All user reviews for the Behringer FCB1010 Midi Foot Controller

How long have you use it?

Almost 2 years now.


What is the particular feature you like best and least?

Are price, its 61 keys, type controllers assignable and that it takes into account the strength of the touch. is used to store song parts with nuance. And grant that has either midi signals, I already used as a "remote control" for squenceur.

After, it is a convenient Controller, but basic. If you need a piano or touch something that goes del simply Controller noon, go your way.


Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

I go around the keyboard slightly prs similar type m-audio oxygen.


How do you report qualitprix?

Rather good. I was looking for a keyboard-controlling in real time and lenregistrement vst. He was all, so it's very good!


With experience, you do again this choice? ...dropoff Window

Yes, no doubt. Still ttant me with other keyboard in the same range. I chose this keyboard because there was a promo. Characteristics and gales, if for any price decline has help choosing ...

I use it for 6 months.
I use it as a controller in Ableton Live 9.
It serves me many things;
- Check the tracks (track playback, record, stop ...)
- Loop-Station with PlugIn Mobius ...
...

I struggled as it is not allowed to configure ... and thank you to forumeurs Audiofanzine because they have provided a link to a site to set up my stuff in Ableton among others ...

I have not done the upgrade UNO, I do not need it. The possibilities are enormous if they have a good editor, and unlimited patience (with me, he almost passed several times through the window) ...

The design is rugged enough for live use.

Anyway, there is no competition at this price point ...

When he had to return to pedal noon to cause re-equipment rack to turn pro, the choice was not very wide. This is an opportunity that makes the thief and it is a choice that paid off in the first months of use. It is virtually unbreakable. His only weakness may come from two wheels encoding expression pedals that become imprecise force dust and fair quality plastic they are made (optical cells). It is programmable stepper and "gear friendly" with other products such as the behringer v-amp.
It is also upgradable: you may change the chip for the UNO which transforms it into stompbox controller, it all editable pc / mac via IFCB. So of course, it does not grow further (up to 128 cc) but it's enough to drive most current Multieffects apart from eventide and lexicon.

I bought it used with the UNO chip already installed
Buy the basis for control effects in reason with my Keytar.
I recently had the guitar and he's found a new use in the coupling with Guitar Rig.
Used with Guitar Rig 5 and 7 Reason (for plug line 6).
In Guitar rig I used in GR for:
- The 1,2,3,4,5 switch and switch up / down to change the preset
- The Switch 6,7,8,9 and 10 to activate the effect generally like distortion, chorus, delay, the reveb
- 1 st expression pedal on the Wah
- 2 nd expression pedal Volume or Whammy

A bit complex to program but once mastered it works nickel.
Hardware level is solid with a metal case and switch on the air to keep going.
I not use it 100%, I know for example that in the two programs we can Programmer output to make the channel switcher and, for example, the reverb amp.

The only complaint I can make it: I liked a mode or all switch can make switching effect (and still need to find a sound with 10 effects switcher

A pedal that I use it for 2 months to control VST effects for guitar and synth and a software Loop (Mobius).

It does the job perfectly, it's everything I expected and for the price, there is no hesitation.
I use it only through my PC (not control hardware), and there is a free software not supplied (FCB1010 PC Editor) which makes it very simple configuration, unlike the configuration directly on the pedal.

However, two caveats:

* It lacks some features that are filled by the purchase of the "Uno chip" including the fact that if I switched an effect on a pedal and a second on another, I should press it again 2 times the first to cut first effect (I do not know if it's clear ...)
Too bad it is not standard.

* The expression pedals are not very accurate air but I have no point of comparison, because I've never used other before.

In the end, despite these two minor flaws, this is a great product, and I would do the purchase without hesitation.

Purchased. In the year

I have not tried d.autre model because it was the cheapest

The big -: the manual Berhinger as usual, one must understand a little midday programming for use as a control surface.

