The Basics Of Setting Up And Programming The Lf - FAMC Mini User Manual

The Basics of Setting Up and Programming the LF+

Where Do You Start?
A device with so much flexibility can be overwhelming to start using. Where do you begin? Lets begin with the concepts
of the LF+, and then go through some steps. The LF+ Series of Controllers have several interrelated sub-systems
working in tandem to achieve simple to very complex setups. We need to understand the building blocks of these sub-
systems before we can just jump in.
PRESETS: One of the basic building blocks of the LF+ is the concept of a Preset. The LF+ has 384 Preset locations that
you can use to be the kickoff point for a certain "sound". Presets have a set of parameters that control their behavior,
and also allow you to "define" how your equipment in your MIDI RIG should be set-up. Each preset has its own settings,
programming commands and initial settings for your MIDI equipment. This concept essentially allows you to create
"sounds" (presets) by loading program changes, setting the state (ON or BYPASS) of each of your effects, and much
more.
Each Preset will always have access to all 60 of the IA-Slots (discussed below). This means that Presets can define
which state to put each of your 60 IA-Slots and further will change those IA-Slots when the preset is selected.
So it is important to think about what sounds and configurations you need to have access to. Each unique version of a
sound, or initial setup of your IA-Slot commands will be defined in a unique Preset.
IA-SLOTS: Instant Access (IA) Slots serve two purposes in the LF+ Controllers. First off, there are 180 of these Slots that
you can program. While there are some very powerful and complex programming that can be applied to these Slots, in
the most basic of uses, a single IA-Slot would be used to turn an effect ON and OFF. So for each effect that you
potentially want to control (either VIA a button on the controller, or via a setting within a preset), you will need to
create an IA-Slot.
60 IA-Slots at a time are available to a preset based on the current/selected IA-MAP (default is IA-Slot 1-60). This
means that when you load a preset, if its told to process the initial states of IA-Slots, the preset will Update the state
(turn it ON/OFF, etc...) and will send those commands. It does not matter if you have a button on the controller
available to control the IA-Slot, Presets that are told to work with IA-Slots will always process them.
IA-Slots that are assigned to buttons on the controller will be available for the user to toggle (or other).
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