Hey all,
I am trying to coerce my guitarist to switch over to GP from his Fractal Axe-III.
Has anyone had experience with the Behringer FCB1010, and if it can be treated as any other MIDI controller through GP? Will it transmit MIDI data that is “learnable” in GP through standard widget assigning?
I have seen EEPROM replacement chips for this unit, but don’t know if that would be applicable for use with GP.
Thanks!
Joe
I haven’t used that interface myself but I do know that lots of GP users do absolutely use it.
This was an accidental repost from one a few weeks ago, David…please feel free to delete.
Joe
By default, the buttons send PC messages. So unless you only want to use it for rackspace/song changes, you’ll need to reprogram it. It has no editor, and the on-unit programming is challenging. That’s why the custom chips get used. They make it a lot easier to reprogram and add a lot more flexibility.
Good luck with that! We had one that only had a guitar processor, and the new one we start playing with in September has effects pedals and a guitar amp that we have to mic. And he’s the youngest in the band!
@rank13, regarding the Behringer FCB1010, do we need anything else with GP than a pedalboard sending CC messages? 
Bidirectional syncing of button LEDs is a nice plus!
So, that’s the point, thank you.
I also use a FCB1010 and some chip (cost about 10 euro or something, forgot the name).
Not only for FCB but in general, the benefit of GP is that whatever input some MIDI device gives, you always can convert it with scripting to anything you want. Although CC messages are the easiest to use.
I use the FCB1010 but it’s misleading(?probably?) to actually call it that. There is a piece of gear - a Tinybox - that is a MIDI touch controller, setlist manager/lyrics display, sheet music app, MIDI filter/router, MIDI USB interface, and a FCB1010 “booster” - all contained in a small box that measures 75mm x 100mm x 45mm high, and it includes a wireless router which also provides a display (and control surface) on an iPad, tablet, in addition to your computer. The company that makes it used to make the Gordius Little Giant if anyone is familiar with that. It works whether the FCB1010 is connected or not, but what it does with the FCB1010 is makes it a slave for what the Tinybox can do. You have the best of both (several?) worlds - a foot controller and hand/touch display control surface as well as the computer interface. I have included a few screenshots below.
I have numerous other MIDI controllers but this one, IMO, is the one I use the most, at least for me, and the programming and control possibilities seem to be endless. Total cost, including buying a FCB1010 to act as the foot controller hardware, is about $500, but it does require a very uncomplicated swap of the factory FCB1010 EEPROM and installing a power supply board which can use wirenuts or buttsplices, so the FCB1010 is powered by phantom power through the cable to the Tinybox. The system can also be expanded up to 4 additional switches with an optional jackbox.
The virtual, display and foot control hardware can be programmed on the fly as you play, the interface is that good - almost as good like GP 
You can even program the Tinybox to use your computer keyboard keys, your actual keyboard keys, or other midi enabled control surface buttons or keys to control the Tinybox (as I understand their documentation). Many possibilities. Tinybox also has a great support community. You can probably tell I am a fan
