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Line 6 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide, English

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1. Get Connected To run GearBox you ll of course need to connect your Line 6 USB audio interface to your computer and you ll additionally want to connect your FBV MkII device to another USB port Once connected follow these steps to configure GearBox to receive MIDI control data from your FBV MkII device e Launch GearBox from Applications Line 6 GearBox Mac or Start menu Programs Line 6 GearBox Windows e In GearBox go to GearBox gt Preferences gt MIDI Control Mac or Edit gt Preferences gt MIDI Control Windows e In the MIDI Control settings de select the Send MIDI option and choose the first available Port of your connected FBV MkII device MIDI Control The GearBox software can send and receive MIDI through the GX system Uncheck the Send MIDI MIDI port available to other applications option ee C Send MIDI as onscreen controls are operated To control GearBox using an external MIDI controller connect the controller Select the first Port of your FBV to a MIDI input port on your computer and select that MIDI input port here MkII device here MIDI Input FBW Shortboard Mk Il Port 1 e Click OK to exit the dialog 5 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 GearBox Note that the FBV MkII MIDI Out port names appear within differently depending on your computer operating system for FBV Express MkII you ll see Express in place of Shortboard in these t
2. Wahs On Off or Bender effect On Off Pedal Volume Adjusts the Mixer Tone A Level and Tone B Level Pre configured functions provided in POD Farm 2 by the POD Farm 2 Express fbv preset settings e A GB footswitches These footswitches select the previous and next correspondingly numbered Setlist respectively Each also automatically loads the first Tone Preset within the selected Setlist the preset with the number O to its left This allows you to then use the C amp D footswitches to load Tone Presets within the selected Setlist e C amp D footswitches These footswitches select the previous and next correspondingly numbered Tone Preset within the currently selected Setlist respectively Note that no Setlists exist within POD Farm 2 by default therefore the A B C amp D footswitches will not perform any function until you create Setlists and add Tone Presets into the Setlists Please see the POD Farm 2 Basic User Guide for info on creating and managing Setlists accessible via the POD Farm 2 Help button or from the POD Farm Online Help site e Toe Switch As listed in the table above the Toe Switch may be assigned to toggle a Wah model on off or the Bender model on off in some of the Tone Presets within the POD Farm 2 Source 406 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 Folder The Toe Switch additionally has a hard wired function to toggle your FBV Shortboard MkII Pedal 1
3. type of Dual Tone User presets you ll see we added an L and an R at the ends of many titles for Tone 1 and Tone 2 respectively Call up preset 12A as an example Adding a unique identifying character to each Tone s title like this is handy when using an FBV Shortboard since this provides you with an easy reference on your FBV LCD screen for which of the two Tones is the one currently being controlled That about covers it Armed with the above knowledge you should now have vast control over the power embedded in your POD X3 or POD X3 Pro all without your hands leaving your guitar For more helpful information please visit the Line 6 Online Support web page 2 9 lw FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application THE Line 6 FBV CoNTROL APPLICATION The previous Getting Started chapter should have already gotten you up and running with your Line 6 FBV MkII controller In this chapter we ll provide you with an overview of the features and functions found in the Line 6 FBV Control application s user interface It is also good idea to read through this chapter before going on to the POD Farm 2 GearBox or 3rd Party Software chapters since you ll be using the FBV Control application for all those setups The following chapters provide additional specifics about controlling your software What s in it for Me Your new FBV Shortboard or FBV Express MkII is a pretty sophisticated piece
4. Default preset selected the SONAR main window has focus Using the SONAR ACT MIDI Learn Function Here is an example of how to map the FBV Pedal Wah controller to the Wah Position parameter of the Line 6 GearBox Plug In allowing you to remotely control the GearBox Wah in real time as you hear the input monitor recording signal or playback of your audio track These mapping steps are the same to map any knob button footswitch controller to any other available parameter in the ACT MIDI Controller dialog as well e Open the SONAR ACT MIDI Controller dialog with the Default preset loaded as described above Leave this dialog open and where you can see it e Create an audio track in your SONAR project and record or insert an audio file so you ll have something to hear your Plug In effect applied to A nice clean guitar recording wold work nicely here e Click on an FX Bin Insert slot for this audio track and insert the GearBox Plug In e In the GearBox Plug In window load a Tone preset and click on the Wah pedal effect to make sure it is on and to show the Wah effect s edit settings in the edit panel 6 20 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software The GearBox Plug In Edit Panel Wah effect e With your focus still on the GearBox Plug In window you should now see the many GearBox Plug In parameters shown in the cells of the ACT dialog We specifically want to access the Wah Position
5. in the dialog allow access to numerous SONAR parameters Also when you click on a Plug In or Software Instrument edit window to shift the focus to it the parameters for that plug in instrument become available in the ACT dialog cells However your FBV Controllers are not yet mapped to control any of these parameters with the Default preset To configure a mapping you can use the MIDI Learn function E ACT MIDI Controller 1 Presets Default v Ex act Controllers Options cis v T1 Pan a Pan me Pan T4 Pan Pe Pan T6 a le ae T8 ae Sas lt a a a T1 vol oe T3 ee ee T4 a T5 me T oe i 7 T8 SI 8 6dB 22 9dB 5 8dB 3 0dB 3 0dB 3 0dB OdB Shift B1 Shift B2 Shift B3 Shift B4 Shift B5 Shift B6 Shift B7 Shift B8 Bank Loop On Off Insert Marker Transport Record ACT Lock ACT Learn Previous Group PreviousTrackBnk Next Track Bank lt votre E irae come foes eee i cere Button 4 Button5 Button 6 Button 7 Button 8 Transport Ac Transport oe Stop Transport oe Play ACT RotariesMode Next Group NxtRtrs ndSldrse Next ButtonsBank Multi Channel Active Controller Technology Rotaries Mode Control Group Shift Modifier Enable Strip Parameters C Lock Multi Channel Channel Strip Track OBus O Main Shift Learn Press F1 for Help The ACT MIDI Control dialog
6. 12 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Apple GarageBand FBV MkII Setup Tutorial Apple GarageBand uses its own proprietary protocol for controlling most of its software parameters therefore the FBV MkII MIDI controllers unfortunately cannot access all GarageBand functions directly However there are a few Pedal assignments that will allow you to control the current GarageBand track s Volume and Pan parameters Additionally there are some 3rd party software utilities you can install on your Mac that will allow you to utilize FBV footswitch buttons to control GarageBand s transport functions To configure FBV s Pedals launch the Line 6 FBV Control application and load the FBV Default fbv preset e Set the Pedal Wah controller s Value to CC 010 e Keep the Pedal Vol controller settings as is MIDI CC 007 e Note that the pedals are also set to transmit to the FBV USB MIDI Out port 1 Your settings should appear like this Now simply open GarageBand and load one of your Songs When you move your FBV Pedal you should see that the Pedal when set to Volume adjusts the selected track s Volume level and when the Pedal is set to Wah it will control the track s Pan setting If you have a Shortboard and an optional Expression pedal connected you can alternatively set Pedal 2 to MIDI CC Value 010 and then dedicate your Pedal Volume to control the track volume and Pedal 2 to contro
7. 127 12 J a ee 6 29 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software e In the top right panel you will now see a list of Cubase parameters that you can map your FBV device s controllers to The easiest way to do this mapping is to use the Learn function For example to map the Fader 1 parameter at the top of the list to your FBV s Pedal Vol follow these steps e Make sure your FBV pedal is set to Pedal Vol the Volume LED indicator on your FBV is lit e In the Cubase Device Setup dialog click directly on the Fader 1 Control Name in the top right panel e Move your FBV pedal e Press the Learn button at the right of the dialog e You should see the MIDI Channel and other settings in the Fader 1 row change indicating it has Learned the MIDI CC message that your FBV Pedal Vol controller is transmitting which is MIDI CC 011 on MIDI Port 1 Channel 1 per the settings in the Line 6 FBV Control application e Now look at the Cubase Mixer window and watch the channel strip for track 1 you should see its fader respond to the FBV pedal moves e Repeat the above steps to map other FBV controllers from your device to other Cubase parameters in the list e Note that you ll need to use pedal controllers to map to the Cubase fader knob and slider type parameters and footswitch buttons to map to the Cubase switch type parameters e Also these Cubase parameters typically need to
8. Modulation Mix parameter lists its MIDI CC assignment as CC 56 with Min and Max Range Values of 016127 MIDI CC and Range Gearbox v3 5 Line 6 GearBox MIDI CC Reference Chart Parameter Notes Modulation Param 3 O Modulation Param 4 o Modulation Param 5 Co y YO Modulation Param 5 Modulation Mix This tells you that you need to create these settings in the Line 6 FBV Control application for the PEDAL WAH row in the Control Properties e MIDI Command MIDI CC e Value CC 056 e MIDI Port 1 Optionally you can choose any available port here but your GearBox MIDI In setting needs to match to receive the command see Get Connected on page 5 1 e MIDI Channel 1 GearBox receives MIDI on Channel 1 only The Min and Max Range Values shown in the MIDI CC Reference chart tell you that this parameter can be controlled from 0 to 100 the equivalent of 0 to 127 in MIDI CC value terms Therefore there are no other settings you need to create for the Pedal to control the full range of the Modulation Mix parameter You can follow these same steps to configure your FBV pedal for any other parameter you see in the GearBox MIDI CC Reference Chart TIP Want to set your Pedal to control the GearBox Bender Position knob to foot control some wild pitch bending In the Line 6 FBV Control Control Properties set one of your Pedal settings to MIDI CC for the MIDI Command and CC 79 for the Value In GearB
9. in these titles Mac OS X Windows 7 amp Vista Windows XP MIDI Out Port 1 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 1 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device MIDI Out Port3 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 3 MIDIIN3 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device 3 MIDI Out Port 2 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 2 MIDIIN2 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device 2 MIDI Out Port 4 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 4 MIDIIN4 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device 4 The next step is to insert POD Farm 2 Plug In on one of your DAW audio tracks and then configure your DAW tracks to route the MIDI data into POD Farm 2 Plug In For example here is how to configure this in Ableton Live where POD Farm 2 Plug In is inserted on Audio track 1 POD Farm 2 Plug In is inserted on Audio track 1 On anew MIDI track set the Input to receive from the FBV MkII MIDI Port from which you are transmitting commands Set the Output to be the Audio track where your POD Farm 2 Plug In is inserted The POD Farm 2 Plug In should then appear as the MIDI Output Channel destination Be sure to Arm the MIDI track to allow MIDI throughput in Auto On Configuring Ableton Live for FBV MkII MIDI Input to POD Farm 2 Plug In 49 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 Once the above MIDI routing is configured you are now ready to put that FBV MkII to use with the POD Farm 2 Plug In The POD Farm 2 MIDI Assignments View The MIDI A
10. s Control Properties List section options see page 3 3 or try loading the FBV Default fbv preset we ve provided as a starting point and customize it as needed Manual MIDI Control Assignment For applications that do not offer a MIDI Learn feature then the process is more of a manual one where you ll need to acquire MIDI reference documentation from the software manufacturer that lists specifically what MIDI Commands and Values are already assigned for the parameters within the software Typically applications utilize MIDI CC commands for their parameters Bank amp Program Change commands for switching patches and sometimes MMC or Mackie commands for transport buttons With the manufacturer s MIDI reference documentation in hand you can then use the Line 6 FBV Control application to assign your desired FBV Footswitch Pedal controls to trigger the desired software parameters You ll want to consult the documentation that comes with your MIDI DAW software for details on how to access its MIDI Control setup and the necessary MIDI command assignments since most applications differ in how they offer these options 6 3 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Ableton Live FBV MkII Setup Tutorial We ve provided a step by step tutorial here for how to configure the popular Ableton Live software s functions to be controlled by an FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device For this example
11. see a slider appear in the Line effects module for that parameter e Now just follow the same steps as in the previous examples to enter Live s MIDI Map Mode click on the parameter in the effect module and then move your FBV Pedal to map it For our example we now have successfully mapped Channel 1 MIDI CC 5 from our FBV Pedal to the Wah Position parameter Exit MIDI Map Mode Go ahead and hit Play in Live and work the FBV pedal and you ll hear the mapped effect parameter do its thing You might also see the control for the selected parameter within the effect s own window move in response as well In our case the POD Farm Plug In Wah Position knob moves in response But wait it gets better Read on for more fun with mapped parameters 6 11 aii la FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Control Automation Recording with your FBV Pedal Once you have a parameter mapped to your FBV pedal in many cases the DAW software will also allow you to record your pedal moves in real time as an automation envelope on your track The perfect example for this is for us to use the POD Farm Plug In Wah mapping we just created in Ableton Live and record our FBV Wah pedal moves to add some snarky wah action on our guitar track Other DAW applications differ in the exact way they offer track and effects automation so be sure to check your DAW software s documentation But this example should give you the basic
12. w1 Tutonall 32D 5 This is Tone 2 a Gare wake ee compHEaHmop m EGE vou MSU SER P POD X3 Home Page Tone Path display and alternate Big User display The User Preset Folder As you ve probably discovered POD X3 includes a total of over 350 presets and all are stored nice and neatly into folders You can navigate through these folders on the POD X3 Home page by turning the corresponding multi function knob Turn to choose a koker In the User folder are 128 User locations that you can use to store your own custom presets If you step on one of the FBV Channel A B C D buttons you ll see that this automatically switches POD X3 to the User folder calling up the preset of the current Bank The big idea here for configuring your FBV POD X3 rig is that you create your own tone presets exactly how you like and then store them in the 128 memory locations within the User folder These User presets are then accessible from your FBV You can see that we already gave you a head start and created some presets in the lower numbered Channel locations of the User folder You can of course modify these as you like You can also manually choose another folder on the POD X3 unit and use its on board knobs to run through the 2 2 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide POD X3 other presets You can modify these as well and then when you push the SAVE button choose one of the 128 locations in the User folder to store you
13. Bank Up amp Bank Down footswitches These two footswitches navigate through the Tone Presets within the currently selected Setlist e A B C amp D footswitches These footswitches each select the correspondingly numbered Setlist as shown in the above table Each also automatically loads the first Tone Preset within the selected Setlist the Preset with O to its left This allows you to then use the Bank Up amp Down footswitches to navigate through all the Tone Presets within the selected Setlist Note that no Setlists exist within POD Farm 2 by default therefore the Bank Up amp Down and A B C amp D footswitches will not perform any function until you create up to four Setlists and add Tone Presets into the Setlists Please see the POD Farm 2 Basic User Guide for info on creating amp managing Setlists accessible via the POD Farm 2 Help button or from the POD Farm Online Help site e Effect labeled footswitches and Pedal Wah These trigger the functions listed above within some of the POD Farm 2 Tone Presets Note that not all Tone Presets include all these effects models and assignments In most Tone Presets a few effects models and MIDI assignments exist e Toe Switch As listed in the table above the Toe Switch may be assigned to either toggle a Wah model on off or the Bender model on off in some of the Tone Presets within the POD Farm 2 Source Folder The Toe Switch additionally has a hard wired
14. Custom Toggle Bank Up Mackle Play Stop Bank Down Mackie Rewind Momentary MIDI CC O22 CC 2 Toggle MIDI CC 063 C 63 Toggle Unassigned Unassigned MIDI CC 064 Sustain Pedal On Off Momentary Stomp MIDI CC 025 Cc 25 Toggle Modulation MIDI CC 050 Ce 50 Toggle Delay MIDI CC 028 CC 26 Toggle Reverb MIDI C 036 CC 36 Toggle Toe Switch MIDI CC 045 C 43 Toggle Pedal Wah MIDI CC 004 Foot Control Peda Pedal Vol MIDI CC 007 Channel Volume MIDI CC 034 CC 34 Peda GearBox fbv preset settings loaded on FBV Shortboard MkII Port Channel Switch Mode MIDI CL OFZ LL fe Toggle MIDI Cc 063 C 63 B gT Unassigned D Unassigned Pedal Wah MIDI CC 004 Foot Control Pedal Vol MIDI CC 007 Channel Volume Toe Switch MIDI CC 045 C 43 Toggle GearBox fbv preset settings loaded on FBV Express MkII 52 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 GearBox As a handy reference the following table tells what each FBV control will actually trigger in GearBox when using this GearBox fbv preset FBV Shortboard MkII Player Transport Rewind PB BQeffectomfoff No assignment The Toe Switch additionally has a hard wired function to toggle between the Pedal s Wah and Vol assignments FBV Express MkII PB BQeffectonfofh PD The Toe Switch additionally has a hard wired function to toggle between the Pedal s Wah and Vol assignments With these settin
15. FBV Control application and save this as an FBV preset e Connect your FBV MkII device to your computer and launch Line 6 FBV Control e Go to File gt Open and load the Blank fbv preset e Go to File gt Save As and let s title this new preset PT Transport fbv For this example we ll configure several FBV Controls as follows you can do the same on either an FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device e Assign the A B C amp D footswitch Controls MIDI Command settings all to MMC e Set the A Control s Value setting to Play e Set the B Control s Value setting to Stop e Set the C Control s Value setting to Record Punch Pro Tools e Set the D Control s Value setting to Rewind Note that for Rewind you have the option of choosing a Switch Mode each of which offers a different behavior e Single initiates rewind action on each footswitch press and keeps rewinding e Momentary initiates rewind action on the footswitch press but stops rewinding when you release the footswitch e Toggle alternates between initiating rewind and stopping rewind on each successive footswitch press e Optionally you can assign the Fast Forward Value to one of your footswitches instead of one of the above or for an additional footswitch if you have a Shortboard However note that the MMC Pause value simply performs the same action as Stop since Pro Tools Tra
16. FBV Control application won t detect my FBV MkII device First look at the previous issue and make sure your FBV is properly connected and receiving power Here are other possible solutions e Make sure you have the latest Flash Memory version Connect your FBV to your computer and run Line 6 Monkey It will check the Line 6 online server and inform you if there are newer Flash Memory or other updates available for your FBV It is highly recommended that you install available Flash Memory and FBV Control application updates for proper product compatibility 7 3 FBV MkIil Advanced User Guide Reference e Windows users The Windows Class Compliant USB driver inherently will not allow more than one application utilize one USB MIDI port at a time So if you have the Line 6 FBV Control application running and or more than one MIDI DAW application you ll need to either exit all but one such application that uses your FBV device or change some of your MIDI settings in these applications See Windows MIDI Port Communication on page 6 1 e Windows 7 amp Vista Sleep mode It is not recommended that you exit Vista using the Sleep mode while you have the Line 6 FBV Control application running or with your FBV connected to your USB port Due to the behavior inherent behavior of Vista s USB Class Compliant driver some USB devices such as FBV will not properly initialize when resuming from Sleep mode resulting in applicatio
17. POD FBV MkII devices receive power from the RJ 45 cable connection to your amp POD Therefore the culprit is typically that your RJ 45 cable is not securely connected to both devices push the cable into the device until you feel it click or that your cable itself is bad Note that your connected amp or POD must also be powered on for FBV to receive power 7 2 FBV MkIil Advanced User Guide Reference FBV does not control anything on my Line 6 amp or POD FBV MkII must be securely connected to your FBV and amp POD using an RJ 45 cable push the cable into the device until you feel it click Other possible causes might be e Connect FBV before powering on your amp POD If you connected your FBV to your Line 6 amp or POD after the device was already on you might try toggling the power off and then on again with your FBV already connected to make sure it is properly initialized e FBV is in USB Mode Whenever a USB cable is connected to FBV it places the device in USB Mode which over rides any communication with any RJ 45 connected amp POD device Remove the USB cable to exit USB mode e POD X3 Dual Tone behaviors On POD X3 FBV will control the models for the currently selected Tone only Tone 1 or Tone 2 Also each POD X3 preset has its own Pedal assignment settings which determine Tone 1 amp Tone 2 control Why does my FBV pedal sometimes control different functions on different POD X3 pre
