External Controllers - Fractal Audio FX8 Owner's Manual

10 : ModIFIerS

EXTERNAL CONTROLLERS

External Controllers are modifier sources which are operated by MIDI or a connected expression pedal.
Each External Controller has its own global source which you set on the CONTROLLERS page of the I/O
menu. You can set any external controller to any MIDI CC, or to either of the onboard PEDAL jacks.
So, for example, External 1 is set by default to "PEDAL1", but if you wanted a computer sequencer to operate
your wah instead, you could change External 1 to MIDI CC 16 (or any MIDI CC).
To assign a MIDI CC or pedal to an external controller:
 Press SETUP
 Press footswitch 2 to select I/O
 Press PAGE to select the Controllers page ("CTRL")
 Use NAV to select to whichever external controller you want to change (ex: "EXTERNAL 1")
 Use VALUE to change the assignment. You can also select "NONE" to disable the selected controller.
 Press EXIT two times to return to Stompbox Mode.
EXTERNAL CONTROLLER INITIAL VALUES
"Help! My volume pedal is missing and my presets are all silent!!"
When the FX8 is powered on, it checks all connected pedals to set the value for any assigned external
controllers. But what if a pedal is missing? The default for each controller is zero (equivalent to heel down).
External Controllers assigned to MIDI are likewise set to "0" until some MIDI data is received to change
them.You can imagine how a missing or broken pedal (or MIDI cable) could therefore be a problem if, for
example, your presets use a VOLUME block assigned to the missing controller.
Never fear: the EXTERNAL CONTROLLER INITIAL VALUE parameters can be used to change the starting
value for an external controller to 100%. Now, when the FX8 is powered on, any parameters assigned to the
missing controller will be all the way up instead of down.
To change the initial value for an external controller:
 Press SETUP
 Press footswitch 2 to select I/O
 Press PAGE to select the MIDI page
 Use NAV to select to whichever controller you want to change (ex: "EXT CTRL 1 INIT VAL")
 Use VALUE to change the setting.
 Press EXIT two times to return to Stompbox Mode.
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