#UnO2 + BiasFX2 #UnO2


MarcoRinzi
 

Hi, I'm using UnO2 1.4 on my FCB1010 with BiasFX2. I'd like to know if there is a way to get the pedal effects status from BiasFX2 to properly turn on/off the stomp pedals on FCB, just to have a quick look about bias effects status. I've tried with the sentence SwitchOn/SwitchOff but it sends out the control change and BiasFX2 has a very strange behavior on that, it turns on the effect I need to be off anyway.
Eventually, is there a way to light on/off the FCB pedals led without sending out the control change to biasFX2?
Any help?
I've upgraded from UnO firmware 1.0.4 to UnO2 1.4 and I'm very happy on how it works, it gave me the flexibility on FCB configuration I needed.... good job!!
Thanks
Marco


EJ SHELDON
 

The following is tested in BIAS FX Professional but should work fine in BIAS FX2 since PG never upgrades it's MIDI implementation.

BIAS FX is the only amp sim I know of that toggles the effect regardless of the CC VALUE sent. Since MIDI 1.0 does not provide for two way communication, the only way I know of to synchronize the LEDs on the FCB with the ON/OFF status of the effect is to send the required message on preset load, and BIAS FX then toggles regardless of the VALUE, this doesn't work with the default presets in BIAS FX. However, since you would need to know what you want ON/OFF in each BFX preset anyway, I found that the best way to deal with it is to save the BFX presets with all FX OFF, then on FCB Preset Load send ONLY those CC#s corresponding with the FX you want on when the preset loads.
 
When you load the Preset in the FCB/UNO2, do it like this:
 
Preset 1 =
{   
         SendMidi DEVICE ProgChange 1
         Wait 10
         SwitchOn Stomp1
}
 
Where the Stomp messages send the CC#s for the BFX effects.
 
EFFECT_ON Stomp1 = SendMidi DEVICE CtrlChange 111 0
EFFECT_OFF Stomp1 = SendMidi DEVICE CtrlChange 111 127
 
The actual VALUES are unimportant, as BFX will toggle the FX regardless of the VALUE.

The LED on the corresponding STOMP will then be synchronized with the status of the BFX effect.
The Wait command is necessary else BIAS FX won't execute the following command.
In my configuration I have the STOMP switches in the DIRECT Bank and this works perfectly.

The VALUES above were in my AMPLITUBE configuration. Amplitube by default uses the opposite of the MIDI Standard of 127=ON;0=OFF. I then loaded my S-Gear configuration which uses the MIDI Standards, and it worked the same way.
 
 
 


MarcoRinzi
 

Thank you very much EJ,
I didn't think to that as possible solution, I suggested the only way to deal with my issue, I guess, until PG doesn't change the way to manage effect with #CC ON and #CC OFF.
It's working for now and It's good to me... thanks.
Marco


EJ SHELDON
 

Rock On!