18. Surlaces Add Edit e Make the following settings in the Control Surface dialog es Control Surface MIDI Control Surface ka Use this generic control surface model if you have a a MIDI controller without keyboard that isn t listed on the Type in a name for your device this is how ee menu x it will appear in the Reason MIDI Controller o control parameters on devices in the program you need to set up your control surface to send MIDI CL menus messages according to the MIDI Implementation Charts document in the Documentation folder IF pour control surfaces has templates for diffepe devices e g for devices in older yversiong ef Reason eee er Choose the USB MIDI Port that you want Reason to receive from We ll choose the first FBV MIDI Out Port note that your port names appear differently on Mac or Select MIDI Control Surface as the Model Mame FEW Shortboard MEI OO O MIDI Input USB Audio Device Ee EE Click OK when done 6 22 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software e You should now see your FBV device configured accordingly Exit the Preferences if all settings appear as shown here 5 Preferences Page Keyboards and Control Surfaces st Use this page to add and set up Control Surfaces including MIDI keyboards One of pour MIDI keyboards will automatically be made the Masher Keyboard this is the keyboard you use for playing devices in Reason At
19. Sync page Windows Here you will see that Live automatically detects all four of the FBV MIDI Out Ports You might see additional devices MIDI Ports appear here as well depending what other MIDI hardware software you have installed on your computer e Click on the Remote button to the right of the first FBV MIDI Out Port so it is On and then deselect any other active On buttons in the Track Sync and Remote columns so that all others are Off as shown in the following screen shots This allows Ableton to receive MIDI Control commands from your FBV MIDI Out Port 1 aakun a d Turn first FBV Port ON MIDI Out Ports listed and all other Track here as available E ae wie amp Remote buttons Inputs into Live b input MIDIIN2 FBV Shortboard Mk Il i b Input MIDIINS FBV Shortboard Mk Il b Input MIDIN4 FEY Shortboard Mk I b Output FEY Shoriboard Mk Il Mac OS X You ll see all 4 FBV 6 5 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software The same applies in Windows XP Vista amp 7 but you ll see the FBV Port names are listed differently ui i ii ii i Mm Windows XP Windows Vista amp Windows 7 e Now go to the Input menu in the top row of the dialog and select the same FBV Port 1 device This allows Live to utilize your FBV as a MIDI Controller Input device Once again you ll see these FBV port names listed differentl
20. Tones please check out the Dual Tone Concept section of your POD X3 Pilot s Handbook Your FBV MkII allows you to navigate through the 128 memory locations within the User folder As mentioned above some User presets might be composed with only a Tone 1 while others both a Tone I and Tone 2 This makes no difference as far as your FBV Channel A B C D or Bank buttons are concerned since the FBV unit will simply call up a channel location regardless if it holds a preset with one or two Tones active However it is important to take a look at what the other buttons on the FBV Shortboard MkII control when a Dual Tone preset is loaded FBV Shortboard MkII units include effect buttons STOMP MOD DELAY etc which allow you to modify the selected Tone of the currently loaded preset stepping on one of these effect buttons will toggle on off ONLY the function for the currently selected Tone You can optionally configure your FBV MkII Shortboard FUNCTION 1 switch to perform the same functions as the TONE 2 button on the POD X3 unit This allows you to toggle between Tone 1 Tone 2 as the selected Tone as well as allows you to hold down the button to toggle the Dual Tone feature on off To configure the FUNCTION 1 button s assignment go to the SYSTEM screen on your POD X3 and access the LP SW options for Tone 1 and Tone 2 see the LP SW descriptions starting on page 2 6 TIP When calling up one of the factory created Tone Pair
21. Wah in both Tones simultaneously with a single pedal e Controlling a Wah in Tone 1 with pedal 1 and a Wah in Tone 2 independently with pedal 2 e Controlling a Tweak parameter in Tone 1 or Tone 2 only e Controlling a common Tweak parameter in both Tones simultaneously with a single pedal e Controlling two different Tweak parameters in each Tone simultaneously with a single pedal e Controlling a Tweak parameter in Tone 1 with pedal 1 and different Tweak parameter in Tone 2 with pedal 2 When you have a Dual Tone preset loaded and PEDAL CNTRL set to BOTH TONES with the same mode settings for both the PEDAL TONE and PEDAL TONE2 then this FBV pedal and its toe switch will actually control this same effect for both Tones simultaneously clever eh For example if you choose 1 W V for both PEDAL TONE and PEDAL TONE2 then your onboard FBV pedal will control the Wah or Volume effects for both Tones simultaneously And clicking the toe switch will also simultaneously toggle between the Wah amp Volume for both Tones 2e7 FBV MkIl Advanced User Guide POD X3 Likewise if you set pedal 2 modes to 2 TWR for both Tone 1 amp 2 then the assigned Tweak parameters are simultaneously controlled for both Tones by pedal 2 It is also possible to actually set the TWK assignment independently so that the specific parameter controlled by pedal 2 is independent for each Tone For example Tone 1 can be set to Tweak the Reverb Mix while Ton
22. allows you to call up not only different sounds and effect combinations but different methods of control over effects at the same time Setting the Volume Pedal s Min amp Max Volume The POD X3 Volume effect can of course be controlled by the pedal s of your FBV MkII and your POD X3 provides a few options for the Volume effect To get to these settings go to the POD X3 Home page select the VOL effect block and double click the ON OFF button to enter the VOL edit screen VOLUME PEDAL 1 MIN MAX CONFIG The POD X3 Volume page e MIN Determines how much volume you ll hear when the volume pedal is at its minimum heel down setting Set it to 0 to have silence in the heel down position e MAX Determines how much volume you ll hear when the volume pedal is at its maximum toe down setting e CONFIG Allows you to choose the position of the volume effect within the POD X3 signal flow Pre before the Amp Cab or Post after the Amp Cab Just like in the world of guitar effects stomp boxes and amps the position of your Volume pedal in relation to some effects will impact the sound For example lowering the volume before a distortion 2 8 FBV MkIl Advanced User Guide POD X3 effect results in less gain placing the volume after a distortion effect reduces the overall volume level without affecting the gain With the Volume in the Pre position and using the Delay effect you can swell in your guitar volume and
23. idea With the FBV Pedal successfully mapped to the POD Farm Plug In Wah or the Plug In parameter of your choice try the following steps e In Live s Arrangement View you ll want to make sure your audio track is not armed for recording since we only want to record automation on this track not audio You should also see the POD Farm Wah parameter shown here on the track Note that right now when you move your FBV Pedal an existing flat envelope line across the track moves up and down in response Keep this track Record Arm button off for these steps n wo E OO E T A iil A E TPAO TE Once we mapped the POD Farm Wah Position parameter in the previous steps our Live audio track shows this parameter in its automation selector and shows an unedited envelope across the track If you move your FBV pedal yov ll see this envelope line respond e Rewind to the start of the track click Live s main Transport Record and then Play button Once Live starts rolling just start working the FBV pedal as desired to record the Wah pedal automation to your track You ll see envelope edit points added capturing your pedal moves as you go A E A TTE ue e Stop Live and then play the track back and you ll hear that your Wah pedal performance was captured in real time Not happy with that take Just undo or zoom in and use your mouse to manually adjust the edit points to fine tune the wah performance 6
24. is utilized within your DAW software s audio tracks POD Farm 2 Plug In can receive MIDI from your FBV MkII USB MIDI Ports to allow remote MIDI control of its many parameters however it is necessary to route the MIDI communication through your DAW software to access POD Farm 2 Plug In This configuration can be slightly different among DAW applications so it is recommend that you consult your DAW s documentation for details The process typically entails choosing to receive MIDI from your FBV MkII MIDI Port s within the DAW application and then routing the MIDI in to one of the DAW s MIDI tracks and out to the audio track where POD Farm 2 Plug In is inserted To follow we ve provided a brief tutorial using the popular Ableton Live DAW application for configuring an FBV MkII device to access the parameters within POD Farm 2 Plug In The steps are similar using other DAW applications so this should serve as a good introduction TIP For tutorials on setting up external MIDI control of POD Farm 2 Plug In within several popular DAW applications please be sure to grab the POD Farm 2 Recording Setup Guide available for download from the POD Farm Online Help site With your FBV MkII device connected to your computer launch the Ableton Live software and go to e Mac Ableton Live menu gt Preferences gt MIDI Sync page e Windows Options menu gt Preferences gt MIDI Sync page Here you will see that Ableton Live automa
25. launching Line 6 Monkey Setting your Software to Receive Communication from your FBV MkIl Most MIDI and DAW applications have options within their Preferences or MIDI Options dialogs where you ll need to select your FBV MkII device and or the FBV USB MIDI port to allow the application to receive your FBV device s commands These options may be presented differently in your MIDI DAW software 6 lw FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Control Surface Options Some applications specifically offer a selector to choose one or more connected Control Surface or MIDI Controller devices and you should first look to see if your software offers this type of option You should see 4 selectable options for your connected FBV MkII device one for each MIDI Out Port Note the slight differences for how your FBV MkII MIDI Out ports appear within computer operating systems for FBV Express MkII you ll see Express in place of Shortboard in these titles You ll want to select the FBV MIDI Out Port to which your FBV Controls are transmitting By default all FBV MkII Control assignments are configured to transmit to the FBV MIDI Out Port 1 but you can change this MIDI Out Port setting per Control within the Line 6 FBV Control application s Control Properties List see page 393 Note You do not need to select the FBV MIDI In Port within any of your MIDI DAW software sinc
26. long cable that has RJ 45 connectors on each end Note that this cable is indeed a standard Category 5 computer network cable So in case you lost yours or your drummer dropped his cymbal on it you can simply run down to any electronics or computer store and ask for a cable of this type e Plug one end of this cable into the TO AMP jack on the back of the FBV unit and the other end into the FBV PEDAL jack on your POD X3 e Power on your POD X3 Power is supplied to your FBV MkII unit via this same cable connection You should now see the FBV display show a patch name and or indicator lights illuminated Note You do not want to connect a USB cable to your FBV MkII device when using the RJ 45 cable connection described above since doing so places FBV in USB Mode to communicate with a computer You can however connect POD X3 to your computer via USB cable from your POD X3 to your computer s USB 2 0 port if you want to use POD X3 as your USB audio device or with the Line 6 GearBox software while simultaneously controlling POD X3 with your FBV Connecting FBV MkII to Your Computer To utilize your FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII to control your software simply connect a standard computer USB cable from the FBV unit s USB jack to any USB 1 1 or 2 0 port on your Mac or Windows computer Power is supplied to your FBV MkII unit via this same USB cable connection You should see the FBV s LCD display
27. new preset file as described in these steps it will REPLACE all the USB MIDI Control assignments in your FBV device s internal memory with those from the newly opened fbv preset file Before opening a new preset file you may want to Save the current settings as an FBV preset to your computer if you want to be able to recall these settings again later Saving an FBV Preset While working in the Line 6 FBV Control application you can Save all the current settings within the Control application s GUI as an FBV preset file to your computer s hard drive at any time It is a good idea to do so whenever you have a set of commands you don t want to forget so you can load them into your FBV device later on remember the mantra Save early and Save often FBV Control follows the typical Mac and Windows software conventions e To Save the changes made to the current FBV Preset overwriting the previous settings of this file choose File gt Save from the application s menu e To Save a the changes made to the current FBV Preset as a new FBV Preset file choose File gt Save As from the application s menu You ll then be prompted to name the file and where to save it To keep your FBV Preset files tidy and easy to find you probably want to always save them in the directory where we already stored the factory presets during installation e Documents Line 6 FBV Mac e My Documents Line 6 FBV Windows Editi
28. of gear capable of controlling not only Line 6 Amp and POD devices via an RJ45 cable connection but also capable of controlling any software on your computer that receives common MIDI control messages via a standard USB connection The Line 6 FBV Control application is specifically for the latter function it provides a simple yet powerful set of features to allow you to program specifically what type of MIDI message is sent from each of the footswitch and pedal controls to your desired software Further you can then store these control assignments as FBV Preset files stored on your computer for recall anytime Go ahead and tweak all you like to allow your FBV MkII hardware to do those naughty MIDI controller things you always wanted to try Graphical User Interface In software speak the main window of the Line 6 FBV Control application is referred to as the Graphical User Interface or GUI if you want to sound hip around your software buddies Here we ve laid out descriptions for all the important things you need to know as you start clicking around in there Refer to the numbered descriptions below for details DEWICE CONTROLS Wick on a contrpi irgi image to edit its properties in the inspector below ruxc2 FBV SHORTBOARD MKN e ee j F REVEIRE A 3 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application Device Controls 1 FBV Image A graphical image of
29. of the footswitch Therefore the settings you want to enter into the FBV Control application s Control Properties list for the C footswitch control are as follows e MIDI Command MIDI CC e Value CC 028 e MIDI Port 1 Optionally you can choose any available port here but your GearBox MIDI In setting needs to match to receive the command see Get Connected on page 5 1 e MIDI Channel 1 GearBox receives MIDI on Channel 1 only e Switch Mode Toggle Configure a Footswitch to Control the GearBox Player Transport The Player module within GearBox allows you to load and play audio files from a CD or your computer hard drive or to play GuitarPort Online membership Lessons amp Tracks If you want to keep your hands on your guitar while jamming along with the Player then you can assign any of your FBV footswitches to control the Player s Rewind Play Stop or Fast Forward transport options To do so simply set the MIDI Command to Mackie and then choose the desired function in the Value column as shown here OK you should now be all set with your FBV with GearBox so stop mousing around on that computer and focus on the music 5 5 law FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software l J FBV Mkil witH 3RD PARTY SOFTWARE Once you have things connected and powered up if you haven t then head on back to Getting Started on page 1 1 you should now be ready to put
30. on page 4 1 The earlier POD Farm 1 10 version does not provide support for external MIDI control If you want to use your FBV MkII hardware to control the Line 6 GearBox software you ll want to install the GearBox 3 7 version or later for best performance TM see FBV MkII with Line 6 GearBox on page 5 1 To get the latest GearBox version connect your 1 4 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started Line 6 USB audio device you ll be using with GearBox TonePort POD Studio or GuitarPort hardware and launch Line 6 Monkey or go directly to the Line 6 Software Downloads page and choose GearBox to access the latest installer To Uninstall Line 6 FBV Control Should you ever need to uninstall the application just follow these steps e Mac Open the Finder and browse to the Applications gt Line 6 directory Just drag the Line 6 FBV Control application to your Trash to remove it e Windows Go to Start gt Programs gt Line 6 gt Tools and select the Line 6 Uninstaller utility This handy application walks you through removing several Line 6 applications and device drivers You ll have the option to choose to Line 6 FBV Control in the process Connecting FBV MkII to your POD X3 Connecting your FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII to a POD X3 or POD X3 Pro device is accomplished with one simple cable connection e First power OFF your POD X3 Your FBV unit comes with a
31. or LED lights illuminate to show it is powered up The first time you connect your FBV Shortboard Express MkII device to your computer s USB port your Mac or Windows operating system needs to install a device driver to allow your FBV to work with other hardware and software on your computer On a Mac Windows 7 or Windows Vista computer this process is done automatically and you can skip to the next section to put your FBV to use 5 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started On Windows XP you may need to click through a few dialogs to install the device driver Once you connect the USB cable you should see Windows XP detect the new device at the bottom right of your screen i Found New Hardware FEY Shortboard Mk II Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with your permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only Yes now and every time connect a device No not this time Click Next to continue In the following screen select the Install automatically option and click Next Found New Hardware Wizard Note that XP recognizes and installs FBV as a USB Audio Device This is normal behavior for the Windows XP USB Class Compliant Driver This
32. parameter To see this you ll need to select Bank 4 of the top row of Rotary cells and the Wah Position parameter should appear in the Rotary 1 controller slot EJ ACT MIDI Controller 1 Preset Ex Controllers Options LEIS Mi ee The GearBox Plug In Wah Position Wah Position VolPedalPosition Os 1 00 arameter appears in the Rotary 1 slot p PP 2 LETT EE Slider 2 4 Mals RA A The Default preset is selected In the Controllers tab select Bank 4 for the top row of cells a feo mt Palas e Click on the lower cell of the Rotary 1 controller slot and this places it in MIDI Learn mode where it then waits to receive a MIDI command from the assigned MIDI surface control device your FBV Controllers Options at MIDI Learn i e Now move your FBV Wah Pedal and you should immediately see the Rotary 1 cells switch out of MIDI Learn mode meaning your Pedal s MIDI command was learned thus mapping your controller to the parameter e Now just move your pedal and you should see the big Wah position knob move in response in the GearBox Plug In window Play your track and you ll hear the Wah do its thing e Repeat the above steps to use MIDI Learn to map any other controllers from your FBV MkII device to other SONAR plug in or instrument parameters When done type a new title in the Preset field at the top of the ACT dialog and click the Save button to save all these new m
33. parameter was successfully mapped Chorus Delay 2 Modulation Click on the Dry Wet knob The text at the bottom field of Live indicates it is waiting for you to press a Control on your FBV device to map it The newly mapped MIDI Channel CC is now displayed The text shows mapping details e Since we configured the FBV Pedal Wah control to send MIDI CC 5 you should see that Live s Chorus Mix knob is mapped to Channel 1 CC 5 6 9 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Exit Live s MIDI Map Mode and give it a try You should see the Chorus Dry Wet knob respond to your FBV Pedal movement Now it s your turn Switch your FBV pedal so the VOL LED indicates it is set for the Pedal Volume Control and go ahead and map it to a different effect parameter following the same steps we just did here You ll see that you can switch between using the two mappings you just made for the Pedal Wah versus Pedal Volume Controls by toggling the pedal s toe switch Mapping to an AU or VST Effect Parameter As with most other DAW software with Ableton Live you are not just limited to mapping your FBV footswitch and pedal controls to Live s parameters Once a 3rd party AU or VST Plug In is loaded in the software it is also possible to map to the Plug In s parameters In this example we ll show you how to map the FBV Pedal Wah Control to the Line 6 POD Farm Plug In s Wah Position parame
34. receive MIDI CC type commands so you ll want to make sure that your FBV footswitch or pedal controller is transmitting this type of MIDI message using the Line 6 FBV Control application The lower right panel also allows you to map to more channel strip parameters beyond track 1 16 It is also possible to customize these Generic Remote parameter lists using the other options in this dialog Please see the Cubase Help documentation for details Cubase Transport Control Cubase allows control of its transport by way of a simple MIDI Machine Control Slave option meaning it will listen for MMC commands from a selected device and respond accordingly Since we assigned MMC commands to several FBV footswitch buttons in the FBV Control application all we need to do is set Cubase to listen to your FBV MkII device for the MMC commands Go to the Cubase Transport menu and select Project Synchronization Setup 6 30 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Project Synchronization Setup Ed Timecode Source O Internal Timecode MIDI Timecode 4510 Audio Device VST System Link MICI Timecode Source Application Master Machine Control Device WMC Master Active i Check the box for MMC Slave Active da MMC Slave Active Choose your first FBV USB MIDI Port USE Audio Device for the MIDI Input Mot connected MMC Device ID Click OK to exit the dialog Now try your FBV footswitches that you assigned
