FCBBooster User Manual
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1. Program Change Channel Pressure Pitch Wheel Change Channel Mode All Sound Off Reset All Controllers Local Control All Notes Off System Common System Exclusive MIDI Time Code Song Position Pointer Song Select Tune Request End of Exclusive System Real Time Clock Start Continue Stop Active Sensing Reset X X KK XX XX XX XOO XO OO X O O O X O X X X X XI XXX X KEK LOL XX X X X X O O X O FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 232. Each section contains a list of selectable items and a few buttons in the upper part and a list of properties belonging to the selected item in the list at the bottom A sequence of green boxes and connection lines shows the relationships between the items selected at the moment This is the list of the defined patches This is the list of the defined controls for the currently selected patch This is the list of the defined states for the currently selected control This is the list of the defined actions for the currently selected state These are the properties of the currently selected patch These are the properties of the currently selected control N g oe NE These are the properties of the currently selected state 8 These are the properties of the currently selected action Each section has its own individual clipboard The patches section A patch defines the behaviour of the 10 footswitches and the 2 expression pedals of a FCB 1010 collectively called controls FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 16 Each patch is identified by a unique progressive number which is automatically assigned and by a user assignable name The name does not need to be unique altough this is surely advisable This section contains the following buttons new creates a new empty patch duplicate duplicates the currently selected patch cut copies the currently selected patch into the cli
3. FCB 1010 FCBBooster memory 10 banks 32768 patches program change 5 unlimited control change 2 unlimited note 1 unlimited number of messages that system exclusive not available unlimited a footswitch can send simultaneously all sound off not available unlimited all notes off not available unlimited reset all controllers not available unlimited number of messages that control change 1 unlimited an expression pedal can send system exclusive not available unlimited simutaneously channel pressure not available unlimited FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 3 FCBBooster s main features are e ability to send a virtually unlimited number of MIDI messages to a virtually unlimited number of MIDI devices simultaneously from each footswitch or expression pedal ability to send MIDI messages that the FCB 1010 is not able to manage including system exclusive messages both fixed and variable simple but powerful programming capabilities implemented through a WYSIWYG editor allow you to define complex functions that would be impossible to handle for a FCB 1010 e gives a visual feedback of the functions assigned to footswitches and expression pedals manages FCB 1010 SysEx dumps for an easy interfacing with the pedalboard and backup purposes the order and timing of MIDI messages can be carefully programmed footswitches can act as buttons switches or multiple state switches messages can be individually programmed to be
4. FCBBooster user manual version 2 0 0 Copyright 2010 2013 Amedeo Farello All rights reserved FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 Table of contents INTO UN A o 3 EM a A eins 3 Getting Sean anna o 4 Changes SINCE version di A dado 6 SAO DO ura a A ita 6 NeW TE US aaa 6 A A aa 8 E AAA O Re aa aaa 8 Actions states controls and patches inician O a n 8 Reference Da cd ADA A AAA tunes 9 Navigation MOS cn a exis tena te AA A sen LAA ARE AN di 10 Default dOCUMENE nain enr da A TAO aida EA DAR AN 11 Interfacing With Me FCB LOTO A da de iina aa nes EAA aa EE tetes ses 12 A Re RE SR SO RER T 12 A tomatic Er AIN nier ann ere brides dot taie o 12 Step by Step learning iii teen ess ia tant 13 TAS Main WIN oa 15 ES TEL ES AA ART 1 0 PR M M TEE IR ET SD nediah 16 TMS CIO AAA iaieueeeiitel 16 The patehes Secada 16 The Control Seti anses times ions 17 The States Sections nine anne bio 18 Th ACTIONS SECUOM nan need unes dt ad das a eau 19 Common properties for footswitches and expression pedals 19 Actions for TOOESWITCNES 5 cia a ire tee ete dant sese 20 midi program change isa drame A TA A AA AAA nds en ed dese 20 midi COMMER ONC ANN Sia os sate A A A Re seen 20 A A EN 20 MIT SYSOX A E R O dddassnudsesbin A T 20 dial sound Ora A A OaE anaE 20 A A te a ere ner rent 20 midi reset CONOS iia antenne 20 GOTO PANA A AA AN etre 21 MULE expression pedal caia E E AEEA a RN EK AEE
