Fractal MFC-101 Programming Manual page 11

Synchronicity between MFC-101 and Axe-Fx III
Note: Each call of an MFC-101 preset (which is also used "only" as scene switch) always transmits
• all 17 IntCC# ON/OFF commands (which we programmed for scene selection)
all 17 global IA switches, because we have configured 12.5.12 IA Switch Send w/ Preset on YES to keep MFC-101 preset status and Axe-Fx III scene status synchronous
•
• all Program Changes (PC#), if they have been programmed for the MFC-101 preset. In our case always the first preset of an MFC-101 bank
If you call up an Axe-Fx III preset (or scene) via an MFC-101 preset, all FX BYPASS and FX CHANNEL settings in the Axe-Fx III are overwritten with the IA switch settings currently
valid on the MFC-101 for this MFC-101 preset! Therefore, please note the following:
For newly created Axe-Fx III presets, you can select the Axe-Fx scenes directly via the MFC-101 and configure the FX BYPASS and FX CHANNEL settings in the Axe-Fx III directly
via corresponding MFC-101 IA switch operations. Then press EDIT/SAVE on the MFC-101 to save the configuration of the scene on the MFC-101 and press STORE->ENTER-
>ENTER on the Axe-Fx III to save the current switching state of the scene in the Axe-Fx III. READY. Now your MFC-101 and your Axe-Fx III are always in sync.
So you can easily adjust the scene settings of the Axe-Fx III using the MFC-101 instead of the front panel of the Axe-Fx III or Axe-Edit III, which of course only applies to the FX
BYPASS and FX CHANNEL settings, which are controlled by the 17 global MFC-101 IA switches.
If you want to synchronize already programmed Axe-Fx III presets or scenes and their FX BYPASS and FX CHANNEL settings with the corresponding MFC-101 preset (or
scene), you must NOT select the Axe-Fx III preset via the MFC-101, otherwise all current (and not yet synchronously programmed) settings of the 17 global IA switches of the
MFC-101 will immediately overwrite the current preset/scene settings on the Axe-Fx III.
So select the Axe-Fx III preset/scene on the Axe-Fx III itself, interrupt the MIDI connection between MFC-101 and Axe-Fx III and configure the MFC-101 IA switch settings so
that they have the same switching state as you can read in the Axe-Fx III layout (ZOOM IN). Make sure that you have always selected the correct MFC-101 preset, which would
select the current Axe-Fx III preset/scene with an existing MIDI connection. After you have set all 17 IA switches to ON or OFF according to the corresponding Axe-Fx III
preset/scene, save the MFC-101 preset by pressing the EDIT/SAVE button.
LOOPER CONTROL & external XS switches
12.5.24 Looper Control of the MFC-101 is not supported for the Axe-Fx III. Of course, Looper functionality could also be realized via some of the integrated MFC-101 IA
switches. But then such switches would no longer be available for other FX BYPASS or FX CHANNEL functions. It should also be considered that LOOPER switching functions
can replace each other (e.g.: switching function PLAY ON automatically turns RECORD off!), but not always. No matter if one would establish a switch group on the MFC-101
for the Looper functions (12.5.14 IA Switch Link Settings & 12.5.15 Send IA Switch Link OFF Messages) or not: The switching states of the MFC-101 for the Looper functions
would usually not agree with the current function of the Looper.
It would make much more sense to use the 4 external footswitches XS1 to XS4 (12.4.14 Global External Switch Settings & 12.4.15 Global External Switch On/Off Values)
Program them according to the CC# entries of the Axe-Fx III SETUP -> MIDI/Remote -> Looper Menu.