Fractal FM3 - USING THE FM3 WITH AN FC CONTROLLER

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10 LAYOUTS & SWITCHES
USING THE FM3 WITH AN FC CONTROLLER
The FM3 has a FASLINK port to connect a Fractal Audio FC-6 or FC-12. Using an FC controller expands the
number of footswitches to increase your options on the floor — including jacks for 4 additional expression pedals
and 4 external switches per FC. No special conguration is required; simply connect the FC to the FM3 and it
begins working.
Up to two FC controllers can also be daisy chained from the FM3, increasing the total maximum number of
simultaneous footswitches to 27!
Remember that when daisy-chaining, the second FC Controller will require an AC adapter. It is not powered by the
FASLINK “thru” connector on the rst FC Controller.
When adding an FC, you will need to customize all FM3 layouts, which have been designed around three
footswitches. The usual way to do this will be to have some layouts dedicated to the FM3 and others dedicated to
the FC-6 or FC-12.
The Layout Link feature becomes especially important in this type of setup, since it allows one foot controller to
change the layout on another controller. See “The Footswitch Functions Guide” for more on this feature.
Similarly, Layout Views (p. 74) can help you get the most from each layout, especially in combination with
Layout Links.
An additional benet
of using the FM3 with
an FC Controller is
that each attached
controller supports
an additional four
expression pedals
and four external
switches!