5. none to hide it and disable the navigation mode leaving all the footswitches in a patch available for your commands 2 this footswitch is used to select a patch with a higher rank than the current patch if any go up a higher rank patch is a patch that contains at least one go to patch action pointing to the current patch and has a lower level number 0 represents the highest rank FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 10 set its value to none to hide the footswitch in the navigation patch 3 this footswitch is used to select the previous patch in the list of the visited patches go backward lt set its value to none to hide the footswitch in the navigation patch 4 this footswitch is used to select the next patch in the list of the visited patches go forward gt set its value to none to hide the footswitch in the navigation patch 5 this footswitch is used to select the next patch in the list of the existing patches previous patch set its value to none to hide the footswitch in the navigation patch 6 this footswitch is used to select the previous patch in the list of the existing patches next patch set its value to none to hide the footswitch in the navigation patch While in navigation mode use footswitches 2 to 6 to select the destination patch which is highlighted with a green border in the list at the right side of the main
6. N ID ID IN NN OoO OoO o o o o o o o o 127 127 p o ER o Note also that the MIDI transmission channel for all messages must be the same The FCB 1010 FCBBooster connection is established through the input panel of the preferences window The operation needs to be executed only once unless you change something in your FCB 1010 s programming or your MIDI connections or you delete FCBBooster s preferences eoc FCBBooster Preferences EJ reference bank input targets igation midi connections fcb 1010 sysex dump learn in Network Fireface Port 1 Mac NET ch 1 receive gt sa start out Network Fireface Port 1 Mac NET load 6 7 8 9 10 Note Note Note Note Note 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 Note Note Note Note 1 2 3 4 aa Automatic learning The preferred way to connect FCBBooster to your FCB 1010 requires that both an input and an FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 12 output MIDI connection to the pedalboard is available Please note that you should be aware of the current reference bank preference before starting since this influences the way your pedalboard must be set up 1 2 3 4 5 a b c connect and power the FCB 1010 open the FCBBooster preferences window and select the input panel in the midi connections box select the appropriate MIDI input and output device press the receive button in t
7. down in the list anticipating or postponing its execution Common properties for footswitches and expression pedals Each action has the following properties comment you can use this space for notes about the action perform if state this property can appear from zero to 9 times depending on how many controls of footswitch x is belonging to the same patch have multiple states and have set the actions see states property to yes not including the control that owns the action the available choices will include any meaning that the action will perform anyway ignoring the state of the control plus one item for each state of the control allowing to specify that the action should perform only when that state is current FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 19 Actions for footswitches The following actions can be assigned to a footswitch midi program change send message to the target that will receive the message perform when indicates whether the action will be executed by pressing or releasing the footswitch select program the number 0 127 of the MIDI program that will be selected midi control change send message to the target that will receive the message change controller identifies the MIDI controller that will be changed perform when indicates whether the action will be executed by pressing or releasing the footswitch set
8. value the value 0 127 that will be assigned to the MIDI controller midi note send message to this is the target that will receive the message note number the MIDI note C2 G8 that will be generated note velocity the velocity 0 127 of the MIDI note that will be generated midi sysex send message to this is the target that will receive the message sequence the sequence of bytes that will be sent to the chosen target input the bytes as hexadecimal values separated by a space do not include the FO prefix and the F7 suffix if you need to specify a Roland checksum use the character to indicate the starting point of the sequence that must be included in the checksum and the character to indicate the end of the sequence as well as its insertion point perform when indicates whether the action will be executed by pressing or releasing the footswitch midi all sound off send message to this is the target that will receive the message perform when this indicates whether the action will be executed by pressing or releasing the footswitch midi all notes off send message to this is the target that will receive the message perform when this indicates whether the action will be executed by pressing or releasing the footswitch midi reset controllers send message to this is the target that will receive the message
9. EEEREN 21 A NO 21 ACtIONS for ExPreSSION Pedal ici mr wens taueuseeaerbeWteavseteeenads 21 PUA Esos e ras aii a deei iea E Ea EE aAa A Tae EaR EA ETE 21 a lo Sy SOX ra PEO OI O 21 midi channel PES ci a a A AN A tante Seva t esedadvavaseuaneis 21 MIDI Implementation Reference cccccccsssesccssssecsesssssecsesssseeeessasseseesseseesessoasersessaasersessasseeenes 23 FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 2 Introduction Features FCBBooster is a software tool conceived to increase the performance of the Behringer FCB 1010 MIDI foot controller It works as an interface between the pedalboard and whatever MIDI device hardware or software you want to drive with it like synthesizers drum machines effects loopers etc If your setup includes a Mac and an FCB 1010 this application will greatly augment the pedalboard s capabilities and simplify its use at once without any hardware modification A A Jai m 0 0 000 edad su sun on sane 0 LLE dle ti FCBBooster is not a software editor for the Behringer pedalboard altough it is able to receive send save and load FCB 1010 SysEx dumps Actually using FCBBooster means that you won t need to directly program the FCB 1010 pedalboard anymore either through an editor or a sequence of footswitch presses the so called river dance Speaking about MIDI messages the following table compares the FCB 1010 and FCBBooster capabilities
