chapter An expression pedal setup defines the expression pedal
26. ing a patch dump from LG FCB to computer a MIDI data stream needs to be transferred between computer and floorboard A specific MIDI command type called SysEx System Exclusive is used for that Such command can contain much more data than a regular 2 or 3 byte MIDI command and the content can be formatted the way any manufacturer prefers hence the name System Exclusive Unfortunately many cheaper MIDI USB interfaces are primarily designed for mainstream MIDI communication forwarding ProgramChanges ControlChanges and synth Note messages and don t work well to transfer large manufacturer specific SysEx messages This dependency of the FCB1010 on higher quality MIDI USB interfaces has always been a disadvantage Luckily enough the LG FCB board has its own MIDI USB interface built in and therefore reliability of the communication between board and computer is no longer depending on any external gear Start guide at the beginning of this manual Topics 3 4 and 5 on p 6 show you how to select the correct MIDI ports and establish communication between computer and LG FCB board After following those short steps the ControlCenter interface should display the current LG FCB firmware version and the download and upload buttons should be enabled as depicted here At that moment downloading a patch dump to the LG FCB or uploading a setup from floorboard to computer is just a matter of one mouse click Ae In order to avoid too much
27. ion ControlChange commands Another fun application for this programmable delay feature is when using it in NoteOn NoteOff messages It allows you to play certain chords or note sequences with programmable note lengths triggered by a single foot click Page 27 9 4 Effect activation commands Selected message MIDI msg Stompbox Epxr pedal Relay Effect Reverb HH is turned on is turned off Eil after a delay of 1260 ms f j A second command type which can be part of a messagestream is the stompbox activation command After creating some stompboxes to activate certain effects you can automatically turn those effect stomps on or off when selecting a preset To do so you add a stompbox activation command at any place in the message stream of the preset In the command setup panel select one of the stompboxes which are part of your setup and specify if the effect needs to be activated or deactivated Optionally you can add a delay before the activation of the effect it is advised not to use any delay unless your gear really needs it to work reliably When a preset is selected and the stompbox activation command is fired two things happen The MIDI messages linked to the ON or OFF state of that stompbox are transmitted those MIDI messages are specified in the content of the stompbox itself Secondly if the stompbox is located in the same bank as the preset the LED of that specific stompbox
28. itoring of the MIDI messages transmitted by your LG FCB floorboard If you had already launched the editor prior to powering the FCB1010 or connecting the USB cable click the Refresh button to have the LittleGiant MIDI ports added to the selection dropdown boxes PRESET OOPFIGLIRA THY GLOBAL CONF MURA TIJN no FCB1010 connected 008 O Communication setup MIDI interface MIDI IN port for patchdume MIDI OUT port for patchdum LittleGiant Port 3 MIDI IN port for monitoring LittleGiant Port 1 Attention Use the port labeled LittleGiant Port 3 or alike for patchdumps Use the port labeled LittleGiant Port 1 or alike for monitoring purposes cae 4 Now it s time to let the editor discover the connected LG FCB board Click the big black MIDI connector icon in the upper left corner As soon as the editor detects the connected LG FCB its firmware version is displayed instead of the no FCB1010 connected message The MIDI connector icon now has red pins to indicate a working connection _ a E 4 TIT PRESET COMAGLIRATERY GLOBAL CF KURA TION MIDI FOOT CONTROLLER LG_FCB v 1 0 0 In case the editor does not detect an FCB1010 with LG FCB board a timeout error will appear Please check the USB connection and MIDI port settings mentioned above power cycle the LG FCB re launch the editor and try again 5 With a working connection the send patch dump and receiv
29. lay outputs labeled SWITCH 1 and D is opened SWITCH 2 we prefer to use the term relay in order to avoid confusion when talking about foot switches With a relay command you can close or open each of the 2 relay outputs when selecting a preset or effect This feature can be used to control amps which are not MIDI controllable A preset can switch channels on such an amplifier and at the same time send some MIDI commands to other devices l after a delay of 0 ms oe Pagel awa 10 Using simulation mode As soon as you leave both preset configuration and global configuration you are in simulation mode Just click the configuration labels in the FCB1010 window until both are white ANO LG FCB Control Center Igfcb02 Igp Te eT j PREMIT OOM ral Tad GLOBAL COF GURA TION E 3 Lite LG_FCB v 1 0 0 all iD FooTT CONTROLLER PRESET 002 PRESET 003 PRESET 004 wut ool for preset PRESET 001 PRESET 001 PRESET 005 MIDI output for expr pedal B MIDI IN monitor MIDI pn for ale Bae 2 th 1 cerithonge Bay Be Ch 1 CtrlChoange 887 882 Ch 1 CtrlChange 887 885 Ch 1 CtrlChange 887 G64 Ch 1 ProgChange eal Ch 1 CtrlChange 15 127 Ch 1 CtrlChange 17 127 Data transfer completed successfully In simulation mode click the preset switches or UP DOWN switches with your mouse and the FCB1010 will behave just like in real