35. we re using Ableton Live version 8 but the steps are similar for most recent Ableton Live versions including the Live Lite Line 6 version you might have received with your other Line 6 gear Ableton also offers a free downloadable demo of Live at www ableton com downloads should you want to try it out This tutorial should help you grasp the basics for how to set up other MIDI DAW software for your FBV MkII Controller however most such applications vary to some degree in their MIDI options and features so be sure to check your software s documentation for more specifics FBV Control Assignment Configuration The first step before even launching Ableton Live is that we ll need to configure a set of MIDI assignments for the footswitches and pedals of our FBV device Ableton Live like many other DAW applications utilizes MIDI CC commands to access most of its parameters Therefore we re going to assign MIDI CC commands to our FBV footswitch and pedal controls using the Line 6 FBV Control application and save these settings as an FBV preset e Connect your FBV MkII device to your computer and launch Line 6 FBV Control e Go to File gt Open and load the Blank fbv preset e Go to File gt Save As and let s title this new preset Live fbv Ableton Live incorporates a MIDI Learn type of functionality for setting up MIDI Control devices see MIDI Learn Functionality on page 6 3 for more about this So thi
36. within the Line 6 FBV Control application s Control Properties List see page 393 6 2 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software MIDI Channels Each USB MIDI Port carries 16 MIDI channels By default your FBV MkII device is configured to transmit its MIDI data to Channel 1 on the selected MIDI Port for each Control However you can set any individual FBV Control to transmit its MIDI control data to any MIDI Channel see the Control Properties List section on page 3 3 You may find that your software offers options to choose one specific MIDI channel from the selected MIDI port so you will want to be sure to configure any such MIDI channel options to match those that your FBV Controls are transmitting to This allows you to set your FBV MkII controller to transmit all its MIDI commands out one common MIDI port yet with some of its individual controls fed to different channels thus allowing your MIDI DAW software to filter and receive only the desired commands Consult your software s documentation for info on its MIDI channel options MIDI Learn Functionality Many MIDI and DAW software applications make using an external MIDI controller very easy by way of a MIDI Learn functionality built into their software With a MIDI Learn feature you typically click on the desired knob slider switch in the GUI of the software to place it in a Learn mode Then you simply access the control on your
37. wizard helps you install software for USB Audio Device S If your hardware came with an installation CD lt 6 or floppy disk insert it now What do you want the wizard to do Install the software automatically Recommended Ceinstall from a list or specific location Advanced Click Next to continue Next you should see the final dialog telling the installation is complete click Finish Your FBV is now ready to rock FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started Found New Hardware Wizard Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard The wizard has finished installing the software for reJ USB Audio Device y Click Finish to close the wizard FBV Pedal Calibration Note The following calibration steps are not necessary if your FBV MkII device has the 1 00 Flash Memory version However any Flash Memory update past version 1 00 will require that you calibrate your FBV pedal for the best performance To check your FBV MkII current Flash Memory version or to download amp install any newer Flash Memory version that might be available please use Line 6 Monkey following the Update instructions on page 1 2 For the best performance of the on board pedal of your FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device it is recommended that you perform the following steps to calibrate the pedal before putting it to use with your computer or your Line 6 Amp or POD FBV Shortboard MkII Calibration Steps e Star
38. your Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII device to work to remotely control your favorite software applications Here we ve included some helpful tips and examples for how to configure MIDI and DAW software applications to respond to your FBV MkII device About USB MIDI Ports amp Channels When connected to the USB port of your Mac or Windows computer your FBV MkII device establishes one USB MIDI In port and four USB MIDI Out ports on your computer These are not physical ports that require you to use a mess of MIDI cables your FBV communicates all its MIDI data across your USB cable to these virtual software MIDI ports The FBV MIDI In port is utilized by your FBV MkII device to receive MIDI information and its primary function is to allow your FBV to communicate with Line 6 Monkey and FBV Control applications You likely will not be using this MIDI In port with other software since your desired use of your FBV is to transmit MIDI commands which it does via its MIDI Out ports You ll be able to access these FBV MIDI Ports within the Options or Preferences settings of any software on your computer that supports MIDI communication Windows MIDI Port Communication It is important to note that the Windows USB Class Compliant driver which is used for your FBV MkII device on Windows 7 Vista and XP inherently will not allow more than one application utilize one USB MIDI port at a time
39. A B C D footswitch and Pedal rows This preset assigns MIDI commands to all the device s MIDI Controllers for us so that we can then map them in Cubase e The above steps assign MIDI commands to all the device s MIDI Controllers for us so that we can then map them in Cubase The steps configure some of the FBV footswitches to transmit MMC MIDI Machine Control commands to control Cubase transport and MIDI CC messages to trigger other Cubase functions e You likely do not need to make any changes to these default settings but if you do make any changes it is a good idea to go to File gt Save As and this as a new preset perhaps titled something clever such as Cubase fbv e Exit the FBV Control application Cubase MIDI Port Setup Since you are using your FBV MkII device as a MIDI controller device you ll want to exclude it from the Cubase All Inputs MIDI Port settings This way if you choose the All Input option for one of your MIDI tracks the track will not receive input from your FBV device and record its MIDI controller data into the track To configure this setting go to the Cubase Devices gt Device Setup dialog Since the settings we used in the Line 6 FBV Control application configured all FBV controllers to transmit to the FBV USB MIDI Out port 1 we can select just this first FBV MIDI port in Cubase and de select FBV MIDI ports 2 3 amp 4 6 28 Select MIDI Port Setup Device Setup Se M
40. BV MkII to function with Logic Pro 8 the steps should be similar for other recent versions of Logic as well Line 6 FBV Control Application Settings First launch the Line 6 FBV Control Application and load the FBV Default fbv preset e Above shows the FBV Default preset settings for an FBV Shortboard MkII For an FBV Express MkII you ll see only the A B C D footswitch and Pedal rows This preset assigns MIDI commands to all the device s MIDI Controllers for us so that we can then map them in Logic e Note that some Footswitch controllers B C D and others are set to transmit MMC MIDI Machine Control commands These can be mapped to specifically control the Logic transport You can alternatively set other Footswitch controllers to send the desired MMC messages to have them each control a Logic Transport function if you prefer e Ifyou make any changes to the settings in FBV Control application it is a good idea to go to File gt Save As and this as a new preset perhaps titled something clever such as Logic fbv Mapping Controllers with the Logic MIDI Learn Function Logic Pro includes support for several MIDI Control Surface devices which are typically large hardware units including faders knobs and other controls to emulate a large analog mixing console The Line 6 FBV MkII units are not included as Logic supported Control Surface devices however you can still easily map any of your FBV controllers to Logic or
41. BV Shortboard Mkil BANK UP DOWN Step on Bank Up or Down to cue the next User Bank and Channel For example if you currently have preset 1B loaded press Bank Up and the FBV display flashes the selected Tone s name for preset 2B so you know what s there but it hasn t audibly switched you out of 1B yet LOAD CHANNEL Press the Channel A B C or D button to instantly load the respective preset in the current User Bank After pressing the Bank Up or Down button the display will be flashing waiting for you to select a Channel As in the above example pressing A will load preset 2A or pressing B will load 2B etc 2 FBV MkIl Advanced User Guide POD X3 FBV Express MkII LOAD CHANNEL Press the A B C or D button to instantly load the respective preset in the current User Bank To select one of the 1 32 numbered Banks within your POD X3 User folder turn the knob on your POD labeled Press to Save The POD X3 Home Page The POD X3 Home page is your main screen where you can see the elements of the current preset When POD X3 is set to the User folder you can press the HOME button to toggle between the Tone Path display and the alternate Big User display This Big User display shows the Tone name s and makes it easy to see the preset s Bank Channel number from a distance which can be very helpful when using your FBV POD X3 in a live situation or when wearing those cheap sunglasses of yours
42. FBV MkII Series Controller Advanced User Guide Using the FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII with Line 6 POD X3 POD Farm 2 GearBox amp 3rd Party Software FBV MkIil Advanced User Guide Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS SOE Sia aise dennis PBV MkII with Line 6 Spider i esusennesrnsnrsninsnnnnenenurna lel Updating amp Registering with Line 6 Monkey sessssesssssessssesssssessssosssrressrsesssrressseessss Le Line 6 FBV Err a InstallatiOesnnnn Le3 Sei catia mee me levee ie ig PDA A eer Le5 Comectine FDV a UE rome Tour COmpuUteT sretni 1e5 fe miele se biases aia eemeeeneneea ner renner tee nny EN le7 oae cms a SOC E eee Meee E er renee E ete Meh Stra E E eee ee tere aay E ET 1e8 FBV MERI with POD X3 sesosssseossssosseceosssossssesosssosossssosssssssssesossessss Z E E A EE AAE E N ARR 20 E A a a N I AN AEA AOA EAE EEE 20 onnenn Eae a MO EERTE 203 POD X3 System Conhguration Pedal Settings ssissriiiisirsisrsissierissicesisirsssssirsoirsoissoskesns 204 Usine FBV Pedals wih Tone 1 and Tone Fete eccrine 2e7 ea Loa Time ee rece eo ERTE 209 The Line 6 FBV Control Application ssssssssesscosossossosessessossssessessoses 3 h Si f M 3 e V ats in 1t for ECE EE LE EEE TE EE EE LT NEE Ee LE Ee EET Eee Ee TCE er ee eT ee ee ee ere re ere rere ree re Graphical User Interface EE Lee Lee ee ee ee Te ee Tee TTT SLE eee eee ee ee ENAT eee eee eee er ee re er eee re e
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44. FBV MkII device and the software instantly maps the accessed FBV switch pedal to control the selected parameter For example Propellerhead Reason and Ableton Live applications provide exactly this type of functionality for most of their parameters including their transport buttons mixer faders track options and even their synth amp effects parameters For applications that offer this MIDI Learn capability you ll want to be sure that your FBV MkII footswitch and pedal controls have MIDI commands assigned so that the target software has something to learn The nice thing about a MIDI Learn feature is that typically you need to only configure your controller to transmit MIDI CC commands of any Value the software simply listens and learns whatever it receives when in learn mode Some applications parameters might also require a specific Switch Type setting though Single Toggle or Momentary As always it is a good idea to read through your MIDI DAW software s documentation on its MIDI Learn options for details or some applications have such a feature with a different name Please see the tutorials for several popular DAW applications later in this chapter for some helpful examples For use with your MIDI Learn software you can set each FBV MkII control to send a different MIDI CC command and the software will utilize this communication with FBV To configure these settings use the Line 6 FBV Control application
45. FBV Pedal Wah Control to Live s Chorus effect Dry Wet parameter This will allow us to change the Dry Wet mix of Live s Chorus effect in real time Note that this also makes it possible to write parameter automation in real time using the FBV Pedal more on that later e On your FBV device make sure the onboard Pedal is set to Wah the Wah LED indicator is on If it isn t press the Pedal all the way forward and click the toe switch e In Ableton Live first record or load an audio file in an audio track so that you have something to play and hear your effect in action e Load the Chorus as an insert effect on this audio track You can do this by selecting Effects gt Chorus gt Chorus in the Live Devices panel and then drag this Chorus effect on top of your audio track to insert it 6 8 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Drag the Chorus effect to your Audio track to insert it e You ll then see the Chorus effect module appear in Live s lower effects panel Now place Live into MIDI Map Mode see the instructions above at the start of this section Once in Map dr 6 Mode you will see the Chorus effect s map able parameters highlighted e We re going to map to the Chorus Dry Wet knob Just click on the knob and Live will then wait to receive a MIDI Control command Move your FBV Pedal until you see the text at the bottom of Live s screen indicate that the Dry Wet
46. GearBox are trademarks of Line 6 Inc All other product names trademarks and artists names are the property of their respective owners which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6 Copyright 2010 Line 6 Inc FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started GETTING STARTED Congratulations if you ve obtained a new FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII since you are now equipped for remote hands free access to numerous Line 6 products as well as 3rd party MIDI software This document will walk you through setting up and using your FBV MkII Series Controller specifically with POD X3 POD X3 Pro Line 6 POD Farm 2 amp GearBox software and 3rd party MIDI amp DAW software that responds to MIDI control To get the most out of POD X3 POD Farm 2 or MIDI DAW software and best understand just what those FBV buttons and pedals are accessing it is recommended you first read through the very helpful info in these products User Manuals Another handy resource is the FBV MkII Series Controller User Manual which comes in the box with your FBV MkII unit Or you can download all current documentation free from the Line 6 Support site at http line6 com support manuals FBV MkII with Line 6 Spider Amplifiers Line 6 FBV MkII Series Controllers are designed to work with many Line 6 Amplifiers In particular the Line 6 Spider IV and Spider Valve MkII Amplifiers offer remote control of many exciti
47. IDI Port Setup Remote Devices i Generic Remote i i Quick Controls O Transport h Time Display to Video Plaver FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Uncheck the All Inputs box for all the FBV USB MIDI Ports MIDI Port Setup a DirectMusic In Fireface 800 Midi Fireface 800 Midi x Active X al Dieciusic Out Fieface 800 Midi Frecce 600 Midi x lace Windows MIDI In USBAudioDevice UME EJ Inactive a Windows MIDI In __ USB Audio Device 2 USB Audio Device 2 Inactive f O Windows MIDI in US Audo Devesi USB Audo Deves 8 O Jime O Windows MIDI In_ USB Audio Device 4 USB Audio Device 4 D Inactive O Windows MIDI Out Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth Microsoft GS Wavetable Sw 9 f Inactive N7 Windows MIDI Out USB Audio Device USB Audio Device f X Inactive Check the first FBV USB MIDI port and uncheck the FBV ports 2 3 amp 4 Note that since we re using Windows XP in this example the FBV MIDI ports appears as USB Audio Device They will appear named differently if using Windows 7 Vista or Mac OS X see page 681 Cubase Parameter Control Cubase offers support for many 3rd party MIDI Control Surface devices large hardware units designed to emulate analog mixing consoles with dozens of hardware faders knobs and buttons Your Line 6 FBV MkII device is not one of these Steinberg supporte
48. II with Line 6 Monkey to update my Spider IV or Spider Valve MkII amp how do I do that You heard correctly The short answer is to simply connect your amp to an FBV MkII via the RJ45 cable and FBV MkII to your computer via USB and then launch the Line 6 Monkey software This will connect to the Line 6 Online server and recommend any necessary updates for your Spider amp Note that is required that you register your FBV MkII to obtain some updates For more info please see the Spider IV or Spider Valve MkII Advanced User Guide found on the FBV MkII Online Help site What is the FBV firmware or flash memory and why do I need to update it You can think of the firmware of your FBV MkII device as the permanent software on the inside of the device that makes things tick and the flash memory is the section that holds instructions and device settings It is recommended that you run Line 6 Monkey every so often and let it install any recommended flash memory update so that your device has the latest and greatest set of data to allow it to be compatible with other devices amp software and function at its best Do I need a special USB cable for FBV Nope Any standard USB cable will do just like you d buy to connect any USB peripheral device to your computer No need to spend extra on those 24 karat gold tipped ultra shielded or quasi impenetrable types unless you want to Can I connect my FBV MkII to a USB hub Yes but i
49. Note It is actually possible to select a value of O 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 e Fixed Sets the Footswitch action to jump to a specific Bank Preset number 0 through 127 as set in the Value column Note Any FBV Bank Change command always also transmits a Program Change as part of its MIDI message This provides the behavior where the first preset is automatically recalled within the new selected Bank For example if your software is currently on Bank 1 and preset 23 if your FBV Control is configured to send Bank Change_Increment_Value 1 this results in recalling Bank 2 and preset 1 in your target software e Ifthe MIDI Command is MIDI CC the options are Single Momentary or Toggle to provide these types of switch behaviors Please also see Footswitch Control Behaviors on page 3 5 forthe details on these switch modes e If the MIDI Command is MMC or Mackie there are no selectable Switch Mode options However you will see that some MMC and Mackie commands will automatically set themselves to be Toggle behaviors such as Play Stop which alternates between sending these two messages 304 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application 7 No Device Connection Indicator If no FBV MkII device is detected when you laun
50. POD Farm 2 Standalone Application MIDI Input Configuration on page 4 7 If you are to be controlling POD Farm 2 Plug In you ll need to configure the DAW hot software in which you are using the Plug In to receive MIDI from these FBV MkII MIDI Ports see POD Farm 2 Plug In MIDI Input Configuration on page 48 4e FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 MIDI Communication with your Software With your FBV MkII device USB connected to your computer you typically just need to set your software application to receive MIDI control data from the specific MIDI Out port and MIDI channel to which your FBV device is transmitting For example in the Ableton Live or Live Lite software the Preferences gt MIDI Sync dialog offers options to choose one or more MIDI controller devices In your MIDI DAW software you ll see FBV MIDI Ports 1 through 4 from which to receive MIDI Control data By default all your FBV MkII Control assignments are transmitted to the FBV MIDI Out Port 1 However you can set any individual FBV control to transmit its MIDI control data to any FBV MIDI Out port 1 through 4 see the FBV Control application s Control Properties List section on page 31 Windows MIDI Port Communication It is important to note that the Windows USB Class Compliant driver which is used for your FBV MkII device on Windows inherently allows only one application to utilize each MIDI port at a time T
51. Plug In parameters by using the Logic MIDI Learn feature To follow we ll show you how to map your FBV Pedal to control the Wah Position parameter of an inserted POD Farm AU Plug In These same steps can be followed to map any other pedal or footswitch controller on your FBV MkII device to any Logic parameter as well It is recommended that you read through the Logic Control Surface Support documentation as well to learn more about the Logic MIDI Learn and controller capabilities First here s a handy tip in Logic The Logic Pro transport always shows you when MIDI data is being received and specifically the MIDI Channel command type and value For example watch 6 14 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software the transport indicator and activate the pedal or footswitch on your FBV and you ll see this MIDI In information displayed In this screenshot we just moved our Wah Pedal all the way forward so we see the MIDI In show us that Logic last received on MIDI Channel 1 CC 11 with a Value of 127 01 00 01 21 26 1 1 120 0000 4 4 21 11127 1 4 3 199 i i 130 16 No Out This indicator can be very helpful to confirm Logic is receiving MIDI from your device and specifically its MIDI command amp values without always having to go back to the Line 6 FBV Control application dialog For this example we ll map the Pedal of FBV to the POD Farm Plug In s Wah Position parameter If you do not happen to have
52. The Line 6 FBV Control application when open uses the FBV MIDI In port and the MIDI Out port 4 for communication with your FBV device Therefore if you have another MIDI DAW software application also currently running on your Windows computer that is configured to also use these same FBV MIDI ports only one application will be permitted to do so If you already have your MIDI DAW software running and it has the FBV MIDI In port enabled trying to then launch the Line 6 FBV Control application will typically result in the FBV Control application failing to detect the connected FBV device since it is in use already by the other software One possible solution is to disable the use of the FBV MIDI In port and FBV MIDI Out 4 port within your MIDI DAW software to permit you to still use it while also using the FBV Control application You should be OK keeping the MIDI DAW software enabled for receiving from the FBV MIDI Out ports 1 through 3 which allows you to still send MIDI Control commands from FBV to your software Otherwise you should exit all other MIDI DAW applications when using the FBV Control software to provide full MIDI port access to the FBV Control software for editing your FBV control settings Note The Line 6 Monkey application also utilizes the FBV MIDI ports for its ability to detect and update your connected FBV device It is always recommended that you exit the Line 6 FBV Control as well as any MIDI DAW software before