10. ase both its appearance and its functions will be inherited from the reference control and cannot be modified locally These are the properties that can be assigned to a control which is not an alias primary label the primary text that identifies the control in the main window secondary a secondary text to identify the control could be used for example to indicate the label recipient of the actions defined for the control color the color used to paint the control there is a library of specific colors for the controls using the menu that appears when you click on the color you can choose a color from those available in the library or add a new one or modify or delete existing colors initial state this property is only available when the footswitch has more than one state and indicates footswitches only the state that is assigned to the footswitch when the document is loaded actions see this property is only available when the footswitch has more than one state and indicates if states the actions belonging to the same patch but not to this control will be able to check footswitches only which state of this control is the current one and behave accordingly initial value indicates the initial value that is assigned to the expression pedal when the document is expr pedals only loaded These are the properties that can be assigned to a control which is an alias of patch the patch that c
11. beyond the scope of this manual but I just want to point out that to make the application compatible with the sandbox AND maintain all its functions unaltered would have meant losing compatibility with OS X 10 6 Snow Leopard something I was not willing to do So these are the consequences of sandboxing the preferences file stored by FCBBooster versions up to and including 1 2 1 will be moved to its new location inside the application sandbox the first time you start the application if for any reason you want to keep your old preferences file you must duplicate it and store it away from the now obsolete application preferences folder in Library Application Support before you launch the new version the default document is not just a reference to some user specified document anymore instead it is a concrete document residing in the application sandbox to keep using the default document from previous versions just open it normally then choose the Save As Default command of the File menu the Open Recent menu remembers documents opened during the current session but not those that were opened in previous sessions since the standard version and the demo version use different sandboxes they do not share preferences anymore New features FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 MIDI destination devices and channels are now coupled as targets and defined just once in the preferences window inst
12. c NET 1 In addition to the name device and channel of each target the list indicates whether the related device is available and the number of actions that currently use the target Pressing the edit button or double clicking an item opens a window to change its settings 80 0 target 3 EUA target 3 output device Driver IAC Bus 1 v channel 2 X Each target has a unique name Actions states controls and patches The operation of FCBBooster revolves around a hierarchy of four types of elements patches IN controls states and actions Actions are at the lowest level and usually describe a single MIDI message sent to a specific target Actions are contained in a state A single state can contain from zero to a virtually unlimited number of actions States are contained by controls footswitches and expression pedals which directly represent their physical counterparts on the pedalboard While an expression pedal always has exactly one FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 8 state a footswitch can contain a number of states variable between 1 and 256 A footswitch with a single state behaves like a button a two state footswitch is equivalent to an on off switch while a footswitch with three or more states is a selector that each time that it is pressed passes to the next state and at the end of the cycle starts again from state 1 When a control has more than one state i
