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FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: FBV Control Application

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• Momentary: Transmits the ﬁrst CC & Value when the control is pressed down, then the second

CC & Value when the control is released. This type of Momentary switch action is commonly

used for a parameter such as a piano’s sustain pedal, where you want the sustain parameter “on”

only while holding the footswitch down, and “off” when released. In our example, it will send

CC65/127 while the switch is being pressed, and CC65/0 when the switch is released.

MIDI CC - Custom Option: Additionally, when you have selected the MIDI CC Command type,

you’ll also see that you can choose “Custom” rather than a CC number within the Value ﬁeld. This

allows you to then edit the “Toggle1/Up” and Toggle 2/Down” ﬁelds to manually enter in whatever you

want for the ﬁrst and second CC & Value settings. As mentioned above, the Momentary and Toggle

Switch Mode options allow the footswitch to transmit each of these CC values, alternating between

the two. This is useful if you want some very speciﬁc actions, such as alternating between triggering

one software parameter with one stomp, and then another parameter with the following stomp of the

switch.

TIP for FBV Shortboard MkII: Whenever you press a footswitch or move a pedal, the LCD display on

your FBV device will also show abbreviated text indicating the MIDI message sent.

Footswitch LED Behaviors

The top portion of every footswitch on your FBV MkII device includes an LED indicator. When using

your FBV with the USB connection, these LEDs light up following the type of MIDI Command and

Switch Mode that is sent by this footswitch.

Generally, the following Switch Mode settings produce these footswitch LED behaviors:

• The Switch Mode “Single” setting results in the LED lighting up every time the footswitch is

pressed, with the LED not remaining lit on release of the switch. This indicates that the same

MIDI Value is sent on each press.

• The Switch Mode “Toggle” setting results in the LED alternating between staying on or off on

each successive press of the footswitch, to indicate that alternating MIDI Values are sent on

each press.

• In the case of a MIDI CC type command, a MIDI CC value of 0 to 64 means “On”, resulting

in the LED remaining lit. A MIDI CC value of 65 to 127 means off, resulting in the LED

being off.

• Like the “Toggle” switch behavior above, the “Momentary” Switch Mode also sends two CC

Values. However, The “Momentary” setting results in the LED remaining on while the footswitch

is held down, since this is when the “On” MIDI Value is sent. The LED turns off upon release of

the footswitch, since this is when the “Off” Value is sent.

• When the footswitch control is set to “Unassigned”, the footswitch LED is never lit when pressed

or released, to indicate that no message is sent.

• For all other control settings, the footswitch LED lights up when pressed only, and does not

remain lit.

It is important to note here that these LED behaviors are based only on these above control settings,

as conﬁgured in the Control Properties list. The FBV MkII device does not receive or respond to MIDI

data from your MIDI/DAW software.