Fractal FC-6 - Layout Functions

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5 FOOTSWITCH FUNCTIONS
LAYOUT: SELECT
Creates a footswitch that is “hard-wired” to a specic Layout.
For example, a switch that selects Layout 2, or Layout 7.
Layout — This designates the desired Layout by its number.
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The LED ring is bright if the designated Layout is currently loaded, otherwise dim.
The Mini-Display can show the Layout Name (Ex: PRESET) or the Number (Ex: Layout 1).
LAYOUT: MASTER LAYOUT
Creates a footswitch that is “hard-wired” to show the Master Layout Menu without using the
“Master Layout Switch Combination”. See “The Master Layout Menu” on p. 11 for details.
LAYOUT FUNCTIONS
Default Color: Yellow
Why not just use the "Master Layout Switch Combination"?
By now, you are almost certainly familiar with the special footswitch combination that
can be used to show the Master Layout Menu. (If not, see p.11.) “Why,” you may
ask, “should there also be a  to show it?” The answer lies in an advanced option which allows you to
 the “MLM Switch Combination”. There are several reasons why you might want to do this:
1) To avoid accidentally entering the Master Layout Menu with imprecise stomping (or just big boots).
2) To guarantee that the lower right footswitch res its Tap function on the down- instead of the up-stroke.
If you’re in either of the above groups, but still want access to the Master Layout Menu, a dedicated switch
may be the answer you need. Simply assign the “Layout: Master Layout” function described above.
Another reason to disable the MLM might be that you have designed a way of using the FC which does
not require the Master Layout Menu at all. Some setups might use only one layout, ever. Others might use
“Layout: Select” switches for “Out and Back” or “Round Robin” layout switching with no need for random
access to all layouts.
When you disable the Master Layout Menu, this also leaves it free as “Layout 9” to put to other uses.
Find this “expert user” option on the  page of the FC Controllers menu (see p.41).
The Layout: Master Layout function also works to change the page of the
MasterLayoutMenu on the FC-6 (see p.11 for more about FC-6 MLM “paging”).