13. controls while the right side shows a scrollable list of all the existing patches in which the current patch is highlighted 8 00 FCBBooster default F 9 3 S e q Mobius eT 10 4 C 5 MidiPatterns mobius The sample window above shows various aspects 1 This is a single state footswitch Its color is user assignable When it gets clicked or the real footswitch on the pedalboard is pressed its border is highlighted 2 This is an undefined footswitch Pressing the corresponding footswitch on the pedalboard has no effect 3 This is the text assigned to the primary label property of the control 4 This is the name of the current state of a multiple state footswitch Its color is user assignable 5 This is the text assigned to the secondary label property of the control 6 This footswitch activates the navigation mode Presence color and position of this switch are at the user s discretion and are set inside the navigation panel of the preferences window 7 This is an expression pedal Its color is user assignable The segmented bar indicating its current position is dimmed because the actual pedal it refers to has been moved while another patch was selected Acting on the pedal won t have any effect until its position again matches the position it had the last time it was used with the current patch 8 This is an another expression pedal The segmented bar indicating its current position is
14. d previous in list next in list which are analogous to the navigation mode commands e when the footswitch that activates the navigation mode is changed in the preferences window any definition using that location is now always moved to a free position if it is available the fcb file format has changed to support the new features FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 7 Concepts This section explains some basic concepts you need to be aware of when using FCBBooster In this manual the terms footswitch expression pedal and up down key follow the terminology of the Behringer FCB 1010 manual Targets FCBBooster s task is to send MIDI messages to MIDI devices A target brings together under a user specified name the name of a MIDI device with a MIDI transmission channel The target s name can be subsequently used by MIDI actions more on these later to define their destinations Targets are created and edited in the targets panel of the preferences window that shows the list of the defined targets eno FCBBooster Preferences targets output device ch avail used target 1 Driver IAC Bus 1 Y target 2 Yamaha MOTIF RACK ES 1 target 3 Driver lAC Bus 1 target 4 Driver IAC Bus 1 target 6 Network RTP MIDI GT PRO iMac target 7 Network RTP MIDI GT PRO iMac target 8 Yamaha MOTIF RACK ES 5 3 1 2 1 target 5 Driver IAC Bus 1 1 1 3 4 target 9 Network Fireface Port 1 Ma
15. drawn normally because its current value corresponds to that of the actual pedal it refers to on the FCB 1010 9 This is the list of all the patches that are defined in the current document Click on a name to select the corresponding patch or double click it to open the editor 10 This is the current patch the one whose properties are show in the left part of the window Each patch may have a different background color FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 15 Programming The editor window All programming takes place inside the editor window The window contains four sections respectively dedicated to patches controls states and actions Please refer to the Concepts chaper to learn more about these elements and the hierarchy that links them 8 0 0 FCBBooster Editor new new new new test single 0 Mobius 1 GT duplicate footswitch 3 duplicate 1 duplicate midi all sound off duplicate test all 1 Mobius 2 GT footswitch 4 2 midi reset all controllers 2 Mobius 3 GT 1 footswitch 5 er midi sysex 3 Mobius 1 Synth footswitch 6 4 Mobius 2 Synth footswitch 7 copy 5 Mobius 3 Synth footswitch 8 6 MidiPatterns footswitch 9 7 Yamaha Motif details 8 Boss GT PRO Details 9 Boss GT PRO Clean 10 Boss GT PRO Overdr 11 Boss GT PRO Effects rw Mobius 1 GT 0 X 15161D footswitch 10 expression pedal 1 expression pedal 2 no is linked hd GT PRO any any Boss GT PRO 41 00 00 00 0b 12 10 00 00 00 00
16. e lost if you select another preferences panel or exit the preferences window Information concerning the messages sent from your pedalboard are obviously retained Step by step learning There is an alternative way to teach FCBBooster about what notes and control change messages to expect from your FCB 1010 There is no need to use it unless for some reason the preferred way failed UI 2 BES connect and power the FCB 1010 open the FCBBooster preferences window and select the input panel in the midi connections box select the appropriate MIDI input device and channel press the start button in the learn box an alert window will appear informing that you are entering the learn mode press the OK button the gray start button will turn into a green stop button one after the other pedals and footswitches in the preferences window will light up in FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 13 green just press or move the corresponding control on the FCB 1010 to connect it to FCBBooster 7 FCBBooster will automatically exit the learn mode after receiving a message from the last pedal in the sequence you can abort the procedure anytime by pressing the stop button FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 14 The main window This resizable window is made of two parts the left side mimics the FCB 1010 layout and shows the currently selected patch giving a visual feedback of the state of the