53. Tone 1 See the following TONE1 TWK section Pedal 2 options are not active e 1 W V 2 TWK Pedal 1 controls the Wah or Volume effect s Position parameter with the toe switch toggling between controlling these two effects for Tone 1 Pedal 2 options are not active The PEDAL TONE 1 options for FBV Shortboard with an Expression pedal are as follows e 1 W OFF 2 VOL Pedal 1 controls the Wah with the toe switch toggling the Wah effect on off Pedal 1 performs no function when the Wah is off Pedal 2 controls the Volume at all times e 1 TWK 2 VOL Pedal 1 controls the Tweak parameter that is currently assigned for Tone 1 See the following TONE1 TWK description The toe switch performs no function Pedal 2 controls the Volume for Tone 1 e 1 W V 2 TWK Pedal 1 controls the Wah or Volume effect s Position parameter with the toe switch toggling between controlling these two effects for Tone 1 Pedal 2 controls the Tweak parameter that is currently assigned for Tone 1 See the following TONE2 TWK description TONE2 PEDAL Use these TONE2 settings to configure the two modes of operation for Pedal 1 amp Pedal 2 if Pedal 2 is connected for Tone 2 The options for the PEDAL TONE2 are the same as those described in the TONE1 PEDAL section above but the settings here are strictly for Tone 2 to provide you with independent pedal behaviors per Tone The values you have set for the PEDAL CNTRL setting see previous description
54. Wah Position parameter since it was the last item you selected with your mouse in the previous step 6 15 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software TIP Alternatively you can use the Command L key shortcut instead of going to the Logic Preferences menu e When you select this Learn Assignment menu command it launches the Logic Controller Assignments dialog and a message informs you that it is waiting for you to access your MIDI Controller so that it can Learn the MIDI command from it Controller Assignments Waiting for incoming messages Easy View Expert View Slowly move a slider turn a knob or press a button To cancel learning assignments click button gt Learn Mode Parameter Wah Position Channel Strip Selected Track 1 Input message Note that the Controller Assignment dialog also offers an Expert View this offers many more options and allows you to further manually map MIDI controllers Please see the Logic documentation for this dialog if you want to explore this further The Easy View works great for instantly mapping a controller e Now move your FBV Pedal and you should see the Controller Assignment dialog receive and Learn the MIDI Control message which is configured to transmit MIDI CC 11 with a Value range of O 127 as part of the FBV Default preset we previously selected in the Line 6 FBV Control
55. amp Program Change settings are also included in the FBV MkII presets to allow footswitches to navigate Setlists and their Tone Presets Further you can also customize these MIDI assignments individually for any POD Farm 2 Tone and or use the POD Farm 2 MIDI Learn feature to easily create your own MIDI assignments see MIDI Learn in POD Farm 2 on page 4 10 With the POD Farm 2 FBV control preset loaded in your FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device the application s Control Properties list will display all its MIDI settings FBV Shortboard Mkll POD Farm 2 Shortboard fbv preset settings when loaded in the FBV Control application The above FBV Shortboard MkII MIDI control settings perform the following functions with POD Farm 2 Bank Up Next Tone Preset within selected Setlist Previous Tone Preset within selected Setlist Selects Setlist 0 and recalls the O numbered Tone Preset within Boo 4 Selects Setlist 1 and recalls the 0 numbered Tone Preset within Selects Setlist 2 and recalls the O numbered Tone Preset within 4e4 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 Cc Selects Setlist 3 and recalls the O numbered Tone Preset within Stomp effects Distortions Dynamics Filters On Off Wahs Adjusts Position knob Tap Tempo Sets System Jempo Pre configured functions provided in POD Farm 2 by the POD Farm 2 Shortboard fbv preset settings e
56. apped settings asa SONAR ACT preset The SONAR ACT feature offers a great deal more functionality for MIDI control please be sure to read the SONAR Help documentation for details 6 21 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Propellerhead Reason FBV MkII Setup Tutorial The FBV MkII devices of course do not include the note keys amp knobs like a Line 6 KB37 keyboard controller offers to allow you to play the Reason instrument devices record MIDI performances etc However FBV MkII devices do offer Footswitch amp Expression Pedal controllers which can be used to trigger and control lots of parameters in Reason To configure an FBV for this functionality you ll need to set it up in Reason as a Generic MIDI Control Surface although for the record we hate to think of our beloved FBV generic Just follow these steps which are the same in Windows or Mac OS X unless otherwise noted e In the Reason Preferences dialog select Keyboards and Control Surfaces and click the Add button then select lt Other gt in the list of devices 4 Preferences Control Surface Page keyboards and Control Surfaces ae Use this page to add and set up Control Surfaces including MID bladel Manufacturer a keyboards One of pour MIDI keyboards will automatically be made the Master Keyboard this is the keyboard you use for playing devices in Reason Attached Surtaces Aubo detect
57. application a teal Assignment learned To learn another assignment simply click the desired parameter and operate another control To finish learning assignments click button Learn Mode Parameter Wah Position Yov ll see the Learned MIDI Channel Strip Selected Track Control command listed here Input message Control Change Ch 1 11 Lo Taarn Mode e Exit the Controller Assignments dialog and give the FBV Pedal a try You should see the Position knob within the GearBox Plug In window move in response Press Play in Logic to hear your audio track play and when you move the pedal you should hear the Wah effect do its thing on your track e Note that you can also set your Logic Audio track to record automation for this POD Farm Plug In Wah Position parameter and you can use the pedal to record a Wah performance too You should be able to repeat the above steps to access any mappable parameter in Logic with any of your FBV Controllers Mixer faders Pan knobs solo switch Software Instrument knobs other Plug In parameters etc Controlling the Logic Transport Functions To set your FBV footswitches to control the Logic transport controls you need to set Logic to listen for the MMC commands that your FBV footswitches are now configured to transmit 6 16 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software e Launch Logic and go to Preferences gt MIDI e Select th
58. at changing to the DUAL option automatically also changes the TONE2 LP SW option to DUAL this is necessary since both perform the same function TONE2 LP SW Shortboard only This LP SW Loop Switch setting allows you to choose what the FBV Shortboard FUNCTION switch actually controls for Tonel Your options for Tone 1 are e COMP Toggles Compressor block On Off e AMP Toggles Amp block On Off e LOOP POD X3 Pro only Toggles the FX Loop On Off e DUAL Performs the same toggling behavior between Tone 1 and Tone 2 as the TONE 2 Hold For Dual button including the Hold For Dual function to enable disable Dual Tone via footswitch TIP Remember these SYSTEM settings are specific to each User preset so be sure to SAVE so that your edited settings are retained for the particular preset you are modifying Using FBV Pedals with Tone and Tone 2 Let s take a look at the many options and behaviors available for using your FBV pedal and optional Expression pedal with Dual Tone presets As described above the TONE and TONE2 PEDAL mode options Wah Volume Tweak provide independent pedal assignments per Tone as well as per pedal if you have FBV Shortboard with an optional Expression pedal connected Therefore when configuring these pedal options for a Preset think about what you want to control in each Tone path Here are a some possibilities e Controlling a Wah in Tone 1 or Tone 2 only e Controlling a
59. ations Se ee Line 6 Monkey 1 31 1 31 Reinstall Latest ie sail Line 6 FBV Control 1 00 1 00 Change Device Help and Info 5 os 7 f TT ee Select an item that needs updating and click the Update Selection button Support Quit Flash Memory Update If Monkey tells you there is a newer Flash Memory version available for your FBV then it is important that you install it for the best performance and product compatibility Just follow the steps as Monkey instructs including these important tasks e Exit any Line 6 software or 3rd party MIDI DAW applications that might be using your FBV MkII device e Be sure not to press the buttons move the pedal or change any cable connections on your FBV device until the update process completes e Once Line 6 Monkey tells you the update was successfully completed exit Line 6 Monkey and launch it again to see if any additional updates might still be available Line 6 FBV Control Application Installation If you plan on using your FBV MkII to control software on your Mac or Windows computer then you ll also want to install the latest Line 6 FBV Control application This free software provides you with the ability to create load edit and store FBV presets full sets of customized MIDI controller configurations all in an easy to use application Note We ll cover obtaining and installing the Line 6 FBV Control application here in this section Please see T
60. between the two This is useful if you want some very specific actions such as alternating between triggering one software parameter with one stomp and then another parameter with the following stomp of the switch Footswitch LED Behaviors The top portion of every footswitch on your FBV MkII device includes an LED indicator When using your FBV with the USB connection these LEDs light up following the type of MIDI Command and Switch Mode that is sent by this footswitch Generally the following Switch Mode settings produce these footswitch LED behaviors e The Switch Mode Single setting results in the LED lighting up every time the footswitch is pressed with the LED not remaining lit on release of the switch This indicates that the same MIDI Value is sent on each press e The Switch Mode Toggle setting results in the LED alternating between staying on or off on each successive press of the footswitch to indicate that alternating MIDI Values are sent on each press e Inthe case of a MIDI CC type command a MIDI CC value of 0 to 64 means On resulting in the LED remaining lit A MIDI CC value of 65 to 127 means off resulting in the LED being off e Like the Toggle switch behavior above the Momentary Switch Mode also sends two CC Values However The Momentary setting results in the LED remaining on while the footswitch is held down since this is when the On MIDI Value is sent The LED turns
61. ce Folders pane hs FS Pt Pit hs mh aa The Tone Presets available within these folders include pre configured MIDI control assignments The POD Farm 2 Presets View The pre configured MIDI assignments allow any MIDI controller device to access several useful parameters for these POD Farm 2 Tones Note that these Tones MIDI assignments are Local MIDI assignments meaning they are saved individually with each Tone Preset and accessible within POD Farm 2 Plug In as well as in the POD Farm 2 standalone application Additionally the POD Farm 2 standalone application includes several pre configured Global MIDI assignments These Global MIDI assignments as the name suggests are configured for POD Farm 2 system settings These Global assignments are available regardless of the current Tone Preset and persist within the POD Farm 2 application it is not necessary to save your Tones to retain them With a Line 6 FBV MkII controller device we ve made things simple by providing a POD Farm 2 FBV Control preset to configure your FBV device to access these Tones MIDI assignments instantly see the next section POD Farm 2 FBV MkII Control Presets To provide a nice jump start we ve created POD Farm 2 FBV MkII control presets that can be loaded on your device using the Line 6 FBV Control application These FBV MkII control fbv file presets load a complete set of MIDI comma
62. ch 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 If your FBV is disconnected you can plug it into your computer s USB port while the Line 6 FBV Control application is still open and the application will automatically detect it momentarily Note to Windows Users An inherent behavior of the Windows 7 Vista amp XP USB Class Compliant driver is that it does not permit more than one application at a time to utilize a common USB MIDI device s MIDI port The Line 6 FBV Control application utilizes the FBV MIDI In Port to send your edited Control settings to the FBV device Therefore you ll want to avoid setting your MIDI DAW software to enable the FBV MIDI In port if you want to be able to have FBV Control open at the same time and communicate with your FBV You typically only need to enable one of the FBV MIDI Out ports 1 through 4 within your MIDI DAW software to receive MIDI commands from FBV Footswitch Control Behaviors As described within the Control Properties List section on page 3 3 the FBV MkII footswitch controls offer several different behaviors based on the type of MIDI Command and Value selected When selecting MIDI CC as the Command type you ll have the choice between three different Switch Mode options Single Toggle or Momentary Each foots
63. d Control Surface devices however it is still possible to map any of your FBV MIDI controllers to the many Cubase parameters This is accomplished by configuring your FBV MkII device as a Generic Remote device To accomplish this go to the Cubase Devices gt Device Setup dialog once again e If you do not already see the Generic Remote under the Remote Devices in the left panel click on the button at the top left of the dialog and choose Generic Remote from the menu to add it Select Generic Remote Device Setup Devices Aone MIDY Port Setup frm Remota evices Ea Generic Remote i Quick Controls fem Transport i Time Display hoe SoH Video Player sh VOT Audio System L ASID Fireface YST System Link Select the first FBV USB MIDI port as the MIDI Input Generic Remote USB Audio Device MIDI Input Mot Connected MIDI Status MIDI Channel 1 7 127 R Fader 1 n qu cL T ha ader 3 ader 4 Fader 5 ader 6 Controller 127 1 ader 7 Fader 8 Fader 9 Fader 10 Controller 10 127 Fader 11 ader 12 Controller upay k Controller Controller Controller Md 127 12 127 127 E sport oo oe ii Add on Controller we Delete J 12 127 12 Controller we Learn oo Controller Controller oe mom el Tel ad me el me oe DD FO WO 0 0 ao J oe oe R R Controller 11 Controller 12
64. determine whether Tone 2 will be controlled or not by your pedal s Also note the TONE2 TWK options below to configure what the TONE2 Tweak pedal options perform TONE1 TWK Tweak If you ve assigned one of the TONE1 PEDAL options to control TWK this is where you choose the parameter that will be controlled with that TWK assigned pedal The list of available parameters is too long to list here turn the knob and see what you find TONE2 TWK Tweak If you ve assigned one of the TONE2 PEDAL options to control TWK this is where you choose the parameter that will be controlled with that TWK assigned pedal The list of available parameters is too long to list here turn the knob and see what you find TONE1 LP SW Shortboard only This LPSW Loop Switch setting allows you to choose what the FBV Shortboard FUNCTION switch actually controls for Tone 1 Note that we ve recently expanded this to offer more than just a Loop Switch option so don t the name fool you Your options for Tone 1 are e COMP Toggles Compressor block on off e AMP Toggles Amp Cab block on off 2 6 FBV MkIl Advanced User Guide POD X3 e LOOP POD X3 Pro only Toggles the FX Loop on off e DUAL Performs the same toggling behavior between Tone 1 and Tone 2 as the TONE 2 Hold For Dual button on your POD X3 hardware including the Hold For Dual function to enable disable Dual Tone via footswitch Note You ll see th
65. e 2 Tweaks the Delay Mix resulting in the pedal adjusting both these parameters simultaneously Note It is possible to save a Dual Tone preset where the Wah effect block state is on in one Tone and off in the other If the PEDAL CNTRL System setting is set to BOTH TONES and the PEDAL is assigned to 1 W V for both Tone 1 amp 2 the behavior for the pedal still remains linked therefore clicking the pedal s toe switch toggles each Tone s Wah effect to the opposite on off state You have the option of setting the Wah block s on off state using your POD onboard controls and then saving the settings to the preset Likewise the PEDAL 1 W V mode specifically dictates that the pedal toe switch toggles between controlling the Wah and Volume effects Therefore if both PEDAL TONE1 amp PEDAL TONE are set to 1 W V it is possible to manually set these two effects on off states oppositely per Tone resulting in toe switch toggling them both oppositely at the same time The moral of the story here is that you can choose exactly how to configure each Tone and Save your User preset to achieve the behavior you want As you can see from the above examples you can get some really weird effects by configuring your pedal s independently for Tone 1 and Tone 2 and weird can be good The best practice is to create several different User presets and save the pedal configurations exactly how you want for each This
66. e 6 FBV Control Preferences When no Line 6 FBV device is detected at startup Prompt me at startup C Use FBV Shortboard MkIl C Use FBV Express MkIl iwi Show warning dialog at startup Cancel OK No Device Prompt When no Line 6 FBV device is detected at startup then the Line 6 FBV application has the option of displaying either an FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device configuration for its GUI By default you ll always be prompted on startup with a dialog to choose which you prefer If you do not want to be prompted select the preferred device here Alternatively you can check that little Do this every time box at the bottom of the prompt dialog itself to set this behavior and you can change it here in the Preferences any time Note that this does not affect how the Line 6 FBV application launches when your FBV MkII device is connected It will automatically display the GUI for the connected FBV device type Further if you have more than one FBV MkII device type connected to your computer at the same time such as both a Shortboard and Express MkII then you ll be prompted to select which you want the Line 6 FBV Control application to work with so go ahead and buy a few FBV units if you like Show Warning Dialog at Startup This checkbox refers to that dialog that pops up when Line 6 FBV Control application starts informing you about the important automatic behavior where the changes you make wit
67. e Sync tab e Click the MIDI Sync Project Settings button at the bottom right of the Sync tab this launches the Song Settings dialog e Inthe section labeled MIDI Machine Control MMC check the Listen to MMC Input option OAA Preferences a me E a ha Global Audio MIDI Display Score Video Automation Control Surfaces Sharing 000 m Untitled Project Settings es L eT Gener sync Deset Messages ah i BWMeOen Ba Se Synchronization Metronome Recording Tuning Audio MIDI Score Video Assets All MIDI Output Saar General Audio sit Unitor Delay 0 0 lms MIDI Clock MIDI Clock Transmit MIDI Clock mi Destination 1 E e eel Hone Resi E oer eee aE MIDI Time Code MTC Destination 2 MTC Pickup Delay 0 frames off Delay MTC transmission by 0 ims i i i i i i i i Delay transmission by TJ Ii 0O ms MIDI Machine Control MMC MMC Uses MMC standard messages Output ID Transport M an 127 MIDI Time Code MTC _ Transmit MTC All Input ID Transport Manu 127 MIDI Machine Control MMC Transmit Locate Commands When M Pressing Stop twice z M Dragging regions or events poe mi Listen to MMC Input z Transmit Record enable commands for audio tracks MIDI Sync Project Settings MIDI Sync Preferences Note that this is a per Song option in Logic To make this option global you must modify your Logic t
68. e WAH or VOL indicator items in the image respectively or directly on their rows in the Control Properties list You can assign these Pedal 1 functions to send any MIDI CC value you like so you can toggle between controlling two different functions in your software by pressing the pedal full forward and clicking the Toe Switch Also see the next description about the Toe Switch for related functions When the WAH LED is lit on your FBV hardware this indicates that the Pedal Wah assignment is in use When VOL LED is lit this indicates Pedal Vol is in use 4 Pedal 1 Toe Switch Click here to select the Toe Switch that is located beneath the on board pedal This switch actually has two functions e The Toe Switch can be assigned with any MIDI command just like any other FBV Footswitch This can be especially handy for some related Pedal based effect parameters e Additionally as a fixed non editable behavior the Toe Switch will toggle Pedal 1 to utilize either the Pedal Wah or Pedal Vol assignment as configured in the Control Properties list The WAH and VOL LED lights on your FBV unit will indicate which function is currently in use The Toe Switch always performs this action regardless of the settings made to the Toe Switch options in the Control Properties list This is an internal switch behavior and the Toe Switch does not transmit a MIDI command when performing this function The only MIDI command t
69. e you will not want to feed MIDI from your software to the FBV device The Line 6 FBV Control and Monkey applications utilize the FBV MIDI In for communication but no settings are necessary for this In many cases this is all the configuration needed and the MIDI DAW software will then receive your FBV MIDI commands Some applications however offer additional options to choose the brand or type of MIDI controller device to communicate properly with it For applications that offer this you ll want to look for the option to choose a generic controller device Further some applications also allow you to rename your MIDI Device port names giving them more friendly titles See your MIDI software s Help documentation for specific instructions You can also check the following sections to see examples of a few popular MIDI application examples MIDI Input Options in your Software In some MIDI and DAW applications Preferences or MIDI Options you may see only a set of MIDI Input settings rather than a specific Control Surface or MIDI Control option as described above If your MIDI DAW software s documentation instructs you to use this for selecting MIDI controller devices then you ll want to select the FBV MIDI Port to which your Controls are transmitting By default all your FBV MkII Control assignments are transmitted to the FBV MIDI Out Port 1 but you can change this MIDI Out Port setting per Control
