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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™ & 3rd Party Software

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide - Table of Contents

Table of ConTenTs

Getting Started ........................................................................................1•1

FBV MkII with Line 6 Spider® Ampliﬁers ..................................................................... 1•1

Updating & Registering with Line 6 Monkey ................................................................ 1•1

Line 6 FBV™ Control Application Installation ............................................................ 1•3

Connecting FBV MkII to your POD® X3 ....................................................................... 1•5

Connecting FBV MkII to Your Computer ..................................................................... 1•5

FBV Pedal Calibration .................................................................................................... 1•7

Expression Pedal ............................................................................................................. 1•8

FBV™ MkII with POD® X3 ....................................................................2•1

Quick Start ..................................................................................................................... 2•1

Calling Up User Presets .................................................................................................. 2•1

Controlling Effects & More ............................................................................................ 2•3

POD X3 System Conﬁguration - Pedal Settings ............................................................ 2•4

Using FBV Pedals with Tone 1 and Tone 2 .................................................................... 2•7

Controlling Dual Tone Presets .......................................................................................2•9

The Line 6 FBV Control Application ....................................................3•1

What’s in it for Me? ....................................................................................................... 3•1

Graphical User Interface ................................................................................................ 3•1

Footswitch Control Behaviors ........................................................................................ 3•5

Footswitch LED Behaviors .............................................................................................3•6

Pedal Control Behaviors ................................................................................................. 3•7

Opening and Saving FBV Presets ................................................................................... 3•7

Preferences ...................................................................................................................... 3•9

The ‘About Line 6 FBV Control Application’ Dialog ................................................. 3•10

The FBV Shortboard MkII LCD Display ..................................................................... 3•10

FBV™ MkII with Line 6 POD Farm™ 2 .............................................4•1

What is POD Farm 2? ..................................................................................................... 4•1

About USB MIDI Ports & Channels ............................................................................. 4•1

POD Farm 2 Pre-conﬁgured MIDI Assignments ............................................................ 4•3

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“POD Farm 2” FBV MkII Control Presets ..................................................................... 4•3

POD Farm 2 Standalone Application - MIDI Input Conﬁguration .............................. 4•7

POD Farm 2 Plug-In - MIDI Input Conﬁguration ......................................................... 4•8

The POD Farm 2 MIDI Assignments View ................................................................. 4•10

MIDI Learn in POD Farm 2 ......................................................................................... 4•10

FBV™ MkII with Line 6 GearBox™ .......................................................5•1

What is GearBox? ........................................................................................................... 5•1

Get Connected ............................................................................................................... 5•1

Customize Your GearBox Control .................................................................................. 5•4

FBV™ MkII with 3rd Party Software .....................................................6•1

About USB MIDI Ports & Channels ............................................................................. 6•1

MIDI Learn Functionality .............................................................................................. 6•3

Manual MIDI Control Assignment ................................................................................ 6•3

Ableton Live® - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial ..................................................................... 6•4

Apple GarageBand® - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial .......................................................... 6•13

Apple Logic® - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial .................................................................... 6•14

Cakewalk SONAR™ - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial ......................................................6•18

Propellerhead Reason® - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial ..................................................... 6•22

Digidesign Pro Tools® LE Transport Control - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial ................... 6•25

Steinberg Cubase® - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial ............................................................. 6•28

Reference ..................................................................................................7•1

Questions & Answers ..................................................................................................... 7•1

Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................. 7•2

Online Resources ............................................................................................................ 7•4

FBV, FBV Shortboard, FBV Express, POD, POD Farm, TonePort, POD Studio, Spider, Spider Valve, Line 6 Monkey, GuitarPort and 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.

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FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Getting Started

Congratulations if you’ve obtained a new FBV ShortboardTM MkII or FBV Express 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 & GearBox™ software, and 3rd party MIDI & 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/.

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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 exciting 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 & Registering with Line 6 Monkey

OK, so maybe you already read about doing this updating & 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 > Line 6 > Line 6 Monkey

• On Windows®, go to the Start button menu > Programs > Line 6 > Tools > Line 6 Monkey

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!