17. ead of being specified multiple times on an action by action basis actions just choose their target from a menu and thus can be much more easily adapted to a change in the MIDI configuration of your system the now obsolete Edit Find MIDI Devices command has therefore been removed while the label and target properties of controls have been renamed as primary label and secondary label to avoid ambiguities when a file written with an earlier version is loaded the necessary targets are created according to the properties of the actions found multiple state footswitches can now optionally expose their current state to all actions belonging to the same patch so that these can be programmed to perform only when a control is in a particular state interfacing with the FCB 1010 has become much easier FCBBooster is now able to receive a SysEx dump from the pedalboard or load it from a file apply the possible needed corrections and send it back without requiring any programming on the FCB 1010 the old step by step learn mode is anyway still available FCBBooster can also save SysEx dumps to a file for backup purposes the patches setup window now simply called the editor window has a new clearer layout with green lines and boxes indicating the relationships between patches controls states and actions when the editor window is open the currently selected control is shown with a red border in the
18. eparated by a space do not include the FO prefix and the F7 suffix use the character to indicate where the current value of the expression pedal will be inserted if you need to specify a Roland checksum use the character to indicate the starting point of the sequence that must be included in the checksum and the character to indicate the end of the sequence as well as its insertion point size of variable data determines whether the value corresponding to the state of the expression pedal will be sent using 1 or 2 bytes minimum value the minimum transmitted value incoming values will be remapped according to this setting maximum value the maximum transmitted value incoming values will be remapped according to this setting midi channel pressure send message to the target that will receive the message FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 21 minimum value the minimum transmitted value incoming values will be remapped according to this setting maximum value the maximum transmitted value incoming values will be remapped according to this setting FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 22 MIDI Implementation Reference Functions Transmitted Recognized Basic Channel 1 16 1 16 Note Number 0 127 0 127 Channel Voice Note Off event O O Note On event Polyphonic Key Pressure Control Change 0 127
19. he fcb 1010 sysex dump box an alert window will appear informing that you are entering the learn mode press the OK button your pedalboard will be requested to send a SysEx dump containing its current settings this will produce one of the following results dump successfully received FCBBooster is ready to work with your pedalboard Incompatible settings a dump was succesfully received but the current settings of your FCB 1010 aren t compatible with FCBBooster s needs to solve the problem press the correct button then use the send button to upload the new settings into your FCB 1010 and follow the instructions ATTENTION be aware that you will loose some of the current pedalboard settings so you may want to make a backup before proceeding Time out FCBBooster was unable to receive a dump from your FCB 1010 this is probably due to incorrect MIDI connections or to a defective MIDI interface if you cannot solve the problem you will need to program the FCB 1010 yourself according to the FCBBooster s needs and then resort to step by step learning You can use the load and save buttons in the fcb 1010 sysex dump box to load an FCB 1010 SysEx dump from a file or to archive the current dump Note that loading a SysEx file is equivalent to receive a SysEx dump through a MIDI connection Please note that any SysEx dump received via a MIDI connection or loaded from a file will b
20. ibility In addition to their normal operation controls can be programmed to act as an alias for another control This can be useful to insert the same control inside different patches ensuring that each instance remains synchronized with the other This section contains the following buttons new creates a new empty control clicking on the button opens a menu to choose which control to create between those not already existing duplicate duplicates the currently selected control clicking on the button opens a menu to choose which control to create between those not already existing cut copies the currently selected control into the clipboard and deletes it from the list copy copies the currently selected control into the clipboard FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 17 paste creates a new control as a copy of that contained in the clipboard clicking on the button opens a menu to choose which control to create between those not already existing delete deletes the currently selected control clear deletes all the controls swap switches the positions of the selected control with that of another in the list clicking on the button opens a menu to choose the other control These are the properties that can be assigned to all controls is an alias when this property is yes the control is simply a link to another control defined elsewhere usually inside a different patch in this c