70. each Tone in a preset so please note the behaviors here TONE 1 ONLY Pedal 1 and pedal 2 if connected affects only Tone 1 and follows Tone 1 s PEDAL mode settings regardless of Tone 2 s Pedal mode settings and on off state TONE 2 ONLY Pedal 1 and pedal 2 if connected only affects Tone 2 and follow Tone 2 s PEDAL mode settings regardless of Tone 1 s PEDAL mode settings and on off state BOTH TONES Pedal 1 and pedal 2 if connected affects Tone 1 according to Tone 1 s PEDAL mode settings and simultaneously affects Tone 2 following Tone 2 s PEDAL mode settings 2 5 FBV MkIl Advanced User Guide POD X3 TONE1 PEDAL Use this TONE setting to configure the two modes of operation for Pedal 1 amp Pedal 2 if Pedal 2 is connected for Tone 1 The settings here are strictly for Tone 1 and the value you have set for the PEDAL CNTRL setting see previous determines whether Tone 1 will be controlled or not by your pedal s Note that the pedal options differ if you have an FBV Shortboard with an Expression pedal connected The PEDAL TONE1 options for FBV Express and Shortboard without an Expression pedal are as follows e 1 W V 2 VOL Pedal 1 controls the Wah or Volume effect s Position parameter with the toe switch toggling between controlling these two effects for Tone 1 Pedal 2 options are not active e 1 TWK 2 VOL Pedal 1 controls the Tweak parameter that is currently assigned for
71. ely At the top of the Live software screen click on the Live Transport Play button You ll see text at the bottom of Live s screen indicating it is waiting to receive a MIDI Controller message Stomp on your FBV A footswitch Then you ll see the text indicate the message was received and the Play button is now mapped Keep Absolute as the Mode Absolute F You ll also see that the Play button now has a 1 1 overlaid on top This indicates it is mapped to MIDI Channel 1 MIDI CC 1 which is of course what we configured the FBV A switch to send While still in MIDI Map Mode repeat these steps again for the Transport Stop and Record buttons mapping the FBV B and C buttons to them Once done you should see the Transport buttons show the proper mapped indicators like this H IE IE FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software If you have the Live MIDI Mappings panel open you ll also see these mappings you just created there Note that if you want to delete any of them select the mapping in this list and hit the Delete button on your computer keyboard e Press the MIDI Map Mode button again at the top right of the Live screen to exit Map Mode Now press your FBV s A B and C buttons to try them out You should see Live s Transport react accordingly Repeat the above steps again if you like and map the FBV D button to any other d_ 6 of Live s swi
72. emplate file with this MMC setting 6 17 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Cakewalk SONAR FBV MkII Setup Tutorial Line 6 FBV MkII devices Footswitch and Pedal controllers can be configured to trigger many of Cakewalk SONAR functions software instrument amp plug in parameters and more by taking advantage of the SONAR built in ACT Active Controller Technology features To follow are the instructions for configuring an FBV MkII to function with SONAR 8 Producer the steps should be similar for other recent versions of SONAR as well Line 6 FBV Control Application Settings First before launching SONAR connect your FBV to your computer s USB port launch the Line 6 FBV Control Application and load the FBV Default fbv preset e Above shows the FBV Default preset settings for an FBV Shortboard MkII For an FBV Express MkII you ll see only the A B C D footswitch and Pedal rows This preset assigns MIDI commands to all the device s MIDI Controllers for us so that we can then map them in SONAR e You likely do not need to make any changes to these default settings but if you do make any changes it is a good idea to go to File gt Save As and this as a new preset perhaps titled something clever such as SONAR fbv e Exit the FBV Control application Configure SONAR MIDI Device Settings To set SONAR so that it can receive surface controller MIDI data from your FBV MkII y
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74. evice A POD Farm 2 license can also be purchased as an Add On for a Line 6 POD xt POD X3 units or for an iLok USB key to allow POD Farm 2 Plug In to be run with one of these devices To purchase POD Farm 2 connect your Line 6 USB audio interface to your Mac or Windows computer launch Line 6 Monkey and let the little monkey fellow show you the enlightened path to the download Or go directly to the http line6 com software page and download it from there If you have not already done so also download and install the Line 6 FBV Control application You ll need this to load and edit the MIDI commands your FBV device will use to communicate with POD Farm 2 See the The Line 6 FBV Control Application on page 3 1 for download instructions About USB MIDI Ports amp Channels First it is helpful to learn how all this MIDI communication works between your FBV MkII device and your computer When connected to the USB port of your Mac or Windows computer your FBV MkII device establishes one USB MIDI In port and four USB MIDI Out ports These are not physical hardware ports that require you to use a mess of MIDI cables your FBV communicates all its MIDI data across your USB cable to these virtual software MIDI ports If you are going to be controlling the POD Farm 2 standalone application you ll access these FBV MIDI Ports within the Preferences of the POD Farm 2 standalone application see
75. example A few other things to check e Each footswitch and pedal control of your FBV can be transmitted to one of four MIDI ports FBV MIDI Out ports 1 through 4 Further each control can be set to transmit out any of 16 MIDI channels on the selected port You can see and change these port and channel settings using the FBV Control application You ll need to make sure your MIDI DAW software is set to receive MIDI control data on the same port amp channel to which your FBV is transmitting e Are you sure you have your FBV sending the proper types of MIDI commands Some DAW applications utilize MIDI CC commands to access all their parameters Some use MIDI Machine Control MMC or Mackie format commands to access transport buttons Further some MIDI DAW applications have a fixed set of assigned MIDI commands for their set of accessible parameters The only way to know for sure is to consult the software manufacturer s documentation A quick search or post on the software manufacturer s user forums is usually a good way to find out where to look for his info Online Resources Hungry for more info We ve got plenty of helpful resources just a click away e Several additional Help documents covering the latest FBV news and support info product Release Notes and more are available here FBV Online Support 7 4 FBV MkIil Advanced User Guide Reference e For info on POD Farm 2 Plug In amp POD Farm 2 standalone applica
76. fects on off navigate your custom POD Farm 2 Setlists control POD Farm 2 Plug In parameters while writing DAW automation and more If you have not already done so please connect your FBV Shortboard or Express MkII to your computer s USB port and launch Line 6 Monkey to make sure your FBV is updated with the latest Device Firmware version please see Updating amp Registering with Line 6 Monkey on page 1e1 What is POD Farm 2 In case you re wondering Line 6 POD Farm 2 is the software available for owners of Line 6 USB audio interface products The POD Farm 2 standalone application provides a full featured computer User Interface where you can access all those famous Line 6 guitar amp bass amp preamp speaker cabinet mic and effects models Using your Line 6 USB audio interface this essentially provides you legendary POD tone right on your computer which you can use to record into your favorite audio software or jam along with your favorite songs Further POD Farm 2 also includes the POD Farm 2 Plug In and POD Farm Elements Plug Ins which run as audio effects plug ins within all major DAW applications on your Mac or Windows computer The POD Farm 2 standalone application and the POD Farm 2 Plug In both support external MIDI control and your FBV MkII device is the perfect USB MIDI controller device for the task Note The POD Farm 2 standalone application requires a Line 6 POD Studio TonePort or GuitarPort d
77. ftware itself see your software s documentation Note that your on board Pedal actually has two configurable Control settings in the Control Properties list Pedal Wah and Pedal Vol You can set each of these Controls independently and then use the Toe Switch to toggle between the two mapped parameters Please see the Pedal Wah and Pedal Vol descriptions on page 32 for details 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 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 FBV device s internal memory is automatically loaded into the Control application s GUI Additionally whenever you edit any single setting in the Control application the changes are automatically written to the internal memory of the FBV MkII device s internal memory TIP Even though all the settings within the Line 6 FBV Control a
78. function between the Pedal Wah and Pedal Vol assignments e Pedal Wah Adjusts the Position knob for Wah models within some of the POD Farm 2 Tone Presets In a few Tone Presets one pedal may also control the Bender model s Position knob for some cool pitch bending action e Pedal Volume Adjusts both the Tone A Level and Tone P Level faders within the Mixer View simultaneously If your current POD Farm 2 configuration is a single Tone then only the Tone A Level fader is controlled Note that this is a Global MIDI assignment and only exists as a pre configured MIDI assignment in the POD Farm 2 standalone application and not in the Plug In However you can use MIDI Learn to create this and other Global MIDI assignments manually with your FBV Express MkII With these settings made on your FBV MkII exit the FBV Control application and proceed with the steps to configure POD Farm 2 standalone application or Plug In POD Farm 2 Standalone Application MIDI Input Configuration To use your FBV MkII device with the POD Farm 2 standalone application you ll first need to configure POD Farm 2 to receive MIDI from your connected FBV MkII device s MIDI port s If you want to control POD Farm 2 Plug In please proceed to POD Farm 2 Plug In MIDI Input Configuration on page 4 8 MIDI control of POD Farm 2 Plug In requires configuring MIDI settings within your DAW software e Launch the POD Fa
79. function to toggle your FBV Shortboard MkII Pedal 1 function between the Pedal Wah and Pedal Volume assignments e Pedal 2 This control accesses no pre configured assignment setting But since the FBV preset sets Pedal 2 to transmit a MIDI CC command you can still utilize the POD Farm 2 MIDI Learn feature to map these FBV controls to POD Farm 2 functions e Function 1 Function 2 amp Tap These controls are all set to access Global MIDI assignments which only exist as pre configured MIDI assignments in the POD Farm 2 standalone application and not in the Plug In However you can use MIDI Learn to create Global MIDI assignments 405 H FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 manually within POD Farm 2 Plug In for any of your FBV MkII controls You ll see more about Local amp Global assignments and MIDI Learn in the following sections e Pedal Volume Adjusts both the Tone A Level and Tone B Level faders within the POD Farm 2 Mixer View simultaneously If your current POD Farm 2 configuration is a single Tone then only the Tone A Level fader is controlled Note that this is a Global MIDI assignment FBV Express MkIl POD Farm 2 Express fbv preset settings when loaded in the FBV Control application The above FBV Express MkII MIDI Controller settings perform the following functions with POD Farm 2 Tac ne Tine Pree within he sled Seine Pedal Wah Wahs Adjusts Position knob
80. gs you should now be up and running try stomping on your FBV footswitches and pedal and you should see and hear GearBox respond 503 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 GearBox Customize Your GearBox Control The above settings are great but now you want more control you say No problem Many GearBox functions are capable of being controlled remotely via MIDI commands All you need to do is edit the settings within the Line 6 FBV Control application entering the MIDI command assignments for the desired GearBox functions First you ll need to see what the necessary MIDI commands are for all of the GearBox functions This information is available in the handy Line 6 MIDI CC Reference document available for download from the FBV MkII Online Help page Take a look at the document s GearBox MIDI CC Reference Chart for the list of GearBox functions and their MIDI CC number and value assignments Also see the GearBox Model Tables for the list of Amp amp Effects models MIDI CC assignments Configure your FBV Pedal to Control a GearBox Knob Parameter There are also lots of knobs in GearBox and you can configure your FBV MkII Pedal as well as the optional Expression Pedal on a Shortboard to just about any of these GearBox knobs For example say you want to have your FBV PEDAL WAH control adjust the GearBox Modulation Mix parameter rather than the Wah Position parameter Looking at the GearBox MIDI CC Reference Chart the
81. guration for details on how to set up these pedal behaviors per Tone Pedal VOL amp WAH Indicators These two lights at the left of the onboard Pedal indicate the current mode When both lights are lit this indicates the Pedal is controlling the assigned TWEAK parameter For the TWEAK parameter you can actually choose from a menu of many effect parameters to control with the pedal see the following POD X3 System Configuration section POD X3 System Configuration Pedal Settings There are several options you ll want to check on the first page of the POD X3 SYSTEM screen for your FBV Shortboard or Express Pedal behaviors On the POD X3 press and hold the OUTPUTS Hold for System button to get to the SYSTEM screen SYSTEM CNTRL TONET TONE2 BOTH 1 WN 1 WN TONES 2 TWK 2 TWK PEDAL PEDAL TONE TONE2 TONET DELAY DELAY COMP MIX MIX TWK TWK SOL SW Page 1 of the POD X3 System screen 294 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide POD X3 The three PEDAL settings on the top row configure the behaviors of the Wah Volume Tweak Pedal on your FBV MkII device for the current preset Note that a Pedal has several modes of operation configurable to switch between controlling Wah Volume Tweak The Pedal also has the ability to perform in these modes independently per Tone 1 Tone 2 e FBV Shortboard MkII Includes one onboard pedal which is pedal 1 When no Expression pedal is connected to FBV Shortboard the pedal 2 op
82. h Tone 1 and Tone 2 that allow you to select which of these actions is triggered by the FBV Shortboard FUNCTION 1 switch This setting is configurable for each User preset see POD X3 System Configuration Pedal Settings on page 2 4 FUNCTION 2 Toggles the AMP CAB block on off STOMP Toggles the STOMP block on off MODULATION Toggles the MOD block on off DELAY Toggles the DLY block on off REVERB Toggles the VERB block on off TAP Allows you to tap in a tempo for supported Delay and Mod effects to follow The LED above the button flashes to indicate the current tempo TUNER Press and hold the TAP button down for 2 seconds to call up the Tuner The FBV display then shows you a handy Tuner screen Press amp release the button again to exit the Tuner TIP You can also set the AUDIO behavior for the Tuner mode on the POD X3 directly on the POD X3 Tuner page to either MUTE your audible signal or not Sure everyone likes to hear a guitar in tune but they don t necessarily want to hear you tune it y y y 2 3 FBV MkIl Advanced User Guide POD X3 Pedal The onboard Pedal as well as a connected Expression Pedal can actually be assigned to control either Tone 1 Tone 2 or both Tones and assigned to different functions Wah Volume Tweak Please refer to the following POD X3 System Configuration section for details on how to set up these pedal behaviors per Tone Pedal VOL amp WAH Indicator
83. he Add new Controller Surface button For Controllers Surfaces choose ACT MIDI Controller and for Input Port choose your first FBV MIDI Out port You can set the Output Port option to None then click OK Your settings should now look like this Controllers Surfaces ks Connected Controllers Surfaces D ee Controller Surtace Out Port a p ACT MIDI Controller 1 USE Audio Device Mone a a an tACT Data WAI Display Control Strips Visible in Track View Console View Track View O Console view All Strips MIDI Devices e Close the Controllers Surfaces dialog when done e Next go to Views gt Toolbars and ensure the Controllers Surfaces box is selected then close the window You ll see this adds some handy ACT options to your SONAR Toolbar Toolbars 1 Standard C 2 Loopr uto Shuttle 3 Markers 4 Metronome L 5 Position E Record 7 Playback State Controllers Surtaces C 4S elect Pe eee 6 19 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software e Inthe ACT Controllers toolbar options click the Controllers Surfaces Properties button that is at the right end of the Control Surfaces toolbar FACT MIDI Controller 1 Trke 1 8 Sel 1 ACT On 111 maa Controller Surface Properties e In the ACT MIDI Controller dialog select the Default preset from the Presets menu When this preset is loaded yov ll see that the cells
84. he Line 6 FBV Control Application on page 3 1 for details on using the software l 3 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started System Requirements We recommend that you read the separate Line 6 FBV Control Release Notes for the full detailed System Requirements as well as current info on compatibility with other hardware and software This document can be found within the Line 6 Support Community or on the FBV MkII Online Help page Line 6 FBV Control supports the following computer operating systems e Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 32 and 64 bit versions e Windows Vista Home Business or Ultimate Edition with Service Pack 2 32 and 64 bit versions e Windows 7 Home Professional or Ultimate Edition 32 and 64 bit versions e Mac OS X 10 4 Tiger e Mac OS X 10 5 Leopard e Mac OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard Note to Windows 7 amp Windows Vista users It is not recommended that you exit Windows using the Sleep mode while you have the Line 6 FBV Control application running or with your FBV connected to your USB port Due to the inherent behavior of the USB Class Compliant driver some USB devices such as FBV will not properly initialize when resuming from Sleep mode If you already have the Line 6 Monkey software utility installed on your computer Connect your Line 6 FBV MkII device to your Mac or Windows computer s USB port and launch Line 6 Monkey T
85. he Line 6 FBV Control application when open uses the FBV MIDI In port and the MIDI Out port 4 for communication with your FBV device Therefore if you have another DAW software application currently running on your Windows computer that is configured to also use these same FBV MIDI ports only one application will be permitted to do so If you already have POD Farm 2 standalone application or your DAW software running and one has the FBV MIDI In port enabled trying to then launch the Line 6 FBV Control application will typically result in the FBV Control application failing to detect the connected FBV device since it is in use by the other software One possible solution is to disable the use of the FBV MIDI In port and FBV MIDI Out 4 port within your POD Farm 2 or DAW software You should be OK keeping the POD Farm 2 or DAW software enabled for receiving from the FBV MIDI Out ports 1 through 3 which allows you to still send MIDI Control commands from FBV to your software Otherwise it is recommended to exit all other applications when using the FBV Control software to provide full MIDI port access for editing your FBV control settings Note The Line 6 Monkey application also utilizes the FBV MIDI ports for its ability to detect and update your connected FBV device It is always recommended that you exit the Line 6 FBV Control as well as any MIDI DAW software before launching Line 6 Monkey MIDI Channels Each USB MIDI Port carr
86. hin the software have instant effect on the memory stored within your connected FBV device If you grow weary of this warning dialog then you can uncheck this box here in the Preferences Or if you ve hastily checked that Don t show again box in the prompt dialog itself but want to the reminder back you can come to the Preferences and check this box here to have the prompt appear again 3 9 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application The About Line 6 FBV Control Application Dialog This dialog provides you with some helpful information about the application To launch it go to e Mac Line 6 FBV Control gt About Line 6 FBV Control e Windows Help gt About Line 6 FBV Control Here you ll see the following compelling information e The version number of the Line 6 FBV Control application e The FBV MkII device that is detected and currently in use by the application or None if you don t have an FBV connected e The Device Firmware Version of the connected FBV MkII unit e Some copyright info that those legal folks of ours insist on Click anywhere on the dialog to exit The FBV Shortboard MkII LCD Display When you connect your FBV Shortboard MkII to your computer s USB port you ll see the device s LCD screen read USB MODE to indicate the FBV is now ready to operate as a USB MIDI Controller device Each time you press a footswitch or move a pedal the LCD disp
87. his will scan your system and point you to the latest Line 6 FBV Control installer available for you see previous section Select the Line 6 FBV Control application within Line 6 Monkey and it will walk you through downloading the software and launching the installer Simply follow the steps in the installer If you do not have the Line 6 Monkey software utility installed on your computer You can get the latest Line 6 FBV Control application installer for free by going to www line6 com software Be sure to choose your specific FBV MkII device from the Product selector Line 6 FBV Control from the Software selector and the specific Mac or Windows operating system version your computer uses from the OS selector Once downloaded just run the installer following the steps along the way The Line 6 FBV Control installer will also install the latest Line 6 Monkey version it is not necessary for you to download these items separately Note that there is no special USB device driver software needed to be installed for your FBV MkII hardware just connect the USB cable to your Mac or Windows computer and your operating system will automatically detect it as anew USB MIDI device Line 6 Software Compatibility POD Farm 2 standalone application and POD Farm 2 Plug In both offer extensive MIDI control capabilities and your FBV MkII is the perfect USB MIDI controller device to use with them see FBV MkII with Line 6 POD Farm 2
