Selecting Scenes; Setting Up Scenes - Fractal Audio FX8 Owner's Manual

7 : SceneS

SELECTING SCENES

There are three ways to select a scene on the FX8:
1. USE THE FOOTSWITCHES – Tap SCENE once to enter Scene Select Mode. (The red LED will remain lit.)
The next press of any footswitch 1–8 will select a scene within the current preset.
For example, to select Scene 4, press SCENE and then #4.
2. USE THE SCENE KNOB – The dedicated SCENE knob changes the scene in Stompbox Mode.
(and its sub-pages: CFG, GATE, and OUT.)
3. USE MIDI – Incoming MIDI messages can be used to select scenes.
By default, CC#34 is mapped to the SCENE SELECT function. Value of CC#34 determines which scene is
loaded. 0 = Scene 1; 1 = Scene 2; 2 = Scene 3, etc.
The best way to tell which scene is loaded is to look at the scene LEDs. The number of the current scene is
also shown in the Stompbox Mode display as highlighted below:
P:N1 S:1 [4/4]
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SETTING UP SCENES

Remember that you don't need to do anything special to "create" or "enable" scenes. Every preset has eight
scenes built in and ready to use. Even if you don't plan on switching scenes during a performance, you'll
always be using Scene 1, which is selected automatically when you load any new preset. (You cannot set a
preset to load a different scene initially.)
Programming scenes is easy. Select the desired scene and use the footswitches as you normally would
to turn effects ON/OFF or select X/Y states. Set any per-scene parameters such as RELAY, LEVELS, or MIDI.
Repeat this for each scene in the preset and then STORE your changes.
Here are some step-by-step instructions for setting up scenes.
TO TURN EFFECTS ON OR OFF IN A SCENE...
The on/off state of every block in your preset can be programmed per scene as follows:
1 . Load the desired preset and select the desired scene.
2 . Use the footswitches to turn each effect on or off.
NOTE: All blocks in scenes 2-8 will be ON until you turn them off. Careful... this can make things loud!
P:N1 S:2 [4/4]
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