21. main window IN uN there are new cut copy and paste buttons for each of the patches controls state and actions sections the controls section also has a new swap button to easily exchange position between controls of the same kind anew reference bank preference allows to choose between the traditional mode of operation that uses a single FCB 1010 bank as source for MIDI messages and a new all banks mode that limits the number of the definable patches to ten but lets you select them with the up down keys on the pedalboard some new MIDI actions are available all sound off all notes off reset all controllers for footswitches and channel pressure for expression pedals anew wait action may be used to introduce a delay between actions this can be useful to let some hardware devices digest complex sysex messages before sending them other messages e there is a new unified preferences window the navigation mode is now not immediately dismissed when a footswitch is pressed instead it stays active until the activation footswitch is pressed again this makes this mode much more effective the current destination patch is highlighted with a green border in the list at the right side of the main window the go to patch action now supports special destinations like higher in level last visited next visite
22. n 5 close the preferences window 6 open the editor window with the proper command in the Edit menu or by double clicking FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 4 the O Untitled patch in the list at the right side of the main window 7 in the controls section of the editor window click the new button and choose footswitch 1 to create a new footswitch and its default state 8 in the actions section of the editor window click the new button and choose midi note to add a new MIDI note message to the default state of footswitch 1 9 change the number property to 60 C3 to emit a middle C the target property should indicate the target you just created in the preferences window 10 close the editor window 11 press footswitch 1 on the FCB 1010 the C3 note should be received by the target until you hold down the footswitch while the corresponding button inside the FCBBooster window is highlighted FCBBooster has a few sample fcb files embedded in it To save them on your computer please use the Extract Examples command of the File menu MIDI is a trademark of MIDI Manufacturers Association Behringer is a trademark of MUSIC Group IP Ltd FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 5 Changes since version 1 2 1 Sandboxing As prescribed by the Mac App Store rules FCBBooster is now a sandboxed application Discussing the OS X sandbox in detail is
23. nt instead of just creating a new empty one To reset the default document to an empty one you can obviously just choose New and then Save As Default Please note that DEMO versions don t load the default document at startup FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 11 Interfacing with the FCB 1010 Input FCBBooster intercepts MIDI notes and control change messages sent by the FCB 1010 footswitches and expression pedals and uses them to activate the programmed sequence of actions for the corresponding control in the current patch For this to work each FCB 1010 footswitch must be programmed to send a unique MIDI note each pedal must send a constant and unique control change message and the application has to know which control sends what The following table shows a possible FCB 1010 setup compatible with FCBBooster Please note that the Program Change and Control Change settings of footswitches are irrelevant and thus are not shown Only a single bank is displayed note that if you choose all banks for the reference bank preference all ten banks must be programmed equally Expression pedal A Expression pedal B Preset Note max max o o 3 3 o fo 3 3 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 WV O0 3 DO 0 A U N RA Ol OINIDI AJ UJIN IH 127 127 Ri r ra le te le ni e Oo O O O O O O O O O N IN N N N
24. ontains the reference control for the linked control of control the reference control for the linked control The states section By defining multiple states an FCB 1010 s footswitch which normally behaves as a pushbutton can be transformed into a switch or a selector Expression pedals always have a single state When a footswitch has more than one state the name of its current state is shown inside the footswitch in the main window States contain actions which are executed in order when the control that contains the state is activated The number of actions that a state can contain is virtually unlimited This section contains the following buttons new creates a new empty state duplicate duplicates the currently selected state cut copies the currently selected state into the clipboard and deletes it from the list FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 18 copy copies the currently selected state into the clipboard paste creates a new state as a copy of that contained in the clipboard delete deletes the currently selected state clear deletes all the states arrows move the currently selected state up or down in the list These are the properties that can be assigned to a state of a multi state footswitch label text that identifies the state it is shown below the footswitch primary label color the color with which the name of the state i
