Ed Dixon's FCB1010 Midi editor Setup

These screen shots are examples of using the FCB1010 Midi editor by Ed Dixon.
Here's a download link for the Ed Dixon FCB1010 editor
Download version 299 of Ed Dixon's FCB1010 editor

I use my two FCB1010's to control Guitar Rig
Program changes are used to change presets in Guitar rig.

In the example above, pressing on pedal #1 will change to preset #1 in the current Guitar Rig preset bank.
You can change that number 1 to any number you want.
So if you want pedal #1 to switch to pre-set #81 in Guitar Rig, change the number to 81

Other settings on the screen shot above show this:
The expression pedals are both turned on.
Pedal A is set up as controller #27.
Pedal B is set up as controller #7.
The controller numbers don't matter as long as something else is not using that same controller number.

I use two FCB1010's in series and so I had to set each expression pedal to a different number on both FCB's.
One FCB1010 is set to #27 and #7 like in the screen shot above
The other FCB1010 is set to #28 and #8
Now all four expression pedals have their own controller numbers

The minimum and maximum values are the Midi number range that the expression pedal sends.
You can change this number to reduce the pedal range.
In the screen shot above you can see that I have this FCB set so that Controller #7 is set to 25 minimum and 100 maximum
So backing the expression pedal all the way off, it will not go to zero, but 25 will be the minimum
I use this pedal for Wah Wah in Guitar rig and this sets the Wah pedal sweep range to a range that I like

Note that I have the 5 Stomp boxes set to NC.
This means, do not change the stomp box switches when I switch to this preset.
If you wanted Stomp Box 2 to come on when you changed to Preset #1, you would change Stomp box #2 button at the bottom to ON.
There are three switch settings available.
NC=No Change, ON=turn stomp box on, OFF=turn stomp box off.

Here's another Guitar Rig example
In this shot pedal #3 switches to pre-set #3 in Guitar Rig
See the image below where I change the 3 to a 36

But, you can change that 3 to any number you like
in this example, I changed the 3 to a 36
Now stepping on Pedal #3 will change to pre-set #36 in Guitar rig

Midi Monitor screen shot
Here's what Midi messages are sent when Preset Pedal #1 is pressed.

I do not remember where I got the Midi Monitor program shown above
I believe that Midi-Ox can do the same thing
Link to Midi-Ox

Midi Monitor
Here's what Midi messages are sent when Expression pedal A is pressed.

This is my FCB1010 with the UNO chip which is able to do stomp box mode
Here is the setup for stomp box #1 which is Pedal #6 on this FCB1010

Check the Program Change #4 box and enter the value of 113
Program Change #4 - value 113 is used to store the Stomp box info in the UNO chip.
Don't mess with this setting if you have the UNO chip.
So what is happening is that I am sending Midi note #120 when I step on pedal #6 (Stomp Box #1).
Midi note #120 can now be assigned to do whatever you need it to do in Guitar Rig.
In my case, I am turning the Octaver effect on and off in Guitar Rig.
Sending Midi notes to Guitar Rig to switch things on and off seemed to work better than sending Control change numbers.

Note that the Control Changes boxes 1 and 2 are unchecked.
The Alt box on the right is checked but grayed is out.
This allows you to toggle the Pedal #6 LED on and off.
One press of the pedal and the LED comes on, press again and the LED goes off.
If you do not check the Alt value, the pedal LED will come on as long as you hold down the pedal and go off as soon as you take your foot off the pedal.
The only way to check the Alt box is to check the box at the left end first, then check the Alt box, then uncheck the left side box.

Note that the Expression pedal buttons are set to NC.
This means, do not change the state of my expression pedals when I press on Pedal #6, which is Stomp box #1.
My expression pedals are still active and doing the same thing they were set up to do when I entered preset #1 by pressing Preset pedal #1.

Here is another UNO chip stomp box example
Pedal #7 is stomp box #2
Pedal #7 sends midi note 121

See the Guitar Rig shot below to see how midi note 121 is used

When you learn a new stomp box controller in Guitar Rig by stepping on a pedal you can see that Guitar Rig has labeled it as Key 121 on
Stepping on pedal #7 - stomp box #2 will send midi note 121
And now you can Learn that pedal in your pre-sets
I use Pedal #7 to turn my Wah pedal off and on in Guitar rig

Midi Monitor
Here's what Midi messages are sent when Pedal #6 (Stomp Box pedal #1) is pressed.

This shot shows you the Global settings tab in the Midi editor.
I have Stomp Box mode checked.

I have SysEx receive checked also.
This lets you send a .syx file to the FCB1010 without doing anything to the pedal.
The .syx file is the programming information file that resides inside the FCB1010.
You can only do this with the UNO PROM chip.
The FCB1010 just has to be on and hooked up to your Midi controller to be able to send a .syx file.

I have Block repeated program changes checked.
This means that if you step on pedal #1, the FCB1010 will send a Midi signal, if you step on it again, the FCB1010 will not send the exact same signal again.

The other setups are personal.
If you need Midi merge, check it.
If you use tap tempo, check it.
I don't use the FCB relay switches or Tap tempo and so I have them unchecked.

You can experiment with Advanced options to see which works best
I find that transmitting one byte at a time worked better for me

There's no need to check the firmware each time the program starts

On this page, you can download my stomp box .syx file
FCB1010 Setup 3
Upload it to your UNO chip FCB1010 to see how I have everything set up
You can modify my .syx file and customize it however you like.

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