FCB1010???

unclejam · #1 08-10-2007, 03:48 PM

As you may know i recently picked up a Bass V-amp Pro ad the recomened foot pedal is the fcb1010.

What i want to know is who has owned it and what is the performance like?

thanks.

Jeremy

vtwo · #2 08-10-2007, 05:02 PM

I just want to say that any company would recommend their own accessories. If possible, try to get a footswitch that has been known to be reliable - even if the processor breaks, you can reuse the switch.

-shrugs- That's my logic. It's Behringer, so their footswitch shouldn't be too expensive. It's worth a shot.

unclejam · #3 08-10-2007, 11:22 PM

anybody Who owns one???

Justice · #4 08-11-2007, 01:00 AM

i have one, its built like a tank. Very solid and you can do a LOT with it.

If you get one, make sure it has the latest eprom in it, if it doesn't you can check the FCB1010 Yahoo group and find out where to get one, or maybe even call Behringer and see if they will send you one. They sent me an eprom upgrade for my V-Amp 2.

actually, if you get one, you should join the FCB1010 yahoo group if you want to get the most out of it. there are people there who are using them to control multiple midi devices

Foamy · #5 08-11-2007, 02:19 AM

Yup - veeery well-built and seemingly infinitely capable. I had one for my v-amp pro, but for me it was so way the heck overkill.

superbassman2000 · #6 08-11-2007, 03:13 PM

I like the FCB1010 as well, but if you use it for anything other than other behringer products, I strongly recommend a PC editor--there are some great ones out there for both osx and windows

Taylor Livingston · #7 08-11-2007, 09:38 PM

What's a good editor for OSX?

superbassman2000 · #8 08-11-2007, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by conical johnson

What's a good editor for OSX?

ifcb

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31078

speak_onion · #9 08-12-2007, 06:27 AM

I disagree that it's "built like a tank." Maybe a tank with two tiny plastic pieces that are really important left exposed. I'm talking about the way the expression pedals function. You have to watch out for the little light-shield dealies, because they are just hanging out there. That's why a lot of people say the EXP pedals don't work right, because those things can get bent, or break off.

That said, if you notice that it's bent or broken and you just unbend it or glue it back on, which is easy, you're back in business.

I really liked mine when I was using it a lot and I think it can do so much, but I just don't really use a MIDI foot controller since I switched to single pedals.

Justice · #10 08-12-2007, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speak_onion

I disagree that it's "built like a tank." Maybe a tank with two tiny plastic pieces that are really important left exposed. I'm talking about the way the expression pedals function. You have to watch out for the little light-shield dealies, because they are just hanging out there. That's why a lot of people say the EXP pedals don't work right, because those things can get bent, or break off.

That said, if you notice that it's bent or broken and you just unbend it or glue it back on, which is easy, you're back in business.

I really liked mine when I was using it a lot and I think it can do so much, but I just don't really use a MIDI foot controller since I switched to single pedals.

The reason a lot of people say the expression pedals don't work right is because they don't calibrate them properly.

steve66 · #11 08-12-2007, 10:53 AM

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Justice -- i have one, its built like a tank. Very solid and you can do a LOT with it.

If you get one, make sure it has the latest eprom in it, if it doesn't you can check the FCB1010 Yahoo group and find out where to get one, or maybe even call Behringer and see if they will send you one. They sent me an eprom upgrade for my V-Amp 2.

actually, if you get one, you should join the FCB1010 yahoo group if you want to get the most out of it. there are people there who are using them to control multiple midi devices

I have the FCB1010 and its a really good controller. I use mine I to control Bass V amp pro. I basically use it for presets, a tuner, a looper, volume and wah pedal.

+1 on the Yahoo Group. They are very helpful. Learning to program it was easy for me but I hear that people still get tripped up doing it. You can use the free programming software to make things a little easier, but should learn to manually program it in case you dont have the software available at the gig. The nice thing about it is that you can back up all your settings via sysex.