Line 6 Flextone Cab 212S - Manual (Page 46)

Inside Your Head: F LOOR B OARD , M ORE M EMORIES , & MIDI
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MIDI P ROGRAM C HANGE & F LEXTONE C HANNELS
A MIDI program change command is sent on MIDI Channel 1 when you select a
channel from the HD front panel, the FB4 foot controller, or the Floor Board foot
controller. Store effect setups into your effect processor at specific memory locations
that match up with the Flextone HD’s channel memories, and then you can switch
both the HD’s channels and your MIDI effect setups at the same time with just one
button or foot switch press. The table on the following page shows you which program
change numbers are sent, and how they correspond to the Flextone HD memory
locations.
So, here’s what you do: connect a MIDI cable from the HD’s MIDI Out to your MIDI
gear’s MIDI In. For now, don’t plug in a foot controller at all, or if you do have one
connected, make sure you have User Bank 1 selected (User Bank 1 is the four channels
that you can access from the Flextone HD front panel with no foot controller
attached). Now, let’s say you want to have a certain effect always come up on your
effect processor every time you choose channel A on your Flextone HD. Just program
that effect setup into your MIDI gear’s memory location 01, and now every time you
call up channel A, your MIDI gear will pull up the right effect for you.
T HINGS T O R EMEMBER W ITH MIDI
If you’re having trouble, make sure your MIDI gear is set to receive program changes
on MIDI channel 1, and that the Flextone HD MIDI Out is connected to your other
gear’s MIDI In. Also, check to see if your gear treats the first memory location as zero
or one. If your gear treats the first memory as zero, you may have to add one to the
program number listed in the table.
MIDI C ONTINUOUS CONTROL
Two MIDI controllers are sent when the Flextone HD is used with the Floor Board.
Controller 4 (Wah) and Controller 7 (Volume) messages are sent when the pedals on
the Floor Board are moved. Note that Controller 4 is sent even when the WAH pedal
is switched to OFF, so you can use this pedal as a controller for other settings on your
effects if you like.
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