25. pboard and deletes it from the list copy copies the currently selected patch into the clipboard paste creates a new patch as a copy of that contained in the clipboard delete deletes the currently selected patch clear deletes all the patches and creates a new empty patch arrows move the currently selected patch up or down in the list Each patch has the following user assignable properties name text that identifies the patch in the main window list level this value determines the operation of the go up footswitch in the navigation mode see the command Setup Navigation when in navigation mode the footswitch will select a patch with a higher rank than the current patch if any a higher rank patch is a patch that contains at least one go to patch action pointing to the current patch and has a lower level number 0 represents the highest rank color the color used to paint the background of the patch there is a library of specific colors for the backgrounds of the patches using the menu that appears when you click on the color you can choose a color from those available in the library or add a new one or modify or delete existing colors comment you can use this space for notes about the patch The controls section Controls in FCBBooster correspond to those of the FCB 1010 footswitches and expression pedals The appearance of controls is customizable to enhance their vis
26. perform when this indicates whether the action will be executed by pressing or releasing the footswitch FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 20 go to patch select patch the patch that will be selected by performing the action mute expression pedal pedal belongs to patch the patch that contains the expression pedal to be muted or unmuted by performing the action pedal is the expression pedal to be muted or unmuted by performing the action action indicates whether the expression pedal will be muted or unmuted wait perform when this indicates whether the action will be executed by pressing or releasing the footswitch delay time msec the delay amount in milliseconds 0 9999 Actions for expression pedals The following actions can be assigned to an expression pedal midi control change send message to the target that will receive the message change controller identifies the MIDI controller that will be changed minimum value the minimum transmitted value incoming values will be remapped according to this setting maximum value the maximum transmitted value incoming values will be remapped according to this setting midi sysex send message to this is the target that will receive the message sequence the sequence of bytes that will be sent to the chosen target input the bytes as hexadecimal values s
27. s painted there is a library of specific colors for the names of states using the menu that appears when you click on the color you can choose a color from those available in the library or add a new one or modify or delete existing colors The actions section Actions are FCBBooster s building blocks An action usually define a particular MIDI message that is sent to a target altough a few special non MIDI actions exist Each action according to its kind has a specific set of properties Actions are triggered when one of the ten FCB 1010 footswitches is pressed or released or one of the two expression pedals changes its position Footswitches and expression pedals use different kind of actions This section contains the following buttons new creates a new action clicking on the button opens a menu to choose the type of the action to create between those which are relevant for the type of the currently selected control duplicate duplicates the currently selected action this is not available when the action is of type go to patch cut copies the currently selected action into the clipboard and deletes it from the list copy copies the currently selected action into the clipboard paste creates a new action as a copy of that contained in the clipboard delete deletes the currently selected action clear deletes all the actions arrows move the currently selected action up or
28. sent when a footswitch is either pressed or released e much easier and faster to program than the actual FCB 1010 entire setups can be saved as documents allowing backups and fast switching between completely different configurations FCBBooster is a 32 64 bit Intel fat binary that runs on Mac OS X 10 6 6 Snow Leopard and later versions It requires a minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 800 FCBBooster should be able to support pedalboards modified with the UnO chip as long as it is possible to program them as described in the Interfacing with the FCB 1010 chapter Of course you will need to use the step by step learning approach Getting started You should read the Concept chapter to familiarize with FCBBooster s way of doing things then the Reference bank and Input sections of the Interfacing with the FCB 1010 chapter to learn how to connect the application with your pedalboard When you have succesfully connected FCBBooster and the FCB 1010 the quickest way to send your first MIDI message is 1 open the preferences window with the proper command in the FCBBooster menu and select the targets panel 2 click the new button to create a new target 3 open the target window with the edit button or by double clicking the target row in the list 4 choose the preferred MIDI device between those available and select a MIDI transmission channel then press the OK butto