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• If you have a Line 6 account, type in your User Name and Password at the top of the Monkey dialog.

• If you have not yet created an account, click the New User button and you’ll be walked right through the steps.

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.

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 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!

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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:

• Exit any Line 6 software or 3rd party MIDI/DAW applications that might be using your FBV MkII device.

• Be sure not to press the buttons, move the pedal, or change any cable connections on your FBV device until the update process completes.

• 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 “The Line 6 FBV Control Application” on page 3•1 for details on using the software!

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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:

• Windows® XP Home or Professional, with Service Pack 3, 32 and 64 bit versions

• Windows Vista® Home, Business or Ultimate Edition, with Service Pack 2, 32 and 64 bit versions

• Windows® 7 Home, Professional or Ultimate Edition, 32 and 64 bit versions

• Mac OS® X 10.4 (Tiger®)

• Mac OS® X 10.5 (Leopard®)

• Mac OS® X 10.6 (Snow Leopard®)

Note to Windows® 7 & 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. This 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 a new 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” 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 (see “FBV™ MkII with Line 6 GearBox™” on page 5•1). To get the latest GearBox version, connect your

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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:

• Mac® - Open the Finder and browse to the Applications > Line 6 directory. Just drag the Line 6 FBV Control application to your Trash to remove it.

• Windows® - Go to Start > Programs > Line 6 > 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.

• First, power OFF your POD X3.

Your FBV unit comes with a 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.

• 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.

• 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 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.

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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:

Next, the Windows® Hardware Wizard will launch. Select “No, not this time” then click Next.

In the following screen, select the “Install automatically” option and click Next.

Note that XP recognizes and installs FBV as a “USB Audio Device”. This is normal behavior for the Windows® XP USB Class Compliant Driver.

Next you should see the ﬁnal dialog telling the installation is complete - click Finish. Your FBV is now ready to rock!

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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 & 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

• Start with your FBV device not 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). The LCD will read “CALIBRATE PEDAL” until the D footswitch is released, at which point it will read “1 PEDAL TOE”.

• 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.

• Move the pedal to the “heel” (minimum) position. While holding the pedal in the heel position, press & release the D button. The LCD will change to “3 PEDAL MAX”.

• Move the pedal to the toe (maximum) position, without clicking the Toe Switch. Allow the pedal to rest in the toe position and press & release the D button. The LCD will change to “CHECK VALUE 127”.

• 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.

• If you 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!

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FBV Express MkII Calibration Steps

• Start with your FBV device not 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 & 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 & 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 designed 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.

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FBV MkII 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. If not, 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:

• 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.

• FBV Shortboard MkII: Press the “Bank” buttons (labeled 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Tap: Tap in a tempo for your active Delay or Modulation effects of the current preset to follow.

• Effects Footswitches (Shortboard only): Press to toggle the labeled effect on/off in the current

preset.

• Function 1 & 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 & 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.

FBV Shortboard™ MkII

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.

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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:

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:

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

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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 your 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 & 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 2•9

FBV Shortboard™ MkII

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 each 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 & 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!)

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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 & 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.

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).

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 Conﬁguration for details on how to set up these pedal behaviors per Tone.

Pedal VOL & 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.

Page 1 of the POD X3 System screen

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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.

• FBV Shortboard MkII - Includes one onboard pedal, which is pedal “1”. When no Expression pedal is connected to FBV Shortboard, the pedal “2” options are not active (as indicated by these settings shown in parentheses (as displayed in the above System screen).

• When an Expression pedal is connected to FBV Shortboard, it becomes pedal “2”, and you’ll see the options for pedal 2 become active (displayed without parentheses in the System screen), as shown here:

POD X3 System screen - Shortboard with Expression pedal

• 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 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.

Note: For more about the FBV pedal options and behaviors with Dual Tone Presets, be sure to read the following section titled “Using Pedals with Tone 1 and Tone 2”.

