LINE 6 FBV Express MkII Manual [60/82] Apple logic fbv mkii setup tutorial

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Controlling 3rd Party Software

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- FBV MkII Setup Tutorial

Line 6 FBV MkII devices’ Footswitch and Pedal controllers can be conﬁgured to trigger Logic

Transport functions, mixer faders, software instrument & plug-in parameters and more! To follow are

the instructions for conﬁguring an FBV MkII to function with Logic Pro 8 (the steps should be similar

for other recent versions of Logic as well).

Line 6 FBV Control Application Settings

First, launch the Line 6 FBV Control Application and load the FBV-Default.fbv preset.

• Above shows the FBV-Default preset settings for an FBV Shortboard MkII. For an FBV Express

MkII you’ll see only the A, B, C, D footswitch and Pedal rows. This preset assigns MIDI commands

to all the device’s MIDI Controllers for us so that we can then map them in Logic.

• Note that some Footswitch controllers (B, C, D and others) are set to transmit MMC (MIDI

Machine Control) commands. These can be mapped to speciﬁcally control the Logic transport.

You can alternatively set other Footswitch controllers to send the desired MMC messages to

have them each control a Logic Transport function if you prefer.

• If you make any changes to the settings in FBV Control application, it is a good idea to go to File

> Save As and this as a new preset - perhaps titled something clever, such as “Logic.fbv”.

Mapping Controllers with the Logic MIDI Learn Function

Logic Pro includes support for several MIDI “Control Surface” devices, which are typically large

hardware units including faders, knobs, and other controls to emulate a large analog mixing console.

The Line 6 FBV MkII units are not included as Logic-supported Control Surface devices, however,

you can still easily map any of your FBV controllers to Logic or Plug-In parameters by using the

Logic MIDI Learn feature! To follow we’ll show you how to map your FBV Pedal to control the Wah

Position parameter of an inserted POD Farm AU Plug-In. These same steps can be followed to map

any other pedal or footswitch controller on your FBV MkII device to any Logic parameter as well. It

is recommended that you read through the Logic Control Surface Support documentation as well to

learn more about the Logic MIDI Learn and controller capabilities.

First, here’s a handy tip in Logic: The Logic Pro transport always shows you when MIDI data is

being received, and speciﬁcally the MIDI Channel, command type and value. For example, watch