30. ld You can simulate the same switch clicks in the Control Center user interface and do a side by side comparison between the simulated output and the actual floorboard output Whenever you want to clear the monitor field just toggle the small MIDI connector icon to disable enable monitoring This will also clear the displayed data ANA LG FCB Control Center lafch02 lae a PRESET CONFIGURA NON GLOBAL CONPIGURATK ON a TET roor conrtRrkoLLer M LG_FCB v 1 0 0 Dela Reverb Chorus a Wale i PRESET 001 PRESET 002 PRESET 003 PRESET 004 PRESET 005 MIDI output for preset PRESET 001 Ch 01 ProgChange 001 Ch 1 CtrlChange 015 127 Ch 1 CtrlChange 017 127 MIDI output for expr pedal B MIDI IN monitor ProgChange 001 CtrLChange 015 127 CtrLChange 017 127 CtrLChange 087 117 CtrLChange 7 115 CtrLChange 7 114 MIDI output for expr pedal A Ch 1 CtrlChange 007 001 Ch 1 CtrlChange 007 002 Ch 1 CtrlChange 007 003 Ch 1 CtrlChange 007 004 CtrLChange 007 112 Data transfer completed successfully Page 31 That s it folks Have fun with your LG FCB equipped FCB1010 and LG FCB Control Center Page 32
31. lecting patches or sounds Each stompbox and momentary effect contains 2 ControlChange messages one to activate and effect and one to deactivate the same effect Again increasing ControlChange numbers are used for each of the 2 state or momentary effects A global expression pedal setup is linked to each of the 2 expression pedals This means that the 2 expression pedals if activated in this wizard step will have the same function for all presets see a later chapter about global configuration to learn more about global expression pedal setups When moved the pedals will send a continuous stream of Control Change messages with the given ControlChange number Page 19 After running through those 2 or 3 steps a setup is created which you can immediately download to your LG FCB board and test You can also use the built in simulator to see how exactly the setup will behave All of this is explained in full detail in a next chapter Don t forget to save your newly created setup to file Once you have verified how the demo setup behaves you can start building your final setup either starting from the auto generated wizard setup or by starting from scratch just click File gt New to clear the current setup and start with a new blank setup The next chapters guide you through the different steps of manually creating a setup testing it with the simulator downloading it to the LG FCB board and testing it in real life
32. life The LED of the selected preset will turn on and the MIDI output field will show the messages being transmitted when selecting that preset In regular mode the UP DOWN switches activate the next previous bank which is reflected in the bank number displayed on the simulated FCB1010 display Also in the other operation modes like Direct Select mode the depicted FCB1010 will react as described in the chapter about those different modes When your mouse hovers over one of the expression pedals a vertical slider appears and you can move it to simulate pedal movement The MIDI output field for expr pedal A and B show you the expected output for those pedals As pedals can be enabled or disabled when selecting a preset check the small LEDs above the pedals to see their current state active or not Similarly the small yellow LEDs at the left side of the display area labeled SWITCH1 and SWITCH2 on your FCB1010 are used in the simulator to show the current relay status closed LED ON or open LED OFF Let s repeat here that the LG FCB Control Center is not a virtual FCB which can replace your actual FCB1010 The application doesn t send any actual MIDI messages it just has a simulator engine which shows the expected MIDI output as text entries in the 3 MIDI output fields Page 29 11 Sending and receiving patch dumps to and from the LG FCB board For sending a patch dump from computer to LG FCB board or for receiv
