LINE 6 FBV Express MkII Manual [66/82] Using the sonar act midi learn function

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Controlling 3rd Party Software

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• In the ACT Controllers toolbar options, click the Controllers/Surfaces Properties button that

is at the right end of the Control Surfaces toolbar.

• In the ACT MIDI Controller dialog, select the Default preset from the Presets menu. When

this preset is loaded, you’ll see that the “cells” in the dialog allow access to numerous SONAR

parameters. Also, when you click on a Plug-In or Software Instrument edit window to shift the

“focus” to it, the parameters for that plug-in/instrument become available in the ACT dialog

cells. However, your FBV Controllers are not yet mapped to control any of these parameters with

the Default preset. To conﬁgure a mapping, you can use the MIDI Learn function.

The ACT MIDI Control dialog - Default preset selected (the SONAR main window has “focus”)

Using the SONAR ACT MIDI Learn Function

Here is an example of how to map the FBV Pedal Wah controller to the Wah Position parameter of the

Line 6 GearBox Plug-In, allowing you to remotely control the GearBox Wah in real-time as you hear

the input monitor recording signal or playback of your audio track. These mapping steps are the same

to map any knob, button, footswitch controller to any other available parameter in the ACT MIDI

Controller dialog as well.

• Open the SONAR ACT MIDI Controller dialog with the Default preset loaded, as described

above. Leave this dialog open and where you can see it.

• Create an audio track in your SONAR project, and record or insert an audio ﬁle so you’ll have

something to hear your Plug-In effect applied to. A nice clean guitar recording wold work nicely

here.

• Click on an FX Bin Insert slot for this audio track and insert the GearBox Plug-In.

• In the GearBox Plug-In window, load a Tone preset, and click on the Wah pedal effect to make

sure it is “on” and to show the Wah effect’s edit settings in the edit panel.