Expression Pedals; Connecting And Calibrating; Expression Pedal Midi Functions - Fractal Audio MFC-101 Owner's Manual

Fractal Audio Systems MFC-101 Manual

7 EXPRESSION PEDALS

7.1 Connecting and Calibrating

Expression pedals allow you to control various sound settings in real time with your foot. Classic examples include
the sweep of a Wah, Whammy or Volume pedal. Up to four expression pedals may be connected to the 4
Expression Pedal Jacks of the MFC-101 using TRS cables.
Expression pedals must be calibrated before they can be used:
1. Connect an expression pedal to the MFC-101, noting its jack number.
2. Press the EDIT footswitch to enter EDIT MODE.
3. Press SETUP footswitch to select the SETUP menu
4. Press PAGE footswitch 14x to get to the Expression Pedal Calibration screen:
5. Press the INCR or DECR footswitches to select XP1, XP2, XP3 or XP4, depending on which
jack the pedal in question is connected to.
6. Press PARAMETER footswitch to select the Min field
7. Press ENTER and move the pedal all the way to the HEEL position
8. Press ENTER to save this value
9. Press PARAMETER footswitch to select the Max field
10. Press ENTER and move the pedal all the way to the TOE position
11. Press ENTER to save this value
12. Press EXIT to finish, or press PARAMETER to return to the first cursor position and to
select XP1, XP2, XP3 or XP4 to repeat this process for additional pedals.

7.2 Expression Pedal MIDI Functions

A MIDI function must be assigned to every Expression Pedal for it to send any data. Please refer to the manual of
your product for more information the various functions which can be controlled by MIDI Control Change
messages, and what these assignments are for your unit.
Expression Pedal functions may be set globally, as follows, or individual presets can be programmed with overrides
to create "one-off" pedal setups (see section Preset Expression Pedal Settings, on p. 40).
To set global Expression pedal functions, use the following process:
1. Press the EDIT footswitch to enter EDIT MODE.
2. Press MIDI footswitch to select the MIDI menu.
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