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Zsazsi #73 As a guitarist I am fond of the features UnO offers right now, only a few suggestions left ;) ... Well, I can imagine some very different configuration, like dedicating a bank for stomps only or momentary switches that send different notes or the last bank acting as direct select, etc, etc, etc... I feel however that these features require quite a quantum leap from the original direction and more sophistication means even more cryptic menu structure for the user. Don't get me wrong, they are interesting ideas, I welcome any new feature as it might be handy sometime for me as well, but Xavier should decide... One suggestion for the novice users: it would be nice to include demo application examples to the rom image - similarly the way Behringer did it. I believe that many user would suffer far less frustration if some simple plug and play solution could be accesible right under their toe tip. The other suggestion is useful mostly for the gigging musician. The stompbox mode is very nice for guitarists like me. Sometimes however I have to tune my guitar so I have programmed patch 5 for silent tuning in every bank that I don't have squat down. The main problem is that I pressed that button many times accidentally. So, to make it short, it would be nice to have a global patch parameter that comes up if I press a button for 2 secs. This could be the "Up" button - but since I try to avoid collision with other suggestion - I suggest an on/off bit per patch if memory space permit. The fcb would send that globally set PCs, CCs, Notes and the LEDs would display "INA" as the fcb is in an inactive mode, a normal patc press would make the device active again. I believe that keyboardists could use this feature as a system reset, vocalists as talkback and even band leaders as global PA mute :). Let me know what You think. Zsazsi
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ossandust #78 Hey Zsazsi, as soon as you would have more storage capacity available, a lot of the current restrictions disappear, and many of your suggestions would be readily available : bank for stompboxes only, bank for notes only, etc etc In any case this would mean a complete redesign, starting from scratch, and also, I would definitely need to give up programming this thing using footswitches and a poor 2-digit LCD. I'm afraid using a PC is the only way to go (I don't think you would like to pay an extra 300$ to have a nice little integrated touch screen for doing setup?...) Application examples are a little tricky for something to be used in many very different applications - I think the forum members are doing a great job by posting example sysex files - once you can live with the restriction of setup-using-PC-only these sample sysex files should do the trick... Possibility to assign a (globally programmable) delay to any of the switches (so that it only sends its messages after for instance 2 seconds), is that a possible solution to your tuner problem? I already thought of providing the possibility to use a programmable delay for the release action too (instead of using the actual pedal release) - might be handy in some situations (NoteOn?) --- In fcb1010_uno@..., "Zsazsi" <m-zsolt@...> wrote: As a guitarist I am fond of the features UnO offers right now, only a few suggestions left ;) ... Well, I can imagine some very different configuration, like dedicating a bank for stomps only or momentary switches that send different notes or the last bank acting as direct select, etc, etc, etc... I feel however that these features require quite a quantum leap from the original direction and more sophistication means even more cryptic menu structure for the user. Don't get me wrong, they are interesting ideas, I welcome any new feature as it might be handy sometime for me as well, but Xavier should decide... One suggestion for the novice users: it would be nice to include demo application examples to the rom image - similarly the way Behringer did it. I believe that many user would suffer far less frustration if some simple plug and play solution could be accesible right under their toe tip. The other suggestion is useful mostly for the gigging musician. The stompbox mode is very nice for guitarists like me. Sometimes however I have to tune my guitar so I have programmed patch 5 for silent tuning in every bank that I don't have squat down. The main problem is that I pressed that button many times accidentally. So, to make it short, it would be nice to have a global patch parameter that comes up if I press a button for 2 secs. This could be the "Up" button - but since I try to avoid collision with other suggestion - I suggest an on/off bit per patch if memory space permit. The fcb would send that globally set PCs, CCs, Notes and the LEDs would display "INA" as the fcb is in an inactive mode, a normal patc press would make the device active again. I believe that keyboardists could use this feature as a system reset, vocalists as talkback and even band leaders as global PA mute :). Let me know what You think. Zsazsi
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Zsazsi #79 Hello OssanDust! About different configurations: Me and I believe every UnO user curious about the borders how far the possibilities of the fcb can be stretched. I just would like You to reveal what are You cooking behind the curtain :) About examples: The stompbox mode is very different from the original behaviour. Behringer did the job for their gear way back, I thoght we could include some generic example setup for stompbox. The PODs are already covered :) and it seems that todays equipment ship with extensive learning capabilities. So 1 channel incremental PCs in every bank as regular patches and CCs and Notes on stomps would give instant satisfaction many times. About tuning: Your idea could be a solution as long as I have to hold that pedal for 2 secs and a single tap doesn't initiate it. What do You exactly mean by "to any of the switches"? In every Bank? Well, it is a shame I know, but I was lying about "every". My main rig is a POD2 that has only 32 PC locations, so 8 banks with 4 PC patches do the job. Bank 9 is for some kind of deep editing where Button 5 is dedicated to something different. I also own a small guitar synth rack that I use ocassionaly and button 5 does different things in different banks from bank 10 to 18. I also feel that dedicating a pedal for tuner only is a little bit wasteful - I would rather use that pedal for some more frequent application and step on it for 2 seconds to to get to the tuner. Regards Zsazsi toggle quoted message Show quoted text -----Original Message----- as soon as you would have more storage capacity available, a lot of the current restrictions disappear, and many of your suggestions would be readily available : bank for stompboxes only, bank for notes only, etc etc In any case this would mean a complete redesign, starting from scratch, and also, I would definitely need to give up programming this thing using footswitches and a poor 2-digit LCD. I'm afraid using a PC is the only way to go (I don't think you would like to pay an extra 300$ to have a nice little integrated touch screen for doing setup?...) Application examples are a little tricky for something to be used in many very different applications - I think the forum members are doing a great job by posting example sysex files - once you can live with the restriction of setup-using-PC-only these sample sysex files should do the trick... Possibility to assign a (globally programmable) delay to any of the switches (so that it only sends its messages after for instance 2 seconds), is that a possible solution to your tuner problem? I already thought of providing the possibility to use a programmable delay for the release action too (instead of using the actual pedal release) - might be handy in some situations (NoteOn?)