33. nally show the same picture here as in the previous topic about regular mode Indeed Direct Bank Select mode gives you the same possibilities as regular mode only the way you select a bank is different In regular mode you browse through the banks using the Up and Down switches which may take some time if you want to scroll from bank 1 to bank 50 In Direct Bank Select mode you directly select a bank by clicking Down followed by the 2 bank index digits This way you can reach any out of 100 banks with 3 clicks The display again shows you the currently selected bank index After selecting a bank you can access the 10 presets within that bank simply by clicking the corresponding footswitch Just like in regular mode each bank can contain any mix of presets stompboxes or momentary effects and each switch can be defined to be global or bank specific On top of this one direct bank is available which is always one single click away the Up switch lets you toggle between the currently active bank and this direct bank The display shows db whenever the direct bank is active Even if some of the switches are defined as global you are able to give them a different function when the direct bank is active Page 12 4 The LG FCB Control Center user interface The editor consists of one main window All frequently used actions can be accessed from that main window the number of different popup menus has be
34. o state switch mostly used for activating and deactivating an effect When you click a stompbox switch the first time its LED goes ON and one or more MIDI messages are transmitted which will activate an effect When you click the same switch a second time the LED will go OFF and a different set of MIDI message s is transmitted which will de activate the same effect Obviously multiple effects can be active at the same time As a result several stompbox switch LEDs can be ON simultaneously which is not the case when working with regular presets only While selecting a preset stompboxes can be automatically initialized to their ON or OFF state This can be configured in the setup of each preset along with its regular MIDI content but all of this is covered in detail in a later chapter Sustain A momentary effect relates to a stompbox as a momentary switch relates to a toggle switch Just like a stomp a momentary effect switch activates an effect with as main difference that the effect is deactivated as soon as you release the switch while a stompbox toggles between 2 effect states on each foot click For that reason a momentary effect LED will only be ON for as long as the switch is being pressed Bank layout The switch layout for each bank can be freely chosen and can be different for each bank With switch layout we mean the type of preset linked to each of the 10 footswitches You can choose to have all swi
35. oel eeccccce A hura w a YA Ya V A va Y Y ke7 v o a General remarks about the MIDI USB ports After correct initialization of the MIDI USB connection 3 extra MIDI ports will be available in all MIDI aware applications on the computer Indeed the built in MIDI USB interface on the LG FCB board has 3 IN and 3 OUT ports just like all other GORDIUS products However only 2 of those ports are functional on the LG FCB board The first port can be used as regular MIDI USB interface It can send MIDI from computer to LG FCB MIDI connector or receive MIDI on the LG FCB MIDI connector and forward it to any application on the computer The second port is unused The third port is dedicated for communication between LG FCB Control Center and LG FCB hardware The name used for the LG FCB MIDI USB ports can be different depending on used operating system Here are a few examples which may also differ depending on OS language Win XP USB Audio device USB audio device 2 USB audio device 3 Win7 LittleGiant MIDIIN2 LittleGiant MIDIIN3 LittleGiant and similar for MIDI OUT ports OSX LittleGiant Port 1 LittleGiant Port 2 LittleGiant Port 3 Page 5 3 Launch LG FCB Control Center and go to the menu Setup gt Select MIDI ports Select the third MIDI IN and MIDI OUT port of the LittleGiant since those ports are used exclusively for communication with the editor Select the first MIDI IN port for optional mon
36. or The name of each preset is displayed in the user interface above its footswitch 4 In simulation mode the footswitches on the graphical representation of the FCB1010 can be used to simulate the behavior of your floorboard with the current setup In setup mode they are used to select the preset to be edited 5 The status bar shows informative messages error messages and a progress bar during lengthy operations Page 13 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 In simulation mode clicking a preset switch causes all MIDI messages programmed for that preset to be listed in this field These 2 fields show you the transmitted MIDI messages when simulating a movement of each of the 2 expression pedals A MIDI IN monitor field allows you to inspect the actual MIDI output of your FCB1010 It is placed next to the simulation output so you can easily verify your programming by comparing expected output and actual output Clicking this MIDI connector icon toggles the MIDI monitor function on and off In simulator mode these small LEDs show if an expression pedal is currently enabled just like on the real floorboard Two vertical sliders can be used to simulate the movement of the 2 expression pedals While in simulation mode the 7 segment display behaves exactly the same way as the display of the real pedal In setup mode it shows the currently selected bank You can edit the content of each of the 10 presets in tha
