MIDI Controller for Keyboard Patch Changes

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I have 3 keyboards that I play live with and was using a Behringer FC1010 for setting up the patch changes on all keyboards. The FC1010 can only send CC messages on 1 MIDI channel.
I need to send CC messages on 2 channels and just regular patch change (1-128) on the third channel.

Does anyone have any recommendations on what device to replace the FC1010? I would like something that would hold a lot of presets, preferabbly 100, similar to the FC1010.

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I don't know that it would replace the FC1010. But check out MIDI Solutions' modules. I know they have an eight-input footswitch controller. Their devices are flexible enough that they can be programmed to send on any channel. And more than just CCs-- PCs, SysEx, etc. I'm not affiliated, except I use some of them myself. Check them out!
 
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I don't know that it would replace the FC1010. But check out MIDI Solutions' modules. I know they have an eight-input footswitch controller. Their devices are flexible enough that they can be programmed to send on any channel. And more than just CCs-- PCs, SysEx, etc. I'm not affiliated, except I use some of them myself. Check them out!
Let me look into and thank you for the suggestion
 
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I think you should also look for software options. I like the free version of MIDIDesigner ProX on my iPhone for MIDI-over-Bluetooth, but you could also use a MIDI hub to give you wired connections. There are also a number of you-must-pay-us-forever options on the App Store. The FCB1010 looks inexpensive in comparison.

MIDIDesigner ProX is plenty powerful, but it is a fiddle-fest to get started with. The free version only lets you build one page, but that would be plenty to show you if it will work for you. It will allow you to create a "SuperControl" button to string a bunch of commands under (subcontrols); so you can have one button send the MSB and LSB bank selects, the Program Change, the octave shift, and even controller values with one button tap. So one button tap gives you the voice you want in the octave you want with the effects set like you want. For a lot of common keyboards, there are already pre-built controller templates available for download.

MIDIDesigner ProX also has special integration with pedalboards, so this might be just the thing you need to take a single stomp on the FCB1010, and have that send the messages out on the different channels as needed.

There are also a few free or cheap MIDI controller apps that will work with keyboards that support "MIDI Learn." There has got to be similar software available for Android tablets and phones, but I haven't discovered them yet.

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I think you should also look for software options. I like the free version of MIDIDesigner ProX on my iPhone for MIDI-over-Bluetooth, but you could also use a MIDI hub to give you wired connections. There are also a number of you-must-pay-us-forever options on the App Store. The FCB1010 looks inexpensive in comparison.

MIDIDesigner ProX is plenty powerful, but it is a fiddle-fest to get started with. The free version only lets you build one page, but that would be plenty to show you if it will work for you. It will allow you to create a "SuperControl" button to string a bunch of commands under (subcontrols); so you can have one button send the MSB and LSB bank selects, the Program Change, the octave shift, and even controller values with one button tap. So one button tap gives you the voice you want in the octave you want with the effects set like you want. For a lot of common keyboards, there are already pre-built controller templates available for download.

MIDIDesigner ProX also has special integration with pedalboards, so this might be just the thing you need to take a single stomp on the FCB1010, and have that send the messages out on the different channels as needed.

There are also a few free or cheap MIDI controller apps that will work with keyboards that support "MIDI Learn." There has got to be similar software available for Android tablets and phones, but I haven't discovered them yet.

Sean L122
Thank you for the reply and let me look into this recommendation.
 
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Similar to the FCB are guitar processors, like the GT1000 that I use. A friend of mine that toured the world and was on Letterman, Fallon, SNL, etc. - he used a Helix for the same thing... Blows away the Key Largo in terms of usefullness, but that's another conversation.

The GT1000 will send iirc up to 4 PC + MSB + LSB with every program. I have mine set up to also provide:
- 1 stereo input and 1 mono input (I know you have 3 keyboards, so you could run 3 mono inputs, or if your KBs have inputs, you could daisy-chain)
- Stereo compression (studio quality, not guitar)
- Master volume control pedal
- Damper/sustain pedal control on 2 separate MIDI channels
- Modulation for my leslie and synth sounds
- A volume boost for solos
- Master eq to shelve below 70hz and above 15k
- 250 presets
- Built-in DI
- Plus any and all guitar-focused fx you could ever want
- USB audio and MIDI in/out
- A decent editor/librarian for the computer

The Helix is likely even more capable, but I am not as familiar with it.
Happy exploring!
 

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