Getting Set Up
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Internally the Axe-Fx stores a state for the pedal. For momentary footswitches depressing the switch
toggles the internal state between 0 and 1. When set to latching the state of the contacts sets the
internal state: contacts closed = 0, contacts open = 1.
Footswitches are normally used to control an effects bypass state or for preset increment/decrement.
Of course one can still assign a footswitch as an external controller but the "value" from the switch
will be either 0 or 1. This may be used, for example, to change the rate of a Rotary simulator
between two speeds, when the controller is at value 0 the rate would be slow and when at 1 the rate
would be fast. This would be setup using a modifier on the Rotary simulator rate control.
When using a footswitch to control preset recall, a change of state causes a preset change. For
example, if a momentary footswitch is connected depressing the switch toggles the internal state.
This in turn would increment/decrement the current preset if configured as such. However, if a
latching footswitch were connected but the type is incorrectly set to momentary then the preset
would only change every other time the pedal was depressed as it would interpret the first press as
the pedal being depressed and the second press as the pedal being released.
If the pedal type is set to continuous it CANNOT be used to control bypass or preset change. This
prevents unwanted behavior in the event the I/O setup is not exact.
Pedal Setup Parameters
PEDAL1 TYPE -
Chooses the type of pedal: continuous, momentary or latching.
PEDAL2 TYPE -
Chooses the type of pedal: continuous, momentary or latching.
PRESET INCR -
Chooses which pedal to use to increment the preset. When the selected pedal is
depressed the next preset will be recalled.
PRESET DECR -
Chooses which pedal to use to decrement the preset.
PRESET START/END -
When using a footswitch to control preset increment/decrement the preset
recalled will range between these values, wrapping around at the limits. For example if you wish to
use a single footswitch to change presets you could plug it into
PEDAL 2
and set PRESET INCR
to
PEDAL2. Each time you press the footswitch the preset will increment by one until the PRESET
END
value is exceed in which case it will jump to the PRESET START value. If you wish to cycle
through presets 10 through 14 you would set
PRESET START to 10 and PRESET END to 14.
PEDAL1 CAL -
To calibrate a continuos pedal connected to
PEDAL 1
press
ENTER
and move the
pedal through its full range several times. Press
ENTER
again when finished.
PEDAL2 CAL -
To calibrate a continuos pedal connected to
PEDAL 2
press
ENTER
and move the
pedal through its full range several times. Press
ENTER
again when finished.
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