37. ramChange messages Don t send the same ProgChange message twice It is possible to block repeated ProgramChange messages In that case a ProgramChange message with the same MIDI channel and PC number will never be sent twice in a row As you will see later on a preset can not only contain a PC number for sound selection but also effect activation messages to turn on certain effects If you activate or deactivate those effects during playing using dedicated stompboxes you might want to return to the original effect state for the current sound by clicking the same preset switch again This is the most common case where you might want to use above setting to avoid sending the same PC message to the sound module again which with some sound modules would result in a short drop out of the sound Page 25 9 Doing the preset configuration GLOBAL CONFIGURATION LG FCB v 1 0 0 You enter preset configuration by clicking the according text in the FCB1010 display window The text turns red as shown above and the preset configuration dialog appears in the lower half of the screen No matter which floorboard configuration you are using in preset config mode you can access the setup for any preset by clicking the up down switches to change bank the display will show the current bank number and then clicking one of the ten preset switches to access the content of each preset in that bank the corresponding switch LED will go
38. s through a SysEx import However this function can be very useful at the moment of upgrading your FCB1010 with the LG FCB board Before doing so you can save your current setup regular or UnO to SysEx using FCB UnO ControlCenter or any other FCB1010 editor After doing the hardware upgrade you can again import your old FCB1010 SysEx file into LG FCB ControlCenter and start your extended setup from this imported file This will give you a jump start as you won t need to create your new setup from scratch The import from export to Text are convenience functions They allow you to get an overview of your complete setup as a text file which can be opened in any text editor You might prefer a text editor to fill in the preset names and optional comments or to do some quick copy and paste of preset contents Just be aware that the supported text format is very strict and therefore editing the text can be error prone since a malformatted text might not get imported again in Control Center Just make sure to create a regular backup of your text setup this way you can always take one step back and correct possible typing or formatting errors 5 3 Communication setup MIDI ports This menu allows you to select the MIDI IN and MIDI OUT port used for communication with the LG FCB board and also the MIDI port used for monitoring the LG FCB MIDI output This needs to be specified only once The setting is stored as user preference for later reuse Wh
39. t selected bank As soon as you click the Connect button see 1 and an LG FCB board is detected the LG FCB firmware version is displayed here The PRESET CONFIGURATION and GLOBAL CONFIGURATION labels on the FCB1010 window can be clicked to select the current mode You can toggle between preset config and global config mode or if none of both are activated the software runs in simulator mode In simulator mode these small LEDs show whether the 2 relay outputs are currently closed or opened just like on the real floorboard Click this icon in order to select the floorboard operation mode regular mode Direct Select mode Direct Select with 20 stomps or Direct Bank Select Those different modes have been covered in detail in a previous chapter Page 14 5 The LG FCB Control Center menu structure There are only a few menus since most functionality is directly accessible from the main window LG FCB File D30 Select MIDI ports About LG_FCB Preferences 3 Setup assistant Services p 4 Save as y Firmware upgrade Hide LG FCB H Import from Text Hide Others XH Export to gt SysEx how All ae 1 Igfcb02 lgp QuitLG_FCB Q 2 fcb01 Igp Overview of all menus on Mac The menu items are identical on the Windows version the location is slightly different in accordance to the OS specific design guidelines 5 1 Preferences menu One user setting is available in the
