Axefx metronome on CC?

Victor Vos

Victor Vos

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Hi everybody,
I found out that I can turn on metronome on the axefxIII. Axefx says it is done with CC127. RJM editor has mixer 2 on CC127.
How can I find out which CC (if any) controls the metronome...?
 
Unfortunately, the way we do things will prevent CC127 from being sent. All of the Axe-Fx support was based on some assumptions, and them using CC127 breaks those assumptions.

Is that CC number able to be changed in the Axe-Fx's MIDI settings? If so, moving it to CC26 or lower would allow you to control it with a regular CC. Any CC number higher than that will be converted to Fractal's proprietary Sysex messages before sending.
 
Newer generation Fractal Audio devices (e.g., Axe-Fx III, FM3 and FM9) do not use fixed MIDI CCs. You will have to assign a CC for the Metronome. This can be done via SETUP / MIDI on the unit or its editor. Assign a CC that is lower than #34 that isn't currently in use, sending a value of 64 or higher to turn the metronome on, and a value of 0 for off.

A little more detail:
Because the AxeFX III doesn't use fixed CCs, you have to assign them manually. The clever people at RJM created a system that translates certain CC commands to Fractal Audio's sysex format. So in the RJM editor, you'll see a large number of functions as pre-programmed commands. This is super handy, and it saves a lot of configuration effort. Keep in mind that the RJM system will convert any CC messages higher than #33 to sysex; any CC messages from #33 on down are sent as normal CC messages. Hence the recommendation above to use CC26.
 
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FYI, on Axe 3, FM3 and FM9, only CCs 26 and lower are able to be used as normal CCs. 27-33 are used for looper control, and 34 is scene, as always. Looking at the code, CC#4 is also off limits. It's used for the control block, and I can't even remember what that is!
 
Thank you, So I've set the metronome to CC25 on Xfx and MM. This is working okay.
Problem is that I have no record of CC's and where they go.I may have already assigned something to that CC...
I don't understand what is happening at CC's higher than 26... but I can conclude that if I want to assign anything manually I should use CC1-CC26?
 
Victor Vos said:
Thank you, So I've set the metronome to CC25 on Xfx and MM. This is working okay.
Problem is that I have no record of CC's and where they go.I may have already assigned something to that CC...
I don't understand what is happening at CC's higher than 26... but I can conclude that if I want to assign anything manually I should use CC1-CC26?
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Based on the response from RJM, I think CCs up to #26 are the appropriate choices, noting that #4 should not be used. Glad to hear you got the metronome up and running!
 
The metronome took the place of the tuner. (tempo hold).
Now I want to restore tuner on a different location but can't find it.. I put that on axfx on cc24 but that doesn't do anything...
There is also on rjm editor the option: system, tuner. This activates the tuner screen on MM with a question mark and does not activate the Axfx tuner...
 
ok I combined system, tuner with CC 35 which is tuner in RJM editor. Works!
Now just hope I did not have other things on those CC's...
 
Victor Vos said:
ok I combined system, tuner with CC 35 which is tuner in RJM editor. Works!
Now just hope I did not have other things on those CC's...
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You can check for this in the AxeFX or its editor. Scroll through the CC assignments to check for any duplicates. I wish the editor could generate a report of CC assignments since we have to do them ourselves.
 
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