Fractal Audio FM3 - External Switch To Access Tuner & Scenes View
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video, I will demonstrate how I use the Mission Engineering TT-2 Dual Switch in conjunction with the Fractal Audio FM3 to gain easy access to the tuner on the FM3 as well as toggle between Presets and Scenes on the FM3.
Here is the link to the thread on the forums that has the details on how I configured the FM3 with the TT-2 forum.fractala...
This is a great, great idea! Be able to mute the tuner and have immediate access is a life saver in live situations. Thank you very much!
I just ordered one of these and was a bit nervous about being able to do all I need it to with only 3 switches but seeing this makes me feel a lot more confident.
Totally doable. It's been working great. I will say, it really helps to connect to a laptop and use FM3 Edit when you're building presets.
Hey Ryan, this was incredibly helpful with my FM3 - thank you! Thanks to the advice on the forum and your video here, I have my dual external switch set to left-tap = switch between presets or scenes; left-hold = cycle through the scene pages; right-tap = tuner on/off. Awesome!
You’re welcome, Russ! 🎸
Awesome! Could you explain how you did this Russ? This is exactly what I’d like mine to do
You’re wearing my socks and I had a very surreal moment.
Hi Ryan. This is a great tip, thank you very much for sharing this!!
dude. I don't know you but i owe you. thank you.
You’re welcome, Drew. If you feel so compelled my Venmo is @Ryan-McMurray-2 ☕️
maybe do a video on how to do this for everyone? Very cool ideal.
Super helpful. Was looking for this regarding tuner. I imagine instead of scenes you can make the 2nd button tap tempo instead?
You can get to the tuner in scenes mode by holding down the right button until you're all the way at the end of the 8 scenes for that preset and it'll be the 9th one.
@@TurboCult Indeed. The fact that the tuner is buried that far down is the main factor for a fair bit of the configuration laid out in the video.
This helped so much, thanks!
You’re welcome! Glad it helped.
great idea, thanks
Great idea! Would be cool if you had a link to the thread that shows how to do it.
The link is in the description my friend 😎
@@RyanMcMurray Ha, I didn't realize there was more to read down there. Thanks!
Man you can assign the tuner wherever you want, I have the first switch if hold it takes you back to the fourth view of scenes, that for me is: 1 sw scene 8, 2 sw tuner, 3 sw tap tempo.
So in 1 click, I go "back" to the fourth view and another click I'm on tuner
True. I’m just not a fan of having to balance on one foot long enough to hold a switch down. I like pressing a switch and then putting my foot back on the floor :)
thanks!
You’re welcome, my friend.
Man I just got a fm3 and a fc 6 and I must say I have no idea what I’m doing lol. Hoping with enough messing around and reading the manual will help lol. It’s going to be worth it though
Great video !! I have an AX8 , is it possible to affect an effect per switch ? For exemple a drive on one switch and a chorus on the other?
Did you ever do a video on how to set up the fs to toggle to tuner instantly rather than having to hold? I have an fm9 and I can't figure it out, I can get hold to tuner but I want instant.
Hey Shawn! In my video you’ll see that a hold is not required in the way my FM3 is set up to turn on/off the tuner. Check out the link in the description. It will take you to the forum thread where I describe the settings I used to achieve this.
If the tuner is muting the input, how is it tuning the guitar?
I see what you mean. The wording on it’s face is tricky. Basically, if you choose to mute output then when you go to tuner it would silence any existing output (delay, loop, etc.), but if you choose mute input, no more input signal will be passed to output. Make more sense now?
Was curious if a foot switch like this could be programmed to switch to specific scenes, or if it only works for more general functions like accessing the tuner and scenes view?
Not sure, but I imagine the programmable flexibility is there in the FM3 to program it to where say, left switch chooses scene 4 and right switch chooses scene 5. Then you could effectively have active switches for scene 1, 2 and 3 on board the FM3 and scene 4 and 5 from the switch.
@@RyanMcMurray I see. Certainly hope that’s the case, having an extra 2 switches for scene changes would be great. Thanks for the reply!
where is the switch plugged into. I see it only has 1 TRS coming out of tt2.
Hi Mr. Lynch. I hope this video was helpful for you. Please see the full description for a link to the forums where we go into greater detail about how to achieve this set up.
trs = 2switches each. two cables in fm3 = 4 switches
Hi there. Is it possible to use the tt2 to just go between presets. And leave the fm3 switches in scene mode?
I imagine this is very possible, but offhand I am unable to tell you how exactly to do this. I would suggest though to go to the link in the description box and as you read through the detailed steps, think on how to slightly adjust a given step to fit your needs. Basically, it should involve just choosing a different option in one of the menus.
Hi! Can you program this switch HOLD function too?
Not sure, but I imagine yes.
@@RyanMcMurray thank you
so where you go on the fm3 to set it up Thank you
Hi John! Check the description of the video to find a link to the detailed steps in the Fractal Audio forums. It’s all there, my friend!
@@RyanMcMurray it works thank you a bunch God bless you
hi can u help me to setup my dual switch to bank up and down?still didnt get it to work on my fm3
Hi, Erman. Have you viewed the detailed information in the forum post that is linked in the description of this video? It should point you in the right direction. Achieving what you are after is only a matter of assigning the desired function to each switch.
@@RyanMcMurray got but not details on setting it up
@@ermanfmd2441 So you already went through the forum post linked in the description of this video? forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/toggle-from-presets-to-scenes-with-external-footswitch.170929/
@@RyanMcMurray yes and did as the forum suggest but yet it doesnt directly change the preset goin up or down
@@ermanfmd2441 Okay. If you have not already commented on the forum thread at that link, please do so with any further details.