Thus you can choose a preset, then turn on an effect, and not have a visual cue as to which preset is enabled.
But since you can program a button to send only Control Change data, you can use them to turn effects on and off. The way the pedal works, the LED that is on is above the last pedal pressed. One of the other irritants has been the display and LEDs. Those users have had to open the unit and tweak the position of the LED to restore normal function of the expression pedals. In addition, some units are shipped with a mis-aligned LED that operates the expression pedals.
Calibration is a software-controlled setting of the expression pedal’s range. Most users discover that the pedal is shipped with the Expression Pedals needing calibration. In addition, a number of folks who can program EPROMs offer the service for a minor charge. The good news is that Behringer have been forthcoming with EPROMs for those who have had their pedals for less than a year, and for a very minor fee for the rest of us. The units, as built in China, have copious quantities of hot glue all around and on the original EPROM, so it may be a minor challenge getting the old one out. To keep costs down, Behringer left out a way to reprogram the firmware in the board, so replacing the firmware must be done by replacing the EPROM. Thus, a new pedal could have Version 1.0, through 2.5 in about six different steps. Unfortunately this took several releases to get right, and the pedal was in shipping during this experimentation. Behringer responded by releasing new firmware that attempted to rid it of bugs, and add some new features. The first version of the pedal essentially worked, but there were a few minor bugs in the firmware, most notably having to do with the Expression pedal functionality.
It is no wonder that this pedal has become very popular – so popular that the FCB1010 group on yahoogroups has nearly 12,000 members, as of March 2009. There are more capable MIDI pedals on the market, but they are easily twice to six times the price. However, its features and durability place it more toward the upper middle of the pack, if you are willing to put up with a few quirks. Suffice it to say that it has been on the market for at least a couple of years, and that it is priced at the bottom of the pack. Perhaps another writer will fill in the original ship date. Well it occurs to me that other than using this pedal, I don’t know enough about its background. You can help make it neutral, request assistance, or view the relevant discussion. A Wikibookian questions the neutrality of this book.
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