88. ies 16 MIDI channels You can think of MIDI channels just like channels on your TV your TV is capable of receiving many channels but you ll only be able to see the program you want to watch if you tune your TV set to the specific channel Same thing here in the world of MIDI By default your FBV MkII device will transmit its MIDI data to Channel 1 on the selected MIDI Port for each control However you can set any individual FBV control to transmit to any MIDI Channel see the FBV Control application s Control Properties List section on page 301 You may find that your software offers options to receive only on a specific MIDI channel from the selected MIDI port so you will want to be sure to configure any such MIDI Channel options to match those to which your FBV controls are transmitting POD Farm 2 will receive MIDI on all 16 channels however when using POD Farm 2 Plug In you might need to set your DAW or MIDI track to receive from the channel to which your FBV is transmitting 4 2 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 POD Farm 2 Pre configured MIDI Assignments POD Farm 2 standalone application and POD Farm 2 Plug In come with a complete folder of Tone Presets that include pre configured MIDI control assignments To access these Tone Presets select the POD Farm 2 titled folder within the Presets View Select the POD Farm 2 folder or any of its sub folders within the Sour
89. igned to work with the FBV Shortboard MkII plugging it into the Expression Pedal jack on the back of the chassis The EX 1 can be purchased directly on the Line 6 Online Store or from most Line 6 dealers Note An Expression pedal does not require any calibration steps With the above steps complete you should now be ready to dive into the following chapters with your Line 6 FBV MkII Series Controller Please see the following chapter that covers the specific gear you want to control with your FBV l 8 FBV MkIl Advanced User Guide POD X3 FBV MkII with POD X3 In this chapter we ll cover the specific features for using Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII to control POD X3 Bean or POD X3 Pro devices Instructions are the same for POD X3 Bean and X3 Pro unless otherwise noted You should already have your FBV MkII connected and working with your POD X3 Ifnot then head on back to Getting Started on page 1 1 for instructions Here we go Quick Start OK we know you re too impatient to read through this entire chapter before giving things a test drive As you likely already figured out things pretty much work right out of the box with your FBV MkII and POD X3 so here are a few quick tips e A B C D Channel Buttons Select to call up one of the four Channels in the current Bank within your POD X3 User folder e FBV Shortboard MkII Press the Bank buttons labeled
90. ind Me Later Register Grab those Updates Once Line 6 Monkey launches it will automatically detect your connected FBV MkII device Within the Updates screen in Line 6 Monkey if you see any items indicated with an exclamation symbol 4 then you should select the item in the list click on the Update Selection button and let the little Monkey fellow walk you through the installation steps Items in the Updates screen indicated with a green check are up to date and need no attention If you plan on connecting your FBV to your computer then you ll definitely want to have Monkey grab the Line 6 FBV Control application for you here too more on this application in the next section Note that the columns on the right tell you the version numbers for all currently installed items and available updates Click on any item in the Updates list and refer to its description in the Help and Info pane below Also at the left you ll see your connected FBV device shown along with its unique ESN Electronic Serial Number should you ever need to reference this ID number for registration or warranty service Running Line 6 Monkey is the easiest way to stay current on the latest Line 6 software and hardware updates FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started Welcome Logout My Account A There are no new updates available F Updates Iter Installed Newest FEV Shortboard Device Firmware Flash Memory 1 10 1 10 Applic
91. itles Mac OS X Windows 7 amp Vista Windows XP MIDI Out Port 1 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 1 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device MIDI Out Port 3 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 3 MIDIIN3 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device 3 MIDI Out Port 2 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 2 MIDIIN2 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device 2 MIDI Out Port 4 FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 4 MIDIIN4 FBV Shortboard Mk II USB Audio Device 4 This completes the configuration needed within the GearBox software Next we need to configure your FBV MkII to send the specific MIDI commands to trigger the desired GearBox functions The easiest way to do this is to select the GearBox fbv FBV control preset that we ve provided with the Line 6 FBV Control application e Launch the Line 6 FBV Control application from Applications Line 6 Line 6 FBV Control Mac or Start menu Programs Line 6 Line 6 FBV Control Windows e Go to File gt Open and choose the GearBox fbv preset file from these locations e Documents Line 6 FBV Presets Mac e My Documents Line 6 FBV Presets Windows This automatically loads the complete set of GearBox MIDI control assignments into the internal memory of your FBV MkII device The Control Properties list should now display all these settings CONTROL PROPERTIES Toggle 1 Up Toggle 2 Down Control MIDI Command Channel Switch Mode cc Val cc Val Function 1 MIDI OC O26 CL 20 Toggle Function 2 MIDI CC
92. l the track Pan In order to control the Transport functions in GarageBand with the FBV you will need to have version 2 0 1 of Garageband or later You ll also need to use the Line 6 FBV Control application to set whatever FBV footswitches you want to control the GarageBand transport to send MIDI CC values and likely their Switch Type settings to Momentary As noted above the Garageband software does not offer control of transport or most other functions natively so you will need to download add on software that permits MIDI messages to control the parameters within GarageBand GarageRemote is one such 3rd party software and is available here http www muratnkonar com otherstuff garageremote Once GarageRemote is installed and set up start GarageRemote s Listener it is off by default so that it can relay MIDI notifications to GarageBand GarageBand responds to MIDI CC s 007 and 010 for current track volume and pan You can use the Line 6 FBV Control application to create these MIDI CC settings and save this as an FBV Preset so you can load the settings to your FBV at any time 6 13 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Apple Logic FBV MkIl Setup Tutorial Line 6 FBV MkII devices Footswitch and Pedal controllers can be configured to trigger Logic Transport functions mixer faders software instrument amp plug in parameters and more To follow are the instructions for configuring an F
93. lay will show abbreviated text informing you of the MIDI message that was just sent by this control This text remains displayed until you press another control For example the display might show the following for a MIDI CC Command assignment CH 1 CC 111 VAL 127 This indicates that the control is transmitting out MIDI Channel 1 sending a MIDI CC 111 Command with a CC Value of 127 If the Switch Mode setting for this control is set to Toggle then you d see the CC Value alternate with each successive click between the Toggle 1 and Toggle 2 CC Values as configured in the Control Properties list When using a pedal you ll see the MIDI CC Value change in real time indicating the stream of CC values the pedal is actually sending Likewise other MIDI Command settings result in the LCD displaying similarly abbreviated text to indicate the message being sent e g MMC PLAY to indicate an MMC type Command or CH 1 PGM 1 to indicate a Program Change 3 10 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 FBV MkII witH Line 6 POD Farm 2 This chapter covers the use of your Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII to remotely control numerous parameters within the Line 6 POD Farm 2 standalone application and POD Farm 2 Plug In This allows you to expand the possibilities of POD Farm 2 even further by using your FBV MkII pedal to control a Wah Volume or Pitch Bender effect toggle any ef
94. ll next show how to map this Pedal to a Reason parameter e Make sure your FBV pedal is set to utilize the Pedal Vol controller the Volume LED indicator on your FBV unit should be lit 6 23 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software e Launch Reason and load one of your Reason projects Right click Windows or Ctrl click Mac on any Reason component s knob or slider that you want to control with your Pedal We ll choose the FREQ knob of one of the Reason synth devices GLOBAL CONTROLS OO Cay Right click Windows or Ctrl click OQ aao Sabo es Mac directly on the knob you want to a Edit Automation control Clear Automation i FRE Edit Keyboard Control Mapping E Then choose Edit Remote Override Clear Keyboard Control Mapping Mapping e In the dialog just check the box for Learn From Control Service and Reason will wait to receive a MIDI CC message from your assigned MIDI Control Surface Sh Edit Remote Override Mapping ltem Rhodes Filter Freg Control Surface FEY Shoriboard Mk J Move your FBV Pedal and you should see the Control Surface Active indicator Control CC OF be receive a MIDI signal Once it does the Control Surface and Control fields above will fill in automatically with the learned MIDI device name and CC value as shown here Click OK once the step is complete Leam From Control Surface Input Control Surface Acti
95. nd The type of MIDI message the Control will transmit You can choose between the following types of MIDI commands for all Footswitches note that Pedal Wah Pedal Vol and Pedal 2 Controls offer only the MIDI CC and Unassigned options e Unassigned Sends no MIDI data Basically this is to disable the Control If you don t plan on using some footswitches or pedals within the preset you are creating it is best to set these to Unassigned to avoid unexpectedly triggering functions in your targeted software e Bank Change A numerical value typically used to load a Patch or Preset Bank e Program Change A numerical value typically used to load a Preset within a selected Bank e MIDI Continuous Control MIDI CC A set of Value and Range numbers commonly used by MIDI software and hardware to provide access to parameters e MIDI Machine Control MMC Specific commands for commonly used for controlling things such as transport parameters and mechanical functions Play Stop Record etc e Mackie Specific commands in the Mackie Universal Controller format commonly used for transport parameters and mechanical functions Play Stop Record etc for MIDI software that supports the Mackie Control format Value Allows you to choose a value for the selected MIDI Command These options differ depending on the type of MIDI Command selected see MIDI Command descriptions above e If the MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change
96. nds on your device for instant POD Farm 2 functionality It is recommended that you download and load the FBV control preset on your FBV MkII device before proceeding with configuring the POD Farm 2 standalone application or Plug In for your FBV MkII device These Presets are available for download from the POD Farm Online Help site e For FBV Shortboard MkII Download the file named POD Farm 2 Shortboard fbv e For FBV Express MkII Download the file named POD Farm 2 Express fbv Once you ve downloaded the FBV control preset file for your device launch the Line 6 FBV Control application to load the preset on your FBV MkII 403 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 e On Mac go to Applications Line 6 and double click on Line 6 FBV Control e On Windows go to Start button menu Programs Line 6 Line 6 FBV Control For additional info please see The Line 6 FBV Control Application on page 3 1 This automatically loads the complete set of POD Farm 2 MIDI control settings into the internal memory of your FBV MkII device These settings allow you to instantly access many useful pre configured MIDI control assignments that already exist within POD Farm 2 as covered in the previous section You can view the existing MIDI assignments for any Tone Preset by looking in the POD Farm 2 MIDI Assignments View display see The POD Farm 2 MIDI Assignments View on page 4 10 MIDI Bank
97. ng features such as Quick Loop user preset navigation effects parameter manipulation and more Using FBV MkII Controllers with these amps is covered in the Spider IV and Spider Valve MkII Advanced Guides available for download free from the Line 6 Support site at http line6 com support manuals Updating amp Registering with Line 6 Monkey OK so maybe you already read about doing this updating amp registration stuff for your FBV MkII and other Line 6 products but in case you were too excited with your new gear to get to that yet now is the time to do it It s a simple process really just run Line 6 Monkey on your computer with an Internet connection Line 6 Monkey is the intelligent updater software utility that is typically installed with other Line 6 software titles If you don t already have it installed you can get free from the Line 6 site at www line6 com monkey Once you ve installed the Line 6 Monkey software connect your FBV 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 Line 6 FBV Control application as well as any MIDI DAW applications that might be running With your computer s Internet connection active follow these steps to launch Line 6 Monkey On Mac go to Applications gt Line 6 gt Line 6 Monkey e On Windows go to the Start button menu gt Programs gt Line 6 gt Tool
98. ng and Saving FBV Presets with No Connected FBV Device As mentioned above you actually do not need to have your FBV Shortboard Express MkII device USB connected to run the Line 6 FBV Control application to edit or save preset files You can still use the above steps to Open Save or Save As FBV Presets on your computer You might find this handy if you just want to do some edits or look over the settings of the FBV Preset files stored on your computer without also loading the Preset into your FBV device s internal memory To load any of these presets into the internal memory of your FBV MkII device you ll need to connect it to your computer s USB port and then open a saved FBV Preset as described above to have it auto load into your FBV device s memory When you launch the Line 6 FBV Control application without an FBV MkII device connected you will need to instruct the application what type of device model format Shortboard or Express MkII to work in This provides the perfect segue to the next section where we ll look at these options in the application Preferences 3 08 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application Preferences As is the case with most other software applications we ve placed a few of those more geeky settings away in the Preferences To get to the Line 6 FBV Control application s Preferences dialog e Mac Line 6 FBV Control gt Preferences e Windows File gt Preferences Lin
99. ns failing to detect the device You can resolve this issue by exiting the Line 6 FBV Control application and then disconnecting and reconnecting your FBV USB cable My MIDI DAW software won t let me enable FBV USB MIDI Ports First check that your FBV is properly connected and receiving power before launching your MIDI DAW software Windows users should also refer to the previous issue regarding the Windows USB Class Compliant driver behavior you may need to disable the use of FBV MIDI ports on any other running software or exit the FBV Control application Please also check the documentation for your MIDI DAW software These applications vary greatly in the specific ways they need to select and enable MIDI controller devices My MIDI DAW software has the proper FBV USB MIDI Ports enabled but the software is still not receiving the FBV MIDI commands First check that your FBV is properly connected and receiving power before launching your MIDI DAW software There can be a number of settings required by your specific MIDI DAW software to receive MIDI Control data from a device such as your FBV Be sure to check your MIDI DAW software s documentation and read through FBV MkII with 3rd Party Software on page 6 1 for helpful tips and setup examples Some DAW software requires special settings for a MIDI Control Surface or MIDI Controller which may be separate from MIDI settings to receive MIDI input on a MIDI track for
100. nsport has no Pause button e Set the Port and Channel for all of the above Controls to 1 since we want to transmit all our MIDI commands to the FBV USB MIDI Out Port 1 Channel 1 e For all other FBV Controls we ll keep them to Unassigned since we won t be using them for this example 6 25 lia FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software The result should appear in the Control Properties list like this e When settings are complete exit the Line 6 FBV Control application and leave your FBV connected to your computer Configure Pro Tools LE for FBV MkII device The next step is to make a few settings within Pro Tools to allow it to receive the MMC commands from your FBV MkII device Launch Pro Tools and open or create a new session then make the following settings e Go to the Setup menu and select Peripherals e In the Peripherals dialog choose the Machine Control screen and make the following settings Synchronization ine Contre MIDI Controllers Ethernet Controllers Satellites _ MIDI Machine Control Master W Enable FBVShortbrdMkiPrt H 125 Preroll 90 frames _ MIDI Machine Control Remote Slave ID wi Enable 126 e For MIDI Machine Control Master check the Enable box click on the menu to the right and from the Predefined sub menu choose your connected FBV MkII device and set the ID to 125 Keep the Preroll set to 90 frames e For MIDI Machine Co
101. ntrol Slave check the Enable box and keep the ID set to 126 e Exit the Peripherals dialog 6 26 lia FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Next we need to access the small Pro Tools menu on the Transport In the Pro Tools Transport sub menu select Pro Tools so that it is checked lt Pro Tools MMC Transport Online Now in the Pro Tools Online sub menu select MMC so that it is checked Transport Online Y MMC And that is it Now just try pressing your FBV s A B C amp D buttons and you should see it control the Pro Tools transport accordingly 6 27 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Steinberg Cubase FBV MkII Setup Tutorial Line 6 FBV MkII devices can be configured to control numerous Cubase parameters including transport functions mixer parameters and more To follow are the instructions for configuring FBV MkII to function with Steinberg Cubase 4 on Windows however the steps should be similar for other recent Cubase and Nuendo versions on both Windows and Mac as well Line 6 FBV Control Application Settings First before launching Cubase connect your FBV to your computer s USB port launch the Line 6 FBV Control Application and load the FBV Default fbv preset e Above shows the FBV Default preset settings for an FBV Shortboard MkII For an FBV Express MkII you ll see only the
102. oducts POD Studio TonePort GuitarPort devices GearBox provides a full featured User Interface on your computer where you can access all those famous Line 6 guitar amp bass amp preamp speaker cabinet mic and effects models Using your Line 6 USB audio interface this essentially provides you legendary POD tone right on your computer which you can use to record into your favorite audio software jam along with your favorite songs or sign up for the GuitarPort Online subscription service Note GearBox can also be used with POD xt and POD X3 as the connected USB audio interface device however it is recommended to connect your FBV MkII to these POD devices directly via the RJ45 cable connection rather than connecting your FBV via USB to your computer When you control your POD directly with your FBV MkII you ll see the GearBox controls respond as well To get GearBox connect your Line 6 USB audio interface to your Mac or Windows computer launch Line 6 Monkey and let the little monkey fellow show you the enlightened path to the download Or go directly to the http line6 com software page and download it from there If you have not already done so also go ahead and download and install the Line 6 FBV Control application You ll need this to load and edit the MIDI control information your FBV device will use to communicate with GearBox See the The Line 6 FBV Control Application on page 3 1 for details
103. off upon release of the footswitch since this is when the Off Value is sent e When the footswitch control is set to Unassigned the footswitch LED is never lit when pressed or released to indicate that no message is sent e For all other control settings the footswitch LED lights up when pressed only and does not remain lit It is important to note here that these LED behaviors are based only on these above control settings as configured in the Control Properties list The FBV MkII device does not receive or respond to MIDI data from your MIDI DAW software 3 6 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application Pedal Control Behaviors The on board pedal of your FBV MkII as well as an optional connected Expression pedal on an FBV Shortboard MkII supports transmitting a MIDI CC type message and will sweep the range of parameter from 0 to 100 Obviously the Pedal control is best used when assigned to a knob or slider type parameter in your software so that you can have hands free operation over it Setting a Pedal function is pretty straightforward simply choose MIDI CC as the MIDI Command and then select the MIDI CC number that corresponds to the target software parameter The range Values of 0 to 127 are automatically set for you to allow adjustment from 0 to 100 of the mapped parameter Some MIDI applications further allow you to set different minimum and or maximum settings within the so
104. on on and off Typically the Value of 0 64 toggles the parameter to its off state and a Value of 65 127 toggles it to its on state However you will also find that some software titles utilize MIDI CC commands with the Momentary Switch Mode to toggle parameters on off see next bullet You ll want to check your documentation or just try different Switch Modes with your software to see which Modes work for your application 3 5 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application e Momentary Transmits the first CC amp Value when the control is pressed down then the second CC amp Value when the control is released This type of Momentary switch action is commonly used for a parameter such as a piano s sustain pedal where you want the sustain parameter on only while holding the footswitch down and off when released In our example it will send CC65 127 while the switch is being pressed and CC65 0 when the switch is released MIDI CC Custom Option Additionally when you have selected the MIDI CC Command type you ll also see that you can choose Custom rather than a CC number within the Value field This allows you to then edit the Togglel Up and Toggle 2 Down fields to manually enter in whatever you want for the first and second CC amp Value settings As mentioned above the Momentary and Toggle Switch Mode options allow the footswitch to transmit each of these CC values alternating
