Hi, I just discovered the MC6 online, my AxeIII arrives today and I am looking for an alternative to the FC6 due to footprint size.
…however in order to make the MC6 most useful with the way I (at this point) intend to use the setup is to have the 'Bank up' and 'Bank down' (performed by the MC6 dual switchpresses) also send a Midi PChange to select the presets on my Axe... then each 'bank' page on the MC6 would be populated with the FXstomp on/off for just that preset.
Is this possible, or is there a better way to approach this workflow?
Thanks for any advice.
I’m a bit confused because you say AxeIII but then you also say FXstomp. The MC6 doesn’t have the concept of Immediate Commands as found in the Line 6 Command Center so no commands are issued when you do a Bank Up and Bank Down though it would certainly be a useful addition to the MC6 command set.
Could you give a more detailed description of what you want to do. I am pretty certain you will able to do what you want with the current command set.
Sorry I must not have been clear. Definitely the Axe FXIII. By FXStomp I meant on/off of separate "stomp-style FX" that I program in my AxeIII. I forgot that there is also an actual product called that...
So my question should be basically can I send Midi pgm change when I press buttons A+B {bank down} or buttons B+C (bank up). I don't see that anywhere in the manual.
Alternatively is there a recommended setup for preset selection which then switches to a page of CC controls for that preset?
@Lou Normandeau said “So my question should be basically can I send Midi pgm change when I press buttons A+B {bank down} or buttons B+C (bank up).”
In a word, no.
An approach I sometimes use is as follows. Using Bank 1 as the root I use its presets to call other banks. Here’s an example that calls 2 different banks from a preset using ‘Press’ and ‘Long Press’. As well as setting the bank, a different PC is sent for each action.
MSG1 - Action: Press, Type: Program Change, PC Number: 10, Channel: 1 - Tgl Pos:1
MSG2 - Action: Press, Type: Set Bank, Bank Number: 2, Last Used Bank: No - Tgl Pos:1
MSG3 - Action: Long Press, Type: Program Change, PC Number: 15, Channel: 1 - Tgl Pos:1
MSG4 - Action: Long Press, Type: Set Bank, Bank Number: 3, Last Used Bank: No - Tgl Pos:1
And in banks 2 and 3, I would use preset B with a Long Press to return to bank 1. Assuming 2 other messages have assigned to Press the return message would be as follows:
MSG3 - Action: Long Press, Type: Set Bank, Bank Number: 3, Last Used Bank: Yes - Tgl Pos:1
The detail to note is that Last Used Bank is set to Yes. And since in each instance you called the bank from Bank 1, you will be returned to Bank 1. (See the documentation for Set Bank).
That sounds like a good solution to try ... Thanks! Now that I know for sure that Bank doesn't send Midi commands, I'm not too worried. With the great depth that MC6 allows for programming I'm sure there are many ways to set up an efficient live workflow.
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