Boss VF-1 Effect Processor

Hi,
i use the FCB with the VF-1 and it works very well. I use the midi
connection only, not the jack switches.
Ther are some things to understand in the two devices:

The VF1 first:
As said before, the VF1 CC are assignable. That is to say for VF1 patch #12
for example, you can say that the wahwah effect is controlled by CC#45, and
in the patch #13 you say that the wahwah is controlled by CC#56. This
configuration is VF1 specific only, nothing to do with FCB. You can do this
configuration by entering the patch editor and going at the right of the
effects chain, and going right again, after the master menu etc...
The values interpretation can be configured too. One thing you could do is
to set the values as on/off (source mode is toggle):values from 0 to 63 are
for 'off', and values from 64 to 127 are for 'on' (use min value to 0 and
max value to 127 for this) 
This is described in the Effect programming part of the VF1 manual


The FCB now:
A FCB patch can contain several PC command (but you will use only one for a
simple FCB to VF1 configuration) and 2 CC midi command. A FCB patch is
runned by pressing a FCB pedal. A FCB patch CAN contain PC and CC, that is
to say this is not a must. You can do some FCB patch with only CC or only PC
if you want.
And last but not least, if you configure one FCB patch in order to send two
CC with the same CC number but with two different values, it will switch
between the values when pressing again the pedal. Example: you configure FCB
patch 1 (pedal 1) for sending two CC. The first is CC#78, and value sent is
0. The second is CC#78 again, but value is now 64. The first time you will
push the pedal, the FCB will send CC#78-0, and the second time it will send
CC#78-64.


Now the VF1 and FCB together:
On the VF1: configure effect (wahwah) on CC#89 for example, and configure
the midi values interpretation(source mode) on on/off (toggle).
On the FCB: configure one pedal for sending two CC, with two different
values: CC#89 with value 0 for the first, and CC#89 with value 64 for the
second.
Now, by pressing pedal 1 you can switch wahwah on/off....


Last, the FCB CC value switch i've described is available from a particular
version of the FCB firmware. Go to the Behringer website: there is
description of each firmware on the FCB page, you will be able to see what
firmware is needed. You can check your FCB firmware while pulling the screws
and opening the FCB and reading the version number on the chip itself.

Hope it helps.
Nicolas

NB: all the values i ve given are only exemple and choosen arbitrary for the
example. Of course, you can choose other values.


-----Original Message-----
From: Çaðan" CEBE [mailto:cagancebe@yahoo.com] 
Sent: mardi 12 octobre 2004 00:22
To: BossVF1@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [BossVF1] CC# values and VF-1



Hi,

I'm really getting mad with fcb1010 and vf-1.

I couldnt programmed it yet. I think I need what CC#
VF-1 uses for assignments like effect on/off and etc.

And I'm confused about the terminology used. On
FCB1010 there are 2 Control switches, and they send
control commands isnt it? when programming a patch on
FCb1010, there two things to do, give a number, and
give value(s)(sometimes min-max). What is the "number"
here? is it CC number? or what? And what is the
"value" here? is it the CC value? or what?

Is there anybody using FBC1010 and VF-1 together?
Please tell me how can I configure these two by giving
one simple example? For example wah on/off and wah
pedal (expression).

I tried to program it, but it still changes only
patches not effect on/off and etc. In a preset when I
push switch 1, it goes to patch 1. this is ok, when I
program this preset, for ex: switch 6 will push on
wah, it wont work when I push on switch 6 on preset 1,
just goes to preset 6 so patch 6 on Vf-1...

Help needed...



		
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