105. ou ll need to select your device in the SONAR MIDI Device Settings dialog Be sure to always have your FBV device connected to your USB port before launching SONAR Launch SONAR and go to the SONAR Options MIDI Devices and check the first FBV MIDI Out Port as the MIDI Input device and choose OK 6 18 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software MIDI Devices Check uncheck to select deselect MIDI inputs and outputs Click on a friendly name to edit it Inputs O O O Friendly Hame Device Hame C Fireface 800 Midi Fireftace 800 Midi USB Audio Device USB Audio Device C USB Audio Device 2 USE Audio Device 2 C USB Audio Device 3 USB Audio Device 3 C USB Audio Device 4 USB Audio Device 4 Note that if you are using Windows 7 or Vista your MIDI Out Ports will appear as FBV Shortboard MIDI Out or FBV Express MkII MIDI Out Use FBV MkIl as a Surface Controller in SONAR SONAR includes its own ACT MIDI Controller Plug In feature which allows you to easily create customize and save mappings for any MIDI surface controller The SONAR ACT feature is very powerful and it is recommended that you read the SONAR documentation We ll show you how to create your own mappings for FBV s Footswitch or Pedal controllers Open or create a new project in SONAR and then follow these steps e Go to the SONAR Options gt Controllers Surfaces e In the Controllers Surfaces dialog click t
106. ox you probably want to set the Bender effect s Mix knob to 100 so you hear only the pitch effected signal and set the Heel and Toe knobs to the desired amount of pitch change these are in semi tones and wham on that pedal 504 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 GearBox Configure a Footswitch to Toggle your Amp or Effects On Off The GearBox fbv preset already configures the GearBox amp and effects items to be toggled on off but if you want to change the assignment of any switch you can refer to the Line 6 MIDI Continuous Controller Reference PDF and take a look at the GearBox MIDI CC chart Look up the desired GearBox effect parameter and note its CC number For example say you want to make your C labeled FBV footswitch toggle the GearBox Delay effect on and off In the GearBox MIDI CC chart you ll see this has CC 28 listed as the assignment i MIDI CC and Range Line 6 GearBox MIDI CC Reference Chart Parameter Notes C Min Max Delay Enable 0 63 08 64 127 ae NELE You can also see in the Notes column that the CC Values of 0 63 will set the Delay Off and 64 127 will set the Delay On But you do not need to manually configure these CC toggle values since setting the Switch Mode for your FBV footswitch control to Toggle will set them automatically for you so that the MIDI message sent alternates between 127 On and 0 Off for each successive press
107. pplication GU I are automatically stored on your connected FBV device it is a good idea to always do a Save or Save As your current FBV device s settings as an FBV preset on your computer once you have completed editing the settings This ensures you always have a backup of all your customized settings that you can easily load again later If you want to be able to open an existing FBV preset file to review or edit its settings without automatically loading the preset onto your FBV MkII device s internal memory disconnect your FBV device from the USB port before launching the FBV Control application Open an Existing FBV Preset e With your FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device connected to your computer s USB port launch the Line 6 FBV Control application e Go to the File gt Open menu within the application e By default this should open to these directories e Documents Line 6 FBV Mac e My Documents Line 6 FBV Windows 3 7 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application e In the above directories you will find the factory FBV Presets we ve included e g FBV Default fbv Simply select one of these files and click open e This will load the FBV Preset into the FBV Control application s GUI and automatically load it into the internal memory of your FBV MkII device Note that your FBV Shortboard Express MkII device holds one complete FBV preset at a time When opening a
108. r customized preset there to allow it to be accessed your via your FBV If you have an FBV Shortboard MkII model note that its LCD display will always show the POD X3 current preset title even if that preset is within a folder other than the User folder The FBV effect switches and pedals will then control this current Tone but the Bank and A B C D buttons will always switch the POD X3 back to the User folder automatically to call up one of the 128 User presets Controlling Effects amp More Your FBV will also let you dive deeper into the workings of your POD X3 and do things like tune up wangle some effects and more Note A POD X3 preset can optionally be composed of two Tones each with its own set of effects and effects parameter settings Just like accessing the effects blocks and parameters directly on the POD X3 itself using the following footswitch buttons will control only those effects for the currently selected Tone To toggle between Tone 1 and Tone 2 use the TONE 2 button on the POD X3 or Shortboard users can configure the FUNCTION 1 button for Tone switching See Controlling Dual Tone Presets on page 299 FBV Shortboard Mkil FUNCTION 1 By default this button toggles the COMP effect on off But you can alternatively configure it to control the Amp Cab on off Tone 1 2 toggle or FX Loop on off for X3 Pro units only TIP The POD X3 System screen includes an LP SW Loop Switch setting for eac
109. ransmitted from the Toe Switch is what you have assigned in the Control Properties List for this control Also see the 3 Pedal Wah and Vol description above for more about pedal settings 5 Pedal 2 Shortboard only FBV Shortboard MkII offers an Expression Pedal jack on the back where you can connect an optional expression pedal such as the Line 6 EX 1 To edit the assignment for the expression pedal click directly on this Pedal 2 area in the image or directly on the Pedal 2 row in the Control Parameter list below You can configure Pedal 2 to send any MIDI CC and value range to continuously control a knob or slider parameter in your software 3 2 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application 6 Control Properties List This list displays all editable Footswitch and Pedal controllers for your selected FBV Shortboard Express MkII device As mentioned in the above descriptions you can click directly on a switch on the Device Controls FBV Image or click on any row here in the Control Properties List to select it and edit its MIDI settings To follow are descriptions for each column and the options provided e Control The static name of the physical Footswitch or Pedal as labeled on your FBV MkII device Note that this is just a label for the Control you can choose whatever MIDI command you like for each Footswitch or Pedal Control regardless of the name we ve given each Control e MIDI Comma
110. re your FBV is connected and launch your software again Also try connecting directly to one of your computer s on board USB ports rather than a USB hub if you still experience problems How can I edit and save an FBV preset on my computer without also automatically overwriting the settings currently stored on my FBV device When using the Line 6 FBV Control software changes to any settings in the software are instantly sent to the connected FBV device updating the current settings stored in FBV s internal memory But you can simply disconnect the USB cable from your FBV and still use the Line 6 FBV Control application if you want to edit and save any FBV preset file Then whenever you like just connect your FBV again and go to File gt Open and select your saved fbv preset file to load it onto your FBV device My friend has an FBV MkII too can we share preset files Sure You can create edit and save your own custom FBV presets using the free Line 6 FBV Control software and then simply send the fbv file to any other FBV MkII user to load Note that the files are also compatible even if one of you has a Shortboard MkII and the other an Express MkII the additional Controls of a Shortboard created preset are simply ignored by an Express unit Troubleshooting Running into problems To follow are some things to check for FBV MkII device operation issues Line 6 Amp POD Operation FBV won t power on when connected to my Line 6 amp
111. rm 2 Preferences dialog and go to the MIDI tab Here you will be able to select any connected MIDI controller device or port Note that you ll see the four FBV MIDI Out ports named differently depending on your computer s operating system Choose which MIDI devices you wish to use with POD Farm Preferences MIDI dialog on Mac OS X Choose which MIDI devices you wish to use with POD Farm Preferences MIDI dialog on Windows 7 amp Windows Vista 407 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 Choose which MIDI devices you wish to use with POD Farm Preferences MIDI dialog on Windows XP e As the initial default you ll see all ports for all Line 6 MIDI devices already selected You may want to de select all except the ones you want to use for POD Farm 2 control Your settings will then be remembered on subsequent uses of the application e Inthe above example you can see that we ve chosen to receive MIDI from only the Port 1 output of the connected Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII controller Note that our connected Line 6 UX2 device is also an option since its Footswitch 1 amp 2 connections can be configured to send MIDI commands as well but we ll just be using FBV MkII port 1 for this example e Click OK to exit the POD Farm 2 Preferences and complete the MIDI input configuration steps POD Farm 2 Plug In MIDI Input Configuration POD Farm 2 Plug In like all audio effects Plug Ins
112. rts to receive MIDI from it No messy MIDI cables are needed Can I use FBV MkII to control POD Farm 1 x Plug In or standalone application Since POD Farm 1 x version does not support remote control via MIDI it is not possible to directly control it with FBV However when using POD Farm Plug In within a DAW host application you typically can set FBV to control any Plug In s parameters in real time and to record automation Therefore it is also possible to control POD Farm Plug In s parameters this way as well please see the Ableton Live FBV MkII Setup Tutorial on page 6 4 as well as the other setup tutorials and your MIDI DAW software documentation The newer POD Farm 2 version Plug In and standalone application both fully support MIDI control via FBV MkII controllers see gt FBV MkII with Line 6 POD Farm 2 on page 491 My MIDI DAW software requires SysEx messages to control some functions can I customize and send SysEx with FBV MkII FBV MkII devices can be set to transmit MMC MIDI Machine Control messages which is one type of SysEx message however the Line 6 FBV Control application does not provide extended capabilities to allow you to manually type in or import export SysEx MIDI data Why doesn t my software see FBV MkII as an available MIDI device The most typical cause of this is launching your MIDI DAW software before connecting your FBV USB cable to your computer Try exiting all software be su
113. s These two lights at the left of the onboard Pedal indicate the current mode When both lights are lit this indicates the Pedal is controlling the assigned TWEAK parameter For the TWEAK parameter you can actually choose from a menu of many effect parameters to control with the pedal see the following POD X3 System Configuration section FBV Express MkII TAP TEMPO To tap in a tempo for supported Delay and Mod effects to follow just tap the currently lit A B C or D channel button An LED within the Tuner display flashes to indicate the current tempo TUNER Press an hold the currently lit A B C or D channel button for 2 seconds to switch to Tuner mode You ll see the onboard Tuner display become active To exit tuner mode simply press and release any channel button and you ll also be returned to the same tone preset Or pressing the pedal all the way forward and clicking the toe switch will exit the Tuner as well as toggle the pedal control between WAH and VOL TIP You can also set the AUDIO behavior for the Tuner mode on the POD X3 directly on the POD X3 Tuner page to either MUTE your audible signal or not Sure everyone likes to hear a guitar in tune but they don t necessarily want to hear you tune it Pedal The onboard Pedal can actually be assigned to control either Tone 1 Tone 2 or both Tones and assigned to different functions Wah Volume Tweak Please refer to the following POD X3 System Confi
114. s gt Line 6 Monkey Login Account You ll need to Login so that Line 6 Monkey can communicate with the online Line 6 Server to provide the specific product updates for your gear It s just a few clicks and it s free User Name Password Login New User 7 W Remember Me amp There are no new updates available FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started e If you have a Line 6 account type in your User Name and Password at the top of the Monkey dialog e If you have not yet created an account click the New User button and you ll be walked right through the steps Register Your FBV Registration of your Line 6 gear may be required for some updates and product authorizations It is also 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 If you have not already done so you ll be prompted to register your connected FBV MkII device Just click that Register button and fill in the blanks on the web page This page will list all your registered Line 6 gear in one place Line 6 Monkey It appears you have not registered your FBV Shortboard with your user account If you are not LoginName click the Remind Me Later button Press the Logout button at the top of the main application window and login with your use name and password Rem
115. s means it really does not matter specifically what MIDI CC numerical Value we assign to each Control as long as each Control is sending a unique CC Value For this example we ll configure several FBV Controls as follows you can do the same on either an FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device e Assign the A B C amp D footswitch Controls to use MIDI CC s 001 thru 004 respectively e Set the Switch Mode for the A B C amp D Controls to Single since we want each press of a footswitch to send the same single MIDI CC command each time e Assign the Pedal Wah and Pedal Vol Controls to use MIDI CC s 5 and 6 respectively e Set the Port and Channel for all of the above Controls to 1 since we want to transmit all our MIDI commands to the FBV USB MIDI Out Port 1 Channel 1 e For all other FBV Controls we ll keep them to Unassigned since we won t be using them right now The result should appear in the Control Properties list like this 604 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Once you have all these settings created go to File gt Save to save the preset and exit the FBV Control application Ableton Live MIDI Input Device Configuration Next we need to configure Ableton Live to receive MIDI commands from the FBV Controller device Launch the Ableton Live software and go to Ableton Live gt Preferences gt MIDI Sync page Mac or Options gt Preferences gt MIDI
116. sets Each POD X3 preset allows the pedal settings to be edited and saved independently Go to the POD X3 System screen to configure these Pedal settings for the current preset Why does my Shortboard Function 1 switch control different functions on different POD X3 presets Each POD X3 preset allows the Shortboard s Function 1 footswitch function be edited and saved independently Go to the POD X3 System screen to configure LP SW settings to set the behavior for the Function 1 button with the current preset USB MIDI Operation FBV won t power on when connected to my computer FBV MkII receives power from the USB cable when connected to your computer Make sure both ends of the USB cable is connected securely It is typically best to connect directly to one of your computer s on board USB ports rather that to a USB hub You might also try a different USB cable to make sure the cable itself is not the problem Line 6 Monkey won t detect my FBV MkII device Be sure your FBV is properly connected to your computer s USB port and receiving power before launching Line 6 Monkey e Windows users only Be sure to exit the Line 6 FBV Control application or any MIDI DAW software that might be using your FBV before launching Line 6 Monkey The Windows Class Compliant USB driver does not permit more than one application to utilize the same MIDI port at one time and Monkey needs to use a few MIDI ports to do its thing The Line 6
117. sign these MIDI message types to the FBV MkII s controls using the Line FBV Control application Also note that most on off switch parameters within POD Farm 2 will require that you set your controls MIDI CC switch modes to Toggle to toggle the parameter between on and off or to Momentary to set the parameter to on only when the switch is held Also worth noting is that most popular DAW applications offer their own MIDI Learn capabilities which are separate from the POD Farm 2 MIDI Learn functions covered here Within DAW applications that offer MIDI control features it is usually possible to use your FBV MkII to remotely access numerous DAW mix and track parameters including POD Farm 2 Plug In and other Plug In parameters via the DAW application s track options We ve covered these capabilities within the FBV MkII with 3rd Party Software chapter For more information on POD Farm 2 MIDI control please see the additional POD Farm 2 documentation available from the POD Farm Online Help site All FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 GearBox FBV Mklil witH Line 6 GEARBox This chapter is specifically for using your Line 6 FBV Shortboard MkII or FBV Express MkII to control the Line 6 GearBox software Let s jump right in What is GearBox In case you re wondering The Line 6 GearBox software is available free to owners of Line 6 USB audio interface pr
118. ssignments View displays all MIDI control assignments for the current Tone Preset within the POD Farm 2 standalone application and POD Farm 2 Plug In As covered on page 43 if you ve loaded the POD Farm 2 FBV control preset within your FBV MkII device then you ll be able to access the pre configured MIDI assignments within the POD Farm 2 Tone Presets Use the MIDI Assignments View to reference each MIDI assignment and each specific MIDI command and value required to control the assigned parameters Use the Clear buttons to remove any existing assignment MIDI Assignments button Automation Assignments button standalone app only Clear All options Clear button Local MIDI assignment Global MIDI Assignment in yellow text in white text The POD Farm 2 MIDI Assignments View Local and Global MIDI Assignments Note that Local MIDI assignments are specific to and therefore saved with the current POD Farm 2 Tone Preset Many Tone Presets found in the POD Farm 2 Source Folder have Local MIDI assignments already saved with each Tone Preset file Global MIDI assignments persist within the POD Farm 2 standalone application or current Plug In instance regardless of the Preset in use The POD Farm 2 standalone application also includes several pre configured Global MIDI assignments Local and Global MIDI assignments can be created manually using your FBV MkII controller and the POD Farm MIDI Learn feature see nex
119. t connected to any USB port or Line 6 device and therefore powered off Press and hold down the D labeled footswitch while you power on your FBV by connecting to your computer s USB port or Line 6 device with which you plan on using your FBV Upon release of the D footswitch the FBV Tuner s numerical display will read 1 Press the on board pedal forward fully and hold down pedal s Toe Switch until the Tuner display changes to 2 This should occur instantly While holding the pedal in the heel minimum position press amp release the D footswitch The Tuner display will change to 3 Move the pedal to the toe maximum position without clicking the Toe Switch Allow the pedal to rest in the toe position maximum and press amp release the D button The 7 LEDs above the Tuner s numerical display will light Move the pedal and verify that the LEDs above the Tuner s numerical display sequentially turn off as the pedal moves to the minimum position and all sequentially light up when the pedal is moved to the maximum position If your 7 LEDs do not light up as described then try repeating these calibration steps If your LEDs light up correctly then calibration was successful power off your FBV and power it back on and you are ready to go Expression Pedal FBV Shortboard MkII owners can optionally add a 2nd pedal for even greater control The Line 6 EX 1 Expression Pedal is des
120. t really should be a powered hub one that has its own AC power cable powering the hub itself rather than one powered fully by your computer However you ll typically get the best USB communication when using one of the USB ports on your computer itself rather than a hub Where is the installer CD for my FBV MkII There is no device driver installation software required for your FBV MkII device just connect it to your Mac or Windows computer s USB port see Getting Started on page 1 1 All the other Line 6 software that works with your FBV can be downloaded from the line6 com software site or by running the Line 6 Monkey software USB MIDI Q amp A I already installed my FBV but when I plug into a different USB port why is Windows asking me to install it again This is normal behavior on Windows computers it will need to install a USB device the first time it is installed into a different USB port see Getting Started on page 1 1 Go ahead and run through the Windows device installation if prompted You should not be asked to install FBV again when plugging into the same USB port thereafter Tel FBV MkIil Advanced User Guide Reference If FBV MkII is a MIDI device why does it not have any 5 pin MIDI cable connectors on it FBV MkII does all its MIDI communication via its USB connection to your computer When you launch any MIDI or DAW software you ll be able to select any of the four FBV USB MIDI Out po