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Mike #81 Actually... I think UnO has stretched the FCB1010 to it's limit. I think it's at the pinnacle of what a general-purpose foot controller can do for 150 bucks. I do not expect any more from this, my least expensive piece of gear, and its free UnO upgrade. mike r toggle quoted message Show quoted text --- In fcb1010_uno@..., "zsazsi98" <m-zsolt@...> wrote: Hello OssanDust! About different configurations: Me and I believe every UnO user curious about the borders how far the possibilities of the fcb can be stretched. I just would like You to reveal what are You cooking behind the curtain :)
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David Frascone #83 Do we have enough memory for more patches? My Vamp has 125 patches, and the FCB can only get to 100 of them . . . any chance on stretching that? -Dave zsazsi98 wrote: toggle quoted message Show quoted text Hello OssanDust! About different configurations: Me and I believe every UnO user curious about the borders how far the possibilities of the fcb can be stretched. I just would like You to reveal what are You cooking behind the curtain :) About examples: The stompbox mode is very different from the original behaviour. Behringer did the job for their gear way back, I thoght we could include some generic example setup for stompbox. The PODs are already covered :) and it seems that todays equipment ship with extensive learning capabilities. So 1 channel incremental PCs in every bank as regular patches and CCs and Notes on stomps would give instant satisfaction many times. About tuning: Your idea could be a solution as long as I have to hold that pedal for 2 secs and a single tap doesn't initiate it. What do You exactly mean by "to any of the switches"? In every Bank? Well, it is a shame I know, but I was lying about "every". My main rig is a POD2 that has only 32 PC locations, so 8 banks with 4 PC patches do the job. Bank 9 is for some kind of deep editing where Button 5 is dedicated to something different. I also own a small guitar synth rack that I use ocassionaly and button 5 does different things in different banks from bank 10 to 18. I also feel that dedicating a pedal for tuner only is a little bit wasteful - I would rather use that pedal for some more frequent application and step on it for 2 seconds to to get to the tuner. Regards Zsazsi -----Original Message----- as soon as you would have more storage capacity available, a lot of the current restrictions disappear, and many of your suggestions would be readily available : bank for stompboxes only, bank for notes only, etc etc In any case this would mean a complete redesign, starting from scratch, and also, I would definitely need to give up programming this thing using footswitches and a poor 2-digit LCD. I'm afraid using a PC is the only way to go (I don't think you would like to pay an extra 300$ to have a nice little integrated touch screen for doing setup?...) Application examples are a little tricky for something to be used in many very different applications - I think the forum members are doing a great job by posting example sysex files - once you can live with the restriction of setup-using-PC-only these sample sysex files should do the trick... Possibility to assign a (globally programmable) delay to any of the switches (so that it only sends its messages after for instance 2 seconds), is that a possible solution to your tuner problem? I already thought of providing the possibility to use a programmable delay for the release action too (instead of using the actual pedal release) - might be handy in some situations (NoteOn?) Yahoo! Groups Links -- David Frascone I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent.
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ossandust #85 Hey Zsazsi, there's no big secrets behind my curtain you know - I'm just experimenting a little in my sparse free time, maybe by the time I really have something, it's no longer usefull, or it's too expensive to produce, that's why I don't want to bother this forum too much with those vague or premature ideas. The thing is, this FCB1010 is so cheap for what it contains, that I might just go for an FCB1010-hardware-addon which just traps the switch presses/releases/expressionPedal movements, and shifts the MIDI message generation logic outside of the fcb, where there would be - more setup memory capacity - more room for functional extensions - an easier way to make the functionality customizable (so that in the end you could get whatever personal crazy idea in there... ;-) toggle quoted message Show quoted text --- In fcb1010_uno@..., "zsazsi98" <m-zsolt@...> wrote: About different configurations: Me and I believe every UnO user curious about the borders how far the possibilities of the fcb can be stretched. I just would like You to reveal what are You cooking behind the curtain :)
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