29. tch can also be selected using the navigation features or the pedalboard up down keys Last but non least a patch can be selected executing a go to patch action See the Programming chapter to learn how to properly setup these elements Reference bank There are two ways to use the application in relation to the FCB 1010 banks using a single reference bank or all the ten banks Each way has its advantages and disadvantages using a single bank using all banks a A PG a users chee all 10 bens maximum number of selectable FCBBooster patches all up to 32768 10 navigation mode available yes no go to patch actions available yes no patches selectable with mouse yes no patches selectable with FCB 1010 up down keys no yes In other words if you choose to use a single reference bank you can make the most of the application and use the remaining 9 banks on the pedalboard the way you want but selecting patches with your feet is a bit less straightforward since you need to use the navigation mode If you choose to use all banks you loose some power but you have a one to one correspondance FCBBooster User Manual Version 2 0 0 9 between FCBBooster patches and FCB 1010 banks which is handy You can choose this setting in the reference bank panel of the preferences window If you choose to use a single reference bank you can define special go to patch ac
30. tions and use up to 32768 patches but you will need to use FCBBooster s navigation mode to select them using the pedalboard FCBBooster Preferences There are two ways to use FCBBooster in relation to the FCB 1010 banks using a single reference bank or all the ten banks If you choose the all banks option you are able to use 10 patches at most but with a one to one correspondance between FCB 1010 s banks and FCBBooster s patches that you will select using the FCB 1010 up down keys This setting also influences the way your FCB 1010 has to be programmed altough this is normally managed automatically by FCBBooster Please refer to the manual for further information about this refer to bank 00 Navigation mode This mode is useful to select a patch without resorting to the mouse It is not available when the reference bank preference is set to all banks since that means that is the FCB 1010 to set the current patch which coincides with the current pedalboard s bank en FCBBooster default A 7 Boss GT PRO 1 When this mode is active the current patch in the main FCBBooster s window is substituted with a special one whose footswitches execute the actions described in the following table footswitch action 1 this footswitch is used to activate or deactivate the navigation mode it will appear in all on off patches superimposed on any existing control definition set its value to
31. ts current state can be optionally made visibile to actions In this way it is possible to choose whether a particular action should be performed only when a control is in a particular state A control can also be defined as a simple alias for another control This not only makes it easy to insert the same control in different places but with multi state controls and the ability to perform actions conditionally allows the programming of complex operations with ease Controls are contained in patches Since the FCB 1010 has 10 footswitches and 2 expression pedals a patch can contain at most that number of controls When a control is defined for the current patch it appears inside FCBBooster s main window according to the properties it was given in the editor window Undefined controls are represented with just an outline An FCBBooster document contains a number of patches between 1 and 32768 There is always a current patch which is shown in the main window The current patch completely describes the functions assigned to the controls of the FCB 1010 at the moment Since each state can contain multiple actions pressing a footswitch or changing the position of an expression pedal can generate a complex sequence of MIDI messages Depending on the way you programmed your patches selecting another patch and activating the same control could generate a completely different sequence Depending on the reference bank setting the current pa
32. window Use footswitch 1 to confirm your choice and exit navigation mode You can choose which footswitch executes a particular navigation action and the color of the navigation footswitches using the navigation panel of the preferences window 8 00 FCBBooster Preferences LJ reference bank input targets navigation Use navigation to select patches with the FCB 1010 footswitches This mode is not available when the reference bank preference is set to all banks since then you are using the FCB 1010 up down keys to set the current patch Set the property of the activation footswitch to none to disable the navigation mode leaving all the footswitches in a patch available for your commands When the navigation mode is active the footswitches in the main window perform these actions color of navigation footswitches activation footswitch Footswitch 10 footswitch for go up action 4 Footswitch 9 footswitch for go backward action lt Footswitch 4 footswitch for go forward action gt Footswitch 5 footswitch for next patch action Footswitch 2 footswitch for previous patch action Footswitch 1 Default document If you keep using the same fcb document each time you use FCBBooster save that file as the default document using the Save As Default command of the File menu From this moment on whenever you start the FCBBooster application it will load that docume
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