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my guitar port(yes it speaks to me) says that i can use a midi pedal to control the wah and volume effects where can i find such an animal CHEAP it would have to have 2 foot pedals and maybe a couple of switchs at least, im guessing that any will ve compatible but i dont know anything about the midi game AT ALL!
 
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hey thanks ill check that one out lots of switches too!!
 
One word of warning, if you are new to MIDI, is that figuring out how to program it is a real bitch, but trust me, it is worth it. The learning curve is steep, but once you have it, you can do soooo much with it. I control my J-station (as an FX unit in my amp's FX loop), a TC Electronics M300 (another FX unit, with once channel on vox and the other in my guitar fx loop), softsynths, and can trigger loop playback and recording all at once using my FCB1010 as I play and sing when I jam with people, meaning I can pull off some awesome vocal sound effects, guitar effects, and trigger samples all at once.
 
The biggest issue with it now for me is being able to concentrate on what to do and when... ie. I have it set so that the two pedals rarely do the same thing, every new button you hit can reassign the pedals to a new function, so it takes a lot of planning and rehearsing of what to do and when and you can pull off some awesome stuff, hit the wrong button at the wrong time, or trigger the wrong loop, and what seems cool suddenly is complete and utter shit.
 
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yeah i see what you mean, i have to check into it more but i think the guitar port will only let me use a foot controller for wah and volume but i plan on getting a line6 guitar pod too and i know it will use more than that, i was checking on ebay and they had several of the fcb1010 for under $100 than a few for slightly more,im gonna get one but i dont think ill want a used one, some of them looked new and were boxed still but im leary of used stuff espeacily over the web.
 
I bought a FCB1010 off eBay about a year ago, it's worked great.
I think the only thing I wish it had was a little display that said the patch name that's loaded, and it would be cool if the expression pedals had buttons underneath to activiate/deactive wah- but that's no biggie... Been a soild controller, enough immediate buttons and two expression pedals for under $100 used- $115-120 new
 
What device are you controlling with it, Nosferous? It is easy to set a button to turn on/off the wah pedal function, I can do it with my J-station. It also depends on the EPROM version inside the FCB1010 (open it up and look at the chip inside, what version is it?)
 
I was using it to control my POD XT, but now I'm setting it up to work with my Rocktron Voodu Valve.

The EPROM in it was 2.1
but I got a new one a few weeks ago, so now I have 2.4.1B

I did have a button with my XT presets to turn off wah (since it's auto enabled once you move the pedal) I'd still rather have a button under the pedal that I have to hit to initiate on/off
 
I see what you mean. I just use switch 5 (right next to the pedal, and the easiest one to hit) to turn on/off my wah pedal, and then use Pedal A as the wah. At any other time, if switch 5 is not lit, Pedal A has a multitude of other functions (for every button on the board I hit, pedals A and B are assigned different functions). I keep two banks open for controlling my J-station, so that gives me 20 switches for the J: e.g one turns delay on/off, another is the tap-tempo for the delay, another switches between analog or digital delay, another triggers the "hold" function so that I can play overtop of a repeating loop, and the pedals in each case may be controlling delay level, # of repeats, mix level, fine tuning of delay length. Another switch turns on/off effects with the pedals setting the level and regeneration parameters, other swithces choose between chorus/tremolo/flange/phaser/rotary/detune etc with pedals setting speed and depth. Ditto for compressor/gate etc.

I then keep another 2 banks for controlling another multieffects unit. Another bank is currently being programmed to trigger loop playback in Sonar on my PC, this may occupy more than one bank in the end, as I have yet to set it up to my satisfaction. I also use a bank to trigger specific patches in my J-station that I need for certain songs I play live so that the delay/chorus etc come in just right.

I have found that this controller is one of the most versatile tools I have ever had! But, like I said at the start of this thread, it is about the only Behringer tool I have used that I would say that about
 
Hey FCB1010 users!

Have you found that the FCB1010 holds up well? I wanted the Line 6 floorboard to go with my POD, but decided it was too much money. The Behringer's price was right, but I was afraid it would be too flimsy and not very durable. Had any problems?

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I think I'd be more scared of breaking the Line 6 board...
I think the 1010 can dish out a lot, I'm pretty good with handling all of my stuff, so it hasn't been through hell or anything. But I imagine it'd have to go through quite a beating before it crapped out.
 
I don't know, the FCB1010 is solid, aluminum housing, solid switches and pedals. I don't promote Behri gear that makes sound, they make shite in that department, but something that sends MIDI data is pretty simple. It seems like rocksolid construction to me.
 
In the words of the illustrious Mr. Burns...

EX-cellent.

Thanks.
 
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