LINE 6 POD xt [64/82] Cakewalk sonar fbv mkii setup tutorial

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: Controlling 3rd Party Software

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Cakewalk SONAR™ - FBV MkII Setup Tutorial

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

Cakewalk SONAR functions, software instrument & plug-in parameters and more by taking advantage

of the SONAR built in ACT (Active Controller Technology) features! To follow are the instructions

for conﬁguring an FBV MkII to function with SONAR 8 Producer (the steps should be similar for

other recent versions of SONAR as well).

Line 6 FBV Control Application Settings

First, before launching SONAR, connect your FBV to your computer’s USB port, 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 SONAR.

• You likely do not need to make any changes to these default settings, but if you do make any

changes, it is a good idea to go to File > Save As and this as a new preset - perhaps titled

something clever, such as “SONAR.fbv”.

• Exit the FBV Control application.

Conﬁgure SONAR MIDI Device Settings

To set SONAR so that it can receive surface controller MIDI data from your FBV MkII, you’ll need

to select your device in the SONAR MIDI Device Settings dialog. Be sure to always have your FBV

device connected to your USB port before launching SONAR. Launch SONAR and go to the SONAR

Options/MIDI Devices and check the ﬁrst FBV MIDI Out Port as the MIDI Input device and choose

OK.