121. t section For more details on the MIDI Assignments View please refer to the POD Farm 2 Basic User Guide MIDI Learn in POD Farm 2 The POD Farm 2 MIDI Learn feature allows you to easily map your FBV MkII device s footswitches or pedals to practically any POD Farm 2 parameter You can use MIDI Learn to customize any POD Farm 2 Tone Preset to include any number of MIDI assignments from your FBV MkII device The steps for using MIDI Learn are quite simple e In POD Farm 2 standalone application or Plug In load a Tone Preset or configure a Tone with the desired models e Double click on any model in the Signal Flow View to load its Edit Panel in the Panel View e Within the Edit Panel right click Windows or Ctrl click Mac directly on the model s knob slider or switch that you want to control remotely and select the MIDI Control menu 4 10 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 e In the MIDI Control sub menu click MIDI Learn This places POD Farm 2 into MIDI Learn mode where it waits to receive a command from your connected MIDI control device e Now just stomp the footswitch or wangle the pedal on your FBV that you want to map to the selected parameter and the FBV control will instantly be learned by POD Farm 2 All POD Farm 2 parameters that offer MIDI Learn will learn any MIDI CC Note On or Pitch Bend type messages Before using MIDI Learn you must therefore as
122. t with your FBV device not connected to any USB port or Line 6 device and therefore powered off e Press and hold down the D labeled footswitch while you power on your FBV by connecting to your computer s USB port or Line 6 device with which you plan on using your FBV The LCD will read CALIBRATE PEDAL until the D footswitch is released at which point it will read 1 PEDAL TOE e Press the on board pedal forward fully and hold down pedal s Toe Switch until the LCD changes to 2 PEDAL MIN This should occur instantly e Move the pedal to the heel minimum position While holding the pedal in the heel position press amp release the D button The LCD will change to 3 PEDAL MAX e Move the pedal to the toe maximum position without clicking the Toe Switch Allow the pedal to rest in the toe position and press amp release the D button The LCD will change to CHECK VALUE 127 e Move the internal pedal and verify that the LCD reads CHECK VALUE 0 in the minimum position and CHECK VALUE 127 in the maximum position e Ifyou happen to get different values that 0 or 127 then try repeating these calibration steps If your values are correct then calibration was successful power off your FBV and power it back on and you are ready to go le7 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Getting Started FBV Express MkII Calibration Steps Start with your FBV device no
123. tached Surfaces Auto detect Surfaces FEY Shortboard MkII Model lt Other MID Control Surtace Uze with Reason Make Master Keyboard Master Keyboard Input Standard Master Keyboard Input to selected track O Separated Independent selection and Master Keyboard Input Please see the next section for how to map your FBV MIDI controllers to Reason parameters Configuring FBV MIDI Controllers with Remote Override Reason also offers its Remote Override feature which is an easy way to allow Reason to learn the MIDI message coming from your MIDI control device and instantly map it to a Reason parameter You can use the Remote Override options for your FBV MkII when configured as a Generic MIDI Control device as described in the previous section First we ll need to make sure your FBV footswitch and pedal controllers are configured to send MIDI CC messages out the MIDI Port we selected in the Generic MIDI Control setup steps With the Reason application closed launch the Line 6 FBV Control application and load the FBV Default fbv preset e When the FBV Default preset is loaded you can see the FBV Pedal Vol controller is already set to transmit MIDI CC 007 Note that the Pedal Vol is set to transmit its command to the FBV MIDI Out port 1 which is what we want since this is the port we selected in the Reason Generic Controller setup steps for Reason to receive MIDI Exit the FBV Control application We
124. tch type controls Note The Ableton Live Transport design incorporates separate Play and Stop buttons which each respond to a MIDI CC Single Switch Mode Some application s Transports incorporate a single dual function Play Stop button To alternately trigger the two functions for this type of switch you can set the FBV Control MIDI CC Switch Mode to Toggle in the FBV Control application Alternatively some applications respond to MMC or Mackie type commands rather than MIDI CC commands for their Transport functions Please check your software s documentation for details It is worth noting here that there is nothing preventing you from mapping any one FBV Control to more than one parameter in your targeted MIDI DAW software and the result will typically be that FBV will control all mapped parameters simultaneously which may or may not be the behavior you are after One such useful implementation is to map one FBV footswitch to both the Live Transport Play and Record buttons which then provides you a handy one touch record switch since it toggles them both on simultaneously Mapping the FBV Pedal Controls to Live s Parameters Next we ll map the FBV s Pedal Controls The FBV Pedal Wah and Pedal Volume Controls each send a stream of MIDI CC values so you can map to any available Live parameter that has a range such as an effect knob or slider to control it in real time We ll first map the
125. tch behaviors See Footswitch Control Behaviors on page 35 for details 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 TIP If you want to use your FBV to control more than one software application at the same time on your computer then you can set Controls to different Ports to allow each application to listen strictly on its own MIDI Port to receive only the intended Commands Channel The MIDI Channel the data is sent out on the selected Port s You can choose any single channel 1 thru 16 If the you select All in the Ports column for the Control the current MIDI Channel setting is used for all four MIDI Ports 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 e If the MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change the options available here are Increment Decrement or Fixed e Increment Sets the footswitch to increment thru Banks Presets by the amount of 1 to 127 as set in the Value column e Decrement Sets the footswitch to decrement thru Banks Presets by the amount of 1 to 127 as set in the Value column
126. ter This allows you work the FBV pedal and control the POD Farm Wah effect in real time These steps would be similar for the Line 6 POD GearBox Plug In or most any 3rd party AU or VST Plug In effect you might have available e Switch your FBV on board pedal so that the WAH LED is lit indicating you are using the Pedal Wah Control e In Ableton Live record or load an audio file in an audio track A recorded clean rhythm guitar would work nicely here We re working in Live s Arrangement View here eo el Shesen Guitart f TT TT aS R E E A E T AE e In Live s Plug In Devices Browser panel select your Plug In and drag it on top of your audio track e You ll see the effect module load into Live s lower panel If you click on the little arrow at the top of this effect module you ll see it expands to expose a Configure option This allows you to add parameters from the Plug In s edit window so that it is accessible within the effect module display 6 10 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Click the arrow here to expand the Click the Configure button to add a effect module POD Farm Plug In parameter to this module To add parameters to this panel click on them in the plug in s window Now in the POD Farm Plug In window click directly on the Wah edit panel s Position knob to select this parameter Once you ve selected the Plug In parameter you ll
127. the POD Farm Plug In you can insert any Logic or Audio Units effects Plug In and perform the same steps e Make sure your FBV pedal is set to Pedal Wah the Wah LED indicator on your FBV unit should be lit e Create an Audio track in your Logic session and record or insert an audio file so you ll have something to hear your Plug In effect applied to A nice clean guitar recording wold work nicely here e Click on an Effects Insert slot for this Logic Audio track and insert the POD Farm Plug In e In the POD Farm Plug In window load a Tone preset and add one of the Wah models to your tone Click on the Wah within the Signal Flow View to display Wah effect s edit settings in the edit panel The Wah effect s Position knob C Vp vernon y The POD Farm Plug In Edit Panel Wah effect e Now click directly on the POD Farm Wah Position knob in the edit panel with your mouse and move it a bit this allows the Wah Position parameter to be selected e Next before you click on anything else go to the Logic gt Preferences gt Control Surfaces menu and you want to select Learn Assignment for Wah Position senescent i n ee ee See Control Surfaces Learn Assignment for Wah Position L Controller Assignments aK Key Commands XK Setup Rebuild Defaults e As you can see by the name of the Learn Assignment menu command Logic automatically detected the POD Farm Plug In
128. then roll the pedal back and still hear the delay repeats but placing the Volume pedal Post conversely turns down the original signal AND the delay repeats Get it Note that this VOL effect block is the same volume that is accessed by the POD X3 Tone Volume knob and therefore each Tone has its own independent VOL effect So if your preset has two Tones then you can press the TONE 2 button to independently configure these three settings for Tone 1 and Tone 2 These VOL settings are also configurable for each preset so you can set and save these settings differently for each User preset Controlling Dual Tone Presets One of the coolest features of your POD X3 is that it offers two completely independent Tone Paths It is possible for you to configure a Tone Pair using Tone 1 for a guitar or bass that plugs into the POD X3 Input 1 jack and Tone 2 for a Mic plugged into Input 2 Alternatively you can create a Tone Blend where you utilize both Tone 1 and Tone 2 on a single input such as to process a guitar with two amps with each Tone having its own set of effects speaker cabinet and mic You ll see that your POD X3 already comes loaded with Single Tone presets as well as Tone Pairs and Tone Blends so you can take a look at how these are constructed as well as modify them to your heart s content and save your own creations as presets within the User folder For a thorough understanding of all this business of creating Dual
129. tically detects your FBV MkII MIDI Out ports You might see additional devices MIDI Ports appear here as well depending what other MIDI hardware software you have installed on your computer 408 Select your FBV A oa urface np MIDI Out Port 7 None here each FBV 2 oe 4 port can be 3 Noe a 4 None selected for up to sin None ay 4 MIDI Inputs if 6 None desired Takeover Mode nput FEV Shortboard Mk II Port 1 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling Line 6 POD Farm 2 Click both the Track and Remote buttons to On for your FBY Shortboard Mk II Port 2 nput FEY Shortboard Mk Il Port 3 npu MIDI Input Port nput FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 4 pul FBV Shartboard Mk II Port 1 gt gt gt gt gt Out Ableton Live Selecting FBV MkII as MIDI Inputs Mac OS X It is only necessary to turn on the MIDI In Remote option to allow Live to receive MIDI control data from the selected MIDI port However to allow Live to receive MIDI into a MIDI track you need to turn on the Track option You ll need MIDI track input to route MIDI control data directly to POD Farm 2 Plug In Note that when selecting the FBV MkII MIDI ports within your DAW you ll see the USB MIDI port names titled differently depending on your specific computer operating system for FBV Express MkII you ll see Express in place of Shortboard
130. tion s MIDI control functionality please see the detailed User Guides from the official Line 6 POD Farm source POD Farm Online Help e Got other Line 6 gear You can find the latest versions of Line 6 product manuals available here for download Line 6 Product Manuals e For technical support choose from the many options listed on the Line 6 Support including the searchable Knowledgebase Line 6 Support e Can t get enough of that Line 6 Gear or want to check out the latest Add Ons and accessories Head on over to the Line 6 Store Line 6 Online Store e Join the Community Line 6 users are welcome the Line 6 Online Community the place to get e Free downloable Tones for POD Farm e Free MP3 Jam Tracks e Free loops for GarageBand Acid Reason and more e Free guitar lessons from LA session pros e Breaking news links and video clips e Info on contests and special offers e Access to discussion forums software updates and more Line 6 Community 795
131. tions are not active as indicated by these settings shown in parentheses as displayed in the above System screen e When an Expression pedal is connected to FBV Shortboard it becomes pedal 2 and youll see the options for pedal 2 become active displayed without parentheses in the System screen as shown here CNTRL TONET TONE2 BOTH AWA POD X3 System screen Shortboard with Expression pedal e FBV Express MkII Includes one onboard pedal which is pedal 1 There is no option for connecting a 2nd pedal therefore the pedal 2 options will be displayed in parentheses in the System screen to indicate they are not active All of these PEDAL TWK and LP SW System settings are specific to the current preset that is you configure each of these settings and SAVE them with your current settings to have your FBV pedal s function however you like for each individual preset Note Any preset location on your POD X3 can consist of either one or two separate Tones Tone 1 and Tone 2 The System settings here always allow you to view and edit settings for Tone 2 even though the specific preset you are editing may not currently have Tone 2 active PEDAL CNTRL Use this left most PEDAL System setting to have the pedal affect either TONE 1 TONE 2 or BOTH TONES The default mode is BOTH TONES for all current Presets We ve offered lots of flexibility here for allowing you to set pedal functions independently for
132. to transmit MMC commands and you should see the Cubase transport respond With the 3rd party application examples covered in this chapter you should now be pretty well informed on how to get your Line 6 FBV MkII device configured as a USB MIDI controller Most other DAW applications that offer remote MIDI control can be configured similarly Please see the following chapter for more helpful tips and Line 6 online resources 6 31 FBV MkIil Advanced User Guide Reference REFERENCE We ve included this handy Reference chapter in case the answer to your question wasn t too clear in the previous chapters or for you impatient types that want the quick answer Here we ve included lots of questions amp answers troubleshooting tips and other info we figure you might be too embarrassed to ask about You really should read through the other chapters too though Questions amp Answers General Q amp A What is an RJ45 cable FBV MkII utilizes a cable with RJ45 style connectors on each end to connect to Line 6 amps and POD devices We didn t make up the name that s the industry term for the style connector It is the same as used for computer Ethernet network cables so if you happen to need a replacement cable just head to any electronics or computer store and just tell them you need a standard Cat 5 network cable and they ll think you know exactly what you re talking about I heard I can use my FBV Mk
133. vity e And that does it Now if you move your Pedal you should see the selected knob move in response You can follow these same steps to map any FBV controller directly to any assignable Reason knob slider switch etc The Reason Remote Override feature offers several other features it is recommended you check the Reason Help documentation covering all that this powerful feature offers for your Line 6 MIDI Controllers 6 24 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software Digidesign Pro Tools LE Transport Control FBV MkII Setup Tutorial We ve provided a step by step tutorial here for how to configure an FBV Shortboard or Express MkII device to remotely control the Transport of the Digidesign Pro Tools LE 8 software The steps are similar for other Pro Tools versions as well Configuring a MIDI Controller device such as FBV MkII for this task in Pro Tools is not too obvious but pretty simple once you know the steps and it can be very helpful to have foot control over your Transport functions for recording and punch ins FBV Control Assignment Configuration The first step before even launching Pro Tools is that we ll need to configure a set of MIDI assignments for the footswitches and pedals of our FBV device Pro Tools utilizes MIDI Machine Control MMC commands to access its Transport functions remotely Therefore we re going to assign MMC commands to our FBV footswitch controls using the Line 6
134. witch control is actually capable of transmitting either one or two MIDI CC commands depending on the Switch Mode which is handy for some software parameters Different software manufacturers might utilize one switch mode or the other for their specific parameters so you ll need to check their documentation to determine the best switch mode choice But we can provide some helpful examples of how these three switch modes work here For this example let s say you ve selected the following options for the A footswitch control By selecting the 065 Value this actually sets both the MIDI CC assignments for the footswitch control to CC 65 At the far right you can see this indicated in the Toggle 1 Up and Toggle 2 Down CC and Val fields even though they are not editable you can see the numerical settings that are in use The specific Values are automatically configured for 127 and O respectively With these settings the resulting behaviors for each Switch Mode setting are as follows e Single Always transmits only the Toggle 1 Up CC number and Value when the footswitch is pressed CC 65 and Value 127 in our example e Toggle Alternates transmitting the first and second CC amp Value on each successive press like an on off switch So in our example it will send CC 65 127 on the first press and CC 65 0 on the next Some software parameters utilize this type of switch mode for things such as toggling a functi
135. with either Increment or Decrement as the Switch Mode you can incrementally select a value of 1 thru 127 to select and load correspondingly numbered Banks Presets Note It is actually possible to select a value of O 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 e Ifthe MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change with Fixed as the Switch Mode you can select any value of 0 thru 127 to load the corresponding Bank Preset e If the MIDI Command is MIDI CC you can choose a value of O through 127 or Custom If Custom is selected the Toggle 1 Up and Toggle 2 Down options in this control row become selectable so that the each Toggle action can be defined with its own separate MIDI CC value e If the MIDI Command is MMC you can choose between the options Play Stop Play Stop Record Punch Pro Tools Pause Fast Forward or Rewind e If the MIDI Command is Mackie you can choose between the options Play Stop Play Stop Record Punch Pause Fast Forward or Rewind 3 3 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide FBV Control Application Togglel 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 swi
136. with the up and down arrows to scroll through the User Banks then press A D to recall the desired preset within the selected User Bank e FBV Express MkII Turn the knob on your POD labeled Press to Save to scroll through your User Banks and you ll see that these A D Channel buttons let you select a preset within the current User Bank e Pedal Typically controls either the Wah or Volume of the current preset press the pedal forward to activate the toe switch to toggle between Wah or Volume e Tap Tap in a tempo for your active Delay or Modulation effects of the current preset to follow e Effects Footswitches Shortboard only Press to toggle the labeled effect on off in the current preset e Function 1 amp 2 Footswitches Shortboard only By default these toggle the Comp effect and Amp on off respectively within the current preset Ready to dive deeper Many more options and tips amp tricks await you below Calling Up User Presets This is likely what you ll be using your FBV MkII controller for most often freeing up your hands and recalling those presets you so painstakingly created It s all pretty straight forward here Your FBV provides you direct access to presets stored in the POD X3 User folder You can see that when you stomp on your FBV to call up a preset that this automatically switches to the User folder regardless of whether the previously loaded preset is one stored in this User folder or not F
137. y as shown above for Mac versus Windows so just choose the first FBV USB MIDI port in the menu list Select the first FBV Port in this Coreen ras top Input menu Leave all other None SSC control Surface Input and Output menus set to None F FBV Shortboard Mk II Port 2 rant ear FBV Shortboard Mk Il Port 3 so that Live is only receiving Beana M MIDI Control data from your FBV e Close the Preferences dialog this completes MIDI input device configuration steps Map FBV Controls Next we need to map the FBV Controls to a few of the Live functions Live refers to this process as manual mapping and we need to enter the Live MIDI Map Mode some other applications refer to this type of process as MIDI Learn e To enter MIDI Map Mode click on the MIDI button at the top right of the Live screen e You will then see many of the Live controls become highlighted as our screen shot shows highlighted in blue here your Live settings or version might use a different highlight color These highlighted controls indicate that they are map able able to be controlled remotely 6 6 FBV MkII Advanced User Guide Controlling 3rd Party Software e To map one of the Live highlighted controls simply click on it Live then waits to receive a MIDI command For this step we re going to map the Live Transport Play Stop and Record buttons to the FBV A B amp C footswitches respectiv
138. your selected FBV MkII device is displayed here To edit the MIDI assignment for any control on your FBV click directly on the footswitch or pedal in this image or on the corresponding row in the Control Properties list below to select it See the Control Properties List description on page 3 3 for edit options Note The FBV Control application will automatically detect and select your USB connected FBV device Shortboard or Express MkII However you have some other options when launching with no FBV device or multiple FBV devices connected See Preferences on page 3 9 for details 2 Footswitches Click directly on any footswitch here to select it and its related row in the Control Properties List where you can edit its MIDI assignment Note that all the footswitches on your FBV MkII hardware can be set to send any type of MIDI message available in the Control Properties list s columns regardless of how the footswitch is labeled on your FBV hardware chassis If you don t want a particular footswitch to send any MIDI command at all just choose Unassigned in the MIDI command column Also see Footswitch LED Behaviors on page 3 6 for info on these indicators 3 Pedal Wah and Pedal Vol These provide you with two assignable functions for your Shortboard or Express units on board pedal we ll refer to this as Pedal 1 in this document To edit the assignments for these Pedal 1 functions click directly on th

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