LINE 6 POD xt [45/82] Customize your gearbox control

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Controlling Line 6 GearBox

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Customize Your GearBox Control

The above settings are great, but now you want more control you say? No problem! Many GearBox

functions are capable of being controlled remotely, via MIDI commands. All you need to do is edit the

settings within the Line 6 FBV Control application, entering the MIDI command assignments for the

desired GearBox functions.

First you’ll need to see what the necessary MIDI commands are for all of the GearBox functions. This

information is available in the handy Line 6 MIDI CC Reference document, available for download

from the FBV MkII Online Help page. Take a look at the document’s GearBox MIDI CC Reference

Chart for the list of GearBox functions and their MIDI CC number and value assignments. Also see

the GearBox Model Tables for the list of Amp & Effects models’ MIDI CC assignments.

Conﬁgure your FBV Pedal to Control a GearBox Knob Parameter

There are also lots of knobs in GearBox, and you can conﬁgure your FBV MkII Pedal (as well as the

optional Expression Pedal on a Shortboard) to just about any of these GearBox knobs! For example,

say you want to have your FBV PEDAL WAH control adjust the GearBox Modulation Mix parameter

rather than the Wah Position parameter. Looking at the GearBox MIDI CC Reference Chart, the

Modulation Mix parameter lists its MIDI CC assignment as CC #56, with Min. and Max Range Values

of 0 to 127:

This tells you that you need to create these settings in the Line 6 FBV Control application for the

“PEDAL WAH” row in the Control Properties:

• MIDI Command: MIDI CC

• Value: CC# 056

• MIDI Port: 1 (Optionally, you can choose any available port here, but your GearBox MIDI In

setting needs to match to receive the command - see “Get Connected” on page 5•1.)

• MIDI Channel: 1 (GearBox receives MIDI on Channel 1 only.)

The Min. and Max Range Values shown in the MIDI CC Reference chart tell you that this parameter

can be controlled from 0 to 100% (the equivalent of 0 to 127 in MIDI CC value terms). Therefore,

there are no other settings you need to create for the Pedal to control the full range of the Modulation

Mix parameter. You can follow these same steps to conﬁgure your FBV pedal for any other parameter

you see in the GearBox MIDI CC Reference Chart.

TIP: Want to set your Pedal to control the GearBox Bender Position knob, to foot-control some wild

pitch bending? In the Line 6 FBV Control - Control Properties, set one of your Pedal settings to “MIDI

CC” for the MIDI Command and “CC 79” for the Value. In GearBox, you probably want to set the

Bender effect’s Mix knob to 100% so you hear only the pitch effected signal, and set the Heel and Toe

knobs to the desired amount of pitch change (these are in semi-tones), and “wham” on that pedal!