DMX MIDI Control With A Behringer FCB1010

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Ted Kennell

Күн бұрын

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@viciouscircle4136 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Coming from a band that also that has to do everything ourselves, this was pretty helfpul! Thanks!

@michaelstefanka973 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Ted for the great video. The one thing I was not understanding is that each DMX controller has different notes that need to be assigned. Look at your DMX controllers manual to see what you are trying to program. For instance, scene or chase, or any other functions you are trying to activate with the FCB1010. For intstance, i wanted my FCB1010 to activate my ADJ Operator 384 pre-set scenes. The value on those starts on 12. So to do that, the first switch on the FCb1010 is the set to 12 which eas my first scene, and so on.

@tkennell66 5 ай бұрын

@@michaelstefanka973 thanks Mike.

@thercmproject9235 Жыл бұрын

You saved my life mister, I don't know how I would have survived programming this thing without you.

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’m glad I was able to help.

@B93TonyBrooks Жыл бұрын

I am using a FCB1010 in conjunction with Luminair, and I am finding it to be a challenge to program. I had it once, never write down what I did and lost it when one of my kids deleted the program off my iPad. It’s the same concept of sending a note, but I just can’t seem to replicate it in order reprogram it.

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

I have never used the Luminaire controller so I don’t really know anything about it. The note on signal is generated by the FCB1010. So I would think if you had it working before, it is still sending the signal. It sounds like the problem is on the controller side or possibly the midi cable.

@skumlove 3 ай бұрын

So with mine I did not work with scenes but with Chases. which is actually better. you set a chase for a song with the scenes and assign them to each number pedal.

@tkennell66 3 ай бұрын

@@skumlove very cool.

@corymock509 2 ай бұрын

That was my question can you assign chases to the pedals do you need a laptop or tablet to do so?

@tkennell66 2 ай бұрын

@ I think it depends on the type of controller you are using. I was never able to use chase scenes with my Rockville. I recently helped someone and with his controller, I don’t remember the brand. I think the first 8 notes that he programmed were dedicated to chase scenes, then after that each note worked for one scene only.

@tkennell66 2 ай бұрын

I would suggest looking at the controller manual to see if it has some assigned notes for chase scenes.

@edwinfield1251 Ай бұрын

Ted, I have a question. In the Behringer FB1010 manual, it says that when you program a foot pedal using the NOTE function the FB1010 will send a NOTE ON when you push the pedal and then a NOTE OFF when you release the pedal. This seems to be happening for me. I can't get the FB1010 to just send a NOTE ON when you push the pedal. Thanks.

@tkennell66 Ай бұрын

The way that it worked for me is that once the note on was commanded it would stay on until a new note was commanded. It sounds like your controller has a momentary switch that only works when pressing. That is not something that I have experienced. I’m sorry but I don’t know a solution to that issue.

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

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@Bluewaterboy Жыл бұрын

We’re you able to activate a chase with your midi foot-pedal? I have the same light board and have managed to get scenes to activate with my midi pedal but I haven’t been able to activate a chase. I don’t see any midi codes for the chase. Your video got me started thanks!

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

I never took the time to program any chase scene’s. I gave it a brief try but because I was unsuccessful I didn’t spend a lot of time with it. I basically used each bank of 8 as the chase and then set the timer fader if I wanted the changes faster. I’m not sure how you would program the chase’s.

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

You are welcome.

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

Let me be more specific, I was able to program a chase on the controller, but unable to use the midi to trigger them.

@Bluewaterboy Жыл бұрын

@@tkennell66 thanks for getting back to me. I’m finding it might not be possible to trigger the chase. Having some foot control on the scenes is helpful.

@tocotocado Жыл бұрын

Hey Ted. Nice video. Um using a setup similar to yours and I’ve read that you’re not using this setup anymore. However, I’m having a hard time to alow my rockville w4 to enable midi control. Would you be so kind to give me a few directions? My user manual doesn’t seem to help at all. Thanks!

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

The Rockville instructions were no help to me. However, the problem for me was with setting foot switch to a midi note signal. The light controller doesn’t recognize the midi unless it it sent as a note. That was what I had to figure out. How to assign a note to the correct scene of the controller. If you have a keyboard with midi I believe you could plug it in and use the keys, or “notes” to change the scenes without any further setup. I’m not 100% sure, but I think it would work.

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

Think of the foot switch as a keyboard that needs to have the keys assigned or programmed to the notes that the controller already has in it. I’m working right now, if you have more questions I can take a deeper dive later. Let me know.

@oldschoolgeek4199 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. Does anyobody here knows if it's possible to store your programmed scenes (whether you did this with a software on a pc or with a dmx console/controler), and then transfert your programmed scenes on a usb key, and while you're on show, plug this key in a footswich or midi controler that allows it (just to get rid of the dmx controler or laptop) ? And then the footswich will only read the usb key to trigger your lights stuff ?

@tkennell66 Жыл бұрын

My understanding is limited on this topic. I do not have a lot of experience with midi controls or systems. I believe that the way i set this up you definitely need the DMx controller. The scenes are programmed using the dmx control. The controller that I used doesn’t allow for transfer of data. It only allows for storage. I’m sure there are other controls and software that allow you to store and transfer the data. I think the midi foot switch is the same. Save only. However, I believe that the foot switch could be used to trigger another controller or midi device if it has the same trigger address.

@oldschoolgeek4199 Жыл бұрын

@@tkennell66 thank you for answering me so quickly. I'm gonna search if what I describe is possible, and will come back here if I have the answer.