40. tches act like stompboxes in one bank and have 10 regular presets in another bank You can also define any of the 10 switches to be global in that case the switch will have the same functionality in all banks while you don t need to program that same function in each of the banks Just program the preset or stompbox or momentary effect once and then with one mouse click specify this switch as global by clicking its globe icon at the bottom Page 10 3 2 Direct Select mode 80 0 w LG FCB Control Center untitled lgp LG EA MIT PRESET CONFIGURATION GLOBAL CONFIGURATION Li FOOT Foe LLL no FCB1010 connected In this configuration the FCB1010 behaves exactly the same as in Direct Select mode of the original Behringer firmware except that now each preset can send much more messages of course In order to select any out of 100 presets enter its index with 2 foot clicks The display now shows the preset number going from 00 to 99 instead of a bank number Stompboxes or momentary effects are not available in this mode as you need two foot clicks for each preset selection Since the presets are no longer organized in banks the Up Down switches are no longer needed for browsing through the banks The Up switch now controls the SWITCH1 relay output of the FCB1010 while the Down switch controls the SWITCH2 relay output 3 3 Direct Select mode with 20 stomps 00 w LG FCB Control
41. the main modes of operation for the LG FCB equipped FCB1010 You may already be familiar with the two major configuration types available in the stock FCB1010 normal mode and Direct Select mode In normal mode you can browse through 10 banks of 10 presets using the Up Down switches In Direct Select mode you can directly select any out of 100 available presets by typing its 2 digit preset number The LG FCB board retains those 2 different operation modes but widely extends them and also adds a few extra variations Normal mode now supports up to 100 banks and 2 new configuration types are added Direct Select mode with 20 stompboxes and Direct Bank Select mode which are explained in the topics below Many will know the alternative UnO firmware for the FCB1010 One of the major add ons of that firmware version was the introduction of a stompbox mode In this mode 1 row of 5 switches can behave as 5 stompboxes with their LEDs showing the current ON OFF state of an effect The remaining 95 regular presets are organized in 19 banks of 5 while the 5 stompboxes are global for all banks With the LG FCB board installed you no longer need a specific stompbox mode because in normal mode you can now define any switch in any bank to become a stompbox This switch assignment can be global or specific for each bank There is no more restriction with regards to number of stompboxes or placement of the stompboxes in
42. uttons let you change the order of messages within the list There is no strict limit on the number of messages you can add to such message stream This is the real power of the LG FCB board as long as you didn t fill the very large preset storage on the board you can keep adding various messages to the different preset message streams Page 26 Chapter 3 1 already explained the 3 different supported preset types regular presets stompboxes and momentary effects Also with regards to the 2 message streams those preset types behave differently Both regular presets and momentary effects can send a first message stream on switch press and a second stream on switch release Stompboxes on the other hand act as toggling switches The first message stream is transmitted when doing a first foot click which activates the stompbox causing its LED to go ON The second message stream is transmitted when the stompbox switch is clicked again to deactivate it causing its LED to go OFF Stompboxes never send MIDI messages on switch release Ch 1 ProgChange 1 The message streams contain all MIDI messages to be 2 Set stompbox Reverb ON transmitted by the preset but they can contain more than that Next topics give an overview of the different supported commands 03 Set stompbox SOLO ON Selected message 9 3 MIDI messages MIDI msg Stompbox Epxr pedal _ Relay Send ProgChange B Channel Number 1 fa 1 fa
43. will be turned ON or OFF If the stompbox is located in a different bank you will see its correct LED state when scrolling to that bank Next to setting effect states for a regular preset you can also use effect activation commands in the message stream of a stompbox This can be useful for instance if you want to automatically turn an effect OFF as soon as another effect is switched ON thus creating groups of mutually exclusive effects Selected message 9 5 Expression pedal commands MIDI msg Stompbox Epxr pedal Relay Expr setup linked to Expr A linked to Expr 1 The third command type is the expression pedal w linked to ExprB _ linked to Expr 2 command With this command you can make the expression pedal behavior preset dependent Choose one of the expression pedal setups which are part of the global setup see chapter 8 1 and link it to internal expr pedal A or B of your FCB1010 or in case you have installed the optional expr pedal input board to external expr pedal 1 or 2 As soon as this preset is selected the specified expr pedal setup will be activated You can also disable a pedal by selecting none as expression pedal setup e after a delay of 0 ms 9 6 Relay commands Selected message MIDI msg Stompbox Epxr pedal Relay Relay relay 1 HH The last command type is the relay command The is closed FCB1010 has 2 re

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