SOT: Anyone using an expression pedal with an Axiom 61?

I recently bought a "Behringer FCV100 Dual-Mode Foot Pedal for Volume and Modulation Control".
I want to use it to control modulation in GPO and Instant Orchestra but it's not working like the mod wheel... it doesn't fade to no sound or change the layers of instruments (it only seems to control volume not the rest of the data).
I looked in the Axiom manual to see how to set the "expr out" on theto modulation (channel 1) but it appears I'm not smart enough to decipher wtf.
Can someone please give me a step-by-step process?
Thanks very much,
Randy

LpMike75


Ive had horrible luck with getting the perimeters to work properly with an expression pedal and Axiom61.  Spent a bunch of time with Maudio support and nothing worked.  I gave up and draw everything in.  Sorry I know this wasnt helpful

I'd like to think it's just that I have the expression pedal output set to the default of controller 11 and not controller 1. 
Did M-Audio tell you how to do that?
Thanks,
Randy

I have never had any problems with it. I opened Enigma 1.2 to check and I have the Foot controller (Expression pedal) set to:
MIDI CC 4 
CH 0 
data3 127 
data2 0 
data1 <blank> 

which, I believe are system defaults. At any rate, I don't think I ever modified them.
I use Preset 17 usually.



Enigma is appropriately named, but I would give it a try and see if it can coax that pedal into life.

The foot controller I use has a polarity setting and trimpot to adjust the range. It is the M Gear EX P. I've had it for so long I don't recall much about it. 

I do use it often and without any problems.

I don't understand what you mean by setting the minimum.

The way it should work is something like this: the Axiom provides a voltage to the trimpot that is controlled by the foot pedal. As you move the pedal, that changes the resistor wiper which changes the output voltage. Somewhere in the Axiom that voltage gets read and converted to a number in the MIDI range from 0 to 127.

For my controller, there is an additional physical trimpot adjustment on the pedal that changes the response and I can adjust it for full range or another range response if I want.

You could check the trimpot against an ohmmeter and see if it goes through the full range of values. You could do that from the RCA jack output pins of the pedal. It is a tip-ring-sleeve arrangement

your running preset 10 or 17 on the axiom also?

It's been a long time since I played around with the Axiom settings and I have an older model so things may be a little different for you.

You set the Axiom Preset to 17 via the + and - keys in the numeric pad area (labeled 'Snapshot').
The display will show P17 or whatever.

Each of these is a different setup and Preset 17 is one that sends controller data the way most things that I use like it.

You can probably see the list of differences in the Axiom manual.

Enigma is the free M-Audio MIDI set up software that let's you do as much damage as you like to the MIDI controller stuff. You can download for free from the M-Audio site.

What you are calling channel is a bit confusing. MIDI has 16 channels and these are usually reserved one for each instrument (and 10 is usually a Drum machine).

The actual name is Controller number - 'Continuous Controller'  (CC) to be more precise - and there is a preset list of many of these - 1 is the Mod Wheel, 4 is a foot controller, etc. But you are pretty free to change these as you like. However, many things are already set up to recognize things like Mod Wheel data, so if you do change them, do so at your own peril.

Enigma lets you make your own presets of the Axiom settings - you can change zones, split the keyboard, change velocity curves, lots of stuff that I once played with but now forget completely.

I usually use a DAW for this and just use the Axiom as a keyboard with a few switches. Mod Wheel and Foot controller are my main external controllers.

One note:
I´m using the FCV  in CV mode for to control volume in the MIDI parts.
Best regards.