Boss VF-1 Effect Processor

Thanks for posting your experiences with this new foot board. They've 
been a big help since I got mine.

Now for my .02$...

The FCB1010 is a clean, rugged unit. As good in construction quality 
as any of the FC200s I checked out at stores. And, you can't the 
price versus the FC200. I got mine thru 8th Street Music in Phila, 
PA...good price, quick shipping, blah, blah, blah.

I've got a pretty basic setup...FCB1010 -> midi cable -> VF1, guitar -
> 1/4" mono cable -> VF1, VF1 left -> amp1, VF1 right -> amp2.

When I first plugged in the unit and tried using exp. pedal a to 
control the rate of the phaser in a patch, it pretty much operated in 
binary mode...pedal all the way down sent 127 to VF1, other wise 0 
was sent. And looking at the little midi signal indicator proved that 
the FCB1010 wasn't sending continuous signals from either exp. pedal. 
After trying just about everything, I reset the unit to factory 
defaults and then everything was fine :)

I'm as interested in using the FCB1010 to control real-time 
parameters of the VF1 as I'm sure you and others on this list are, so 
let me say a few things about this:

1) The VF1 (OS 1.12) only allows 4 control assigns for each patch. 
So, no matter how fancy the midi foot board, you're only gonna be 
able to control 4 parameters in real time _within the same patch_.

2) To get any real-time parameter control, you have to program your 
VF1 patches. THis is done in the Master section, again you only get 4 
assigns.

3) The expression pedals are _easy_ to use to control real time 
parameters. This was covered in a previous post.

4) To use the numbered pedals on the FCB1010 to change real-time 
parameters (toggle 'em on/off) _within the same patch_, you're gonna 
have to program the patches in the FCB1010 to not send a program 
change signal (otherwise you'd switch patches) and to send the 
appropriate control change that your VF1 patch is checking for (#2 
above).

5) If you configure the FCB1010 for DIRECT SELECT (see user's manual 
link in previous post), you could use the UP/DOWN pedals with a 
stereo 1/4" cable plugged into the EXP/CTL jack on the VF1. This 
would allow non-midi control of real-time parameters. See the VF1 
user's manual for details.

That's what I know so far. Let's keep the info coming on this new 
foot board!

S