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TONE1 PEDAL - Use this TONE1 setting to conﬁgure the two “modes” of operation for Pedal 1 & 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:

• 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.

• 1-TWK 2-VOL - Pedal 1 controls the Tweak parameter that is currently assigned for Tone 1. (See the following TONE1 TWK section.) Pedal 2 options are not active.

• 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 TONE1 options for FBV Shortboard with an Expression pedal are as follows:

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 & 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) 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 LP SW (“Loop Switch”) setting allows you to choose what the FBV Shortboard FUNCTION1 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:

• COMP - Toggles Compressor block on/off.

• AMP - Toggles Amp+Cab block on/off.

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• LOOP - (POD X3 Pro only) Toggles the FX Loop on/off.

• 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 that 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 FUNCTION2 switch actually controls for Tone1. Your options for Tone 1 are:

• COMP - Toggles Compressor block On/Off.

• AMP - Toggles Amp block On/Off.

• LOOP - (POD X3 Pro only) Toggles the FX Loop On/Off.

• 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 1 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 TONE1 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:

• Controlling a Wah in Tone 1 or Tone 2 only

• Controlling a Wah in both Tones simultaneously with a single pedal

• Controlling a Wah in Tone 1 with pedal 1 and a Wah in Tone 2 independently with pedal 2

• Controlling a Tweak parameter in Tone 1 or Tone 2 only

• Controlling a common Tweak parameter in both Tones simultaneously with a single pedal

• Controlling two different Tweak parameters in each Tone simultaneously with a single pedal

• 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 TONE1 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 TONE1 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 & Volume for both Tones.*

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Likewise, if you set pedal 2 modes to “2-TWK” for both Tone 1 & 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 Tone 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 & 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 & PEDAL TONE2 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 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 & 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:

The POD X3 Volume page

• 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.

• MAX – Determines how much volume you’ll hear when the volume pedal is at its maximum (toe down) setting.

• 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

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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 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 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 1 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” 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.

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FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: FBV Control Application

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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 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.

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Device Controls

1 - FBV Image: A graphical image of 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 unit’s 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 the 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:

• 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.

• 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 transmitted 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.

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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:

• 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.

• MIDI Command: 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):

• 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!

• Bank Change: A numerical value typically used to load a Patch or Preset Bank.

• Program Change: A numerical value typically used to load a Preset within a selected Bank.

• MIDI Continuous Control (MIDI CC): A set of Value and Range numbers commonly

used by MIDI software and hardware to provide access to parameters.

• MIDI Machine Control (MMC): Speciﬁc commands for commonly used for controlling things such as transport parameters and mechanical functions (Play, Stop, Record, etc.)

• 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.

Note: FBV MkII devices transmit only the above types of MIDI Commands - they are not conﬁgurable to transmit MIDI Note data or MIDI SysEx dumps.

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.

• If the MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change, 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 “0” 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.

• If the 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.

• If the MIDI Command is MIDI CC, you can choose a value of 0 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.

• 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.

• If the MIDI Command is Mackie, you can choose between the options Play, Stop, Play/Stop, Record Punch, Pause, Fast Forward, or Rewind.

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Toggle1/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 switch behaviors. (See “Footswitch

Control Behaviors” on page 3•5 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.)

• If the MIDI Command is Bank Change or Program Change, the options available here are

Increment, Decrement, or Fixed:

• Increment: Sets the footswitch to increment thru Banks/Presets by the amount of 1 to 127*,

as set in the Value column.

• Decrement: Sets the footswitch to decrement thru Banks/Presets by the amount of 1 to 127*, as set in the Value column.

• 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.

• If the 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 for the details on these switch modes.

• 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.

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7 - No Device Connection Indicator: If no FBV MkII device is detected when you launch 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® & 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 footswitch 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 0, respectively. With these settings, the resulting behaviors for each Switch Mode setting are as follows:

• 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).

• Toggle: Alternates transmitting the ﬁrst and second CC & 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 function 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.

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