Switch Links; Reveal - Fractal Audio MFC-101 Owner's Manual

INSTANT ACCESS SWITCHES

5.4 Switch Links

Switch Links allow you to set up two global groups of 5 mutually exclusive IA Switches each. Only one switch in a
particular group can be ON at a given time. This type of setup is useful for emulating, for example, the way guitar
amplifier channels work. To create a switch group:
1. Press EDIT footswitch to enter EDIT MODE.
2. Press SETUP footswitch to select the SETUP menu
3. Press PAGE 10x to get to the IA Switch Links Setup Screen:
4. Tap the INCR or DECR footswitches to group A or group B
5. Press PARAMETER to move to the first empty switch slot (--)
NOTE: The cursor cannot be moved further right than the first empty slot.
6. Tap and/or Hold the INCR or DECR footswitches to add an IA Switch to the group.
7. At any time, you may REMOVE the last (farthest right) switch (and only the last/farthest right
switch) from the group by setting its value to "--"
8. Return to step 5 to continue adding IA switches, or press EXIT to return to PERFORMANCE
MODE.
An IA switch will still send its MIDI OFF messages when it is turned off automatically by a Link. This behavior can
be disabled using the Send IA Switch Link OFF Messages parameter (12.5.11 on p. 60).
NOTE: Switch Links may be created between IA Switches that control Axe-Fx effect functions and those that do not. Such
setups should be planned and tested carefully to avoid potential pitfalls.

5.5 Reveal

The Reveal feature is used to toggle the MFC-101 from its current Preset/IA Switch mix to having ALL numbered
footswitches work as Instant Access Switches. This puts 17 Instant Access switches at your feet at any moment.
Press the REVEAL footswitch to turn this feature ON (causing its LED to blink) and press it again to return to the
regular layout. It is possible to change BANK or SONG even while Reveal is activated, subject to the normal
behavior of the Bank Style setting (0 on p. 14)
The availability of Reveal means it is important to set up Instant Access Switch functions even for those
footswitches you normally expect to use as Preset Selectors.
Reveal works the same in all modes: PRESET, SONG, and SET, and whether Axe-Fx mode is ON or OFF
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