Ground Control Pro with Fractal Axe Fx II
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 8:21 am
Dear friends,
I have been a musician for 40 years and I am new to the world of MIDI and amp modelling, however I am currently fascinated by them. I recently purchased a Fractal Axe Fx II and a Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro and I am trying to configure both devices to properly work together.
I did some homework and I've followed some instructions so my units are set up as follows:
GCP:
- 4 presets/bank
- Device Name/Channel = Axe-Fx / channel set to 01
- Starts at 00
- MIDI Channel – 01
AxeFX II MIDI channel:
- I/O button / MIDI tab / MIDI Channel “1” and Display off set “1” as well.
- Instant Access Buttons are all edited with the effects assigned to them (Delay - button 1, Reverb- button 2, Chorus- button 3, Phaser- button 4, Pitch Shifter- button 5, Compressor- button 6, Tuner- button 7 and Over Drive- button 8).
- IA switch is set to act as XMIT W/PRSET
The problem I am having is that when I change presets, the Instant Access Buttons are not lighting up according to the preset. For instance, if the preset has and active Delay, I believe the GCP should have the Delay red light on but all the Instant Access Buttons' lights are off. The effects are active though and if I press the respective button, it will turn the effect off. When I press it again, it turns the effect on and also lights up the red led.
I have also noticed that when I am using the Axe Editor on my computer and I change the presets using the GCP, it does not turn the effects on and off on the screen and if I change the presets via the editor, it does not light up the effects red leds on the GCP. So it seems that there is a lack of communication between the GCP, the Axe Fx II and the Axe Editor, even though I followed all the instructions to set up both devices correctly. Maybe I've missed something or did something wrong.
Is that a MIDI configuration that I am doing incorrectly?
Could you help me to figure out what's happening and set the units to work properly, please?
I really appreciate your time and kindness.
Thnak you!
I have been a musician for 40 years and I am new to the world of MIDI and amp modelling, however I am currently fascinated by them. I recently purchased a Fractal Axe Fx II and a Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro and I am trying to configure both devices to properly work together.
I did some homework and I've followed some instructions so my units are set up as follows:
GCP:
- 4 presets/bank
- Device Name/Channel = Axe-Fx / channel set to 01
- Starts at 00
- MIDI Channel – 01
AxeFX II MIDI channel:
- I/O button / MIDI tab / MIDI Channel “1” and Display off set “1” as well.
- Instant Access Buttons are all edited with the effects assigned to them (Delay - button 1, Reverb- button 2, Chorus- button 3, Phaser- button 4, Pitch Shifter- button 5, Compressor- button 6, Tuner- button 7 and Over Drive- button 8).
- IA switch is set to act as XMIT W/PRSET
The problem I am having is that when I change presets, the Instant Access Buttons are not lighting up according to the preset. For instance, if the preset has and active Delay, I believe the GCP should have the Delay red light on but all the Instant Access Buttons' lights are off. The effects are active though and if I press the respective button, it will turn the effect off. When I press it again, it turns the effect on and also lights up the red led.
I have also noticed that when I am using the Axe Editor on my computer and I change the presets using the GCP, it does not turn the effects on and off on the screen and if I change the presets via the editor, it does not light up the effects red leds on the GCP. So it seems that there is a lack of communication between the GCP, the Axe Fx II and the Axe Editor, even though I followed all the instructions to set up both devices correctly. Maybe I've missed something or did something wrong.
Is that a MIDI configuration that I am doing incorrectly?
Could you help me to figure out what's happening and set the units to work properly, please?
I really appreciate your time and kindness.
Thnak you!