The big +: its low price, the number of control, robustness
Very good value for money ... The best on the market

I already have two, and I think I bought the other hand because I need a Large control surfaces

Accuracy, I bought these pedals for two separate and simultaneous use

1 is used to control mainstage as a classical guitar multi effect ... The do not worry, with or without the select function directly, it works.

The second, now serves to control Ableton Live, and it's a bit more complicated when one knows nothing midi ..

J.ai fortunately the chance to qualify for training "AFDAS" and I just had the right to a week with a trainer has broken it, and now I understood how it worked ...

You just program it to send "notes" and not "exchange program" and learn the function of the software does the rest ....

And now it works perfectly ... A real pleasure!

For those interested in "tutorials" already exists "and other out soon.

My trainer is working.

Anyway who hacked and is bent, the controller can drive most daw worthy of the name.

How long have you use it? :
I do not intensively used. I really bought to control apps amp simulation, and telling me that it would also serve in case of purchase of hardware compatible ...

Have you tried many other models before buying it? :
Not. This product seems to be alone in its class and price range ...

How do you like the most? :
There's everything you need as a switch and expression pedal for fun. Pedals expressions themselves work very well a good time to reconfigure (I have caused to reset the pedal to be able to re-adjust the 2nd expression pedal correctly)

How do you like the least? :
It is really antiquated design!
- No USB, so no possibility of power supply by USB port (and therefore the weight of gear)
- Therefore required to have a midi cable-in addition to the midi-out to edit settings via a computer
- Soft Edition worthy of the name unavailable / not found on PC (and not even by Behringer mac, not official ...)
- Direct editing on pedal a little heavy, especially when all the pedals are configured at once
- Can not configure both pedals up / down to the same thing on a soft (they serve only to navigate programs pedals ...)
- It does not seem to be a "latch" mode, so the animal must config with 1 preset for each pressure, which sometimes means having to press 2x pedal for the desired action

How would you rate the quality / price? :
There's no other real choice.

With experience, you do again this choice? :
Not if a manufacturer (or other Behringer) went a similar version, even for a big ticket again, but advantage adapted to the modern world, with midi-over-usb (in addition to the standard MIDI) + supply + true soft config + preset for different softwares / hardwares, etc ...

I use it for more than a month
I had a MKII express
Very good pedal a bit complicated at first, but after a few hours of study
I do not know me in the past!!

I drive my POD XT is the max!
Value for money is good
The pedals are costau,
Yes I remake this choice without problem!

A configurable wish
Eg on bank 1 preset 6-7-8-9-10 there is delay-Stomp-MOD-Reverb-EQ

bank on the 02 preset 6 delay on-off delay 7-8-9 ON STOMP stomp off
10-MOD 5 MOD ON-OFF
On bank assets wah 03 ON / OFF switch on 8-10
the 1-2-3-4 - there are places that the channel you wish!

In short, a little gem for cheap!

I blame him just a little manual.

All the standard features are a MIDI pedal and much more. vraiement can do many things that other do not, at least not in this price range. I refer you to the advice below to get an idea of ​​these capabilities.

I buy a single goal: to use the "Note on" to drive my K2600. basically, it is possible to assign a score to each switch, so that I can in a ox with another musicos change the arrangement Live (preprogrammed in advance) or to a part of low or make a tablecloth .... this opens up many possibilities. I used 1 1/2 years and then sold for more time beufer. He has done a very good use even if the programming was not easy (even with the utility supplied with). the wasp, the velocity of each switch is frozen, can not have a full octave (lack of switch) and another low point for me, the model I had, the transformer's purring pedal / buzzait and that I thought it was swelling.

If tomorrow I had a bit more time to get back to me, I would lean more towards a roland organ pedalboard, certe more expensive, but more matching what I want (Velocity / full octave)

a good product in all.

I no longer have this pedal, I sold everything I had midi hardware.
I bought it to check the following things:

Equipment Bass V AMP FOR behringer: thanks to the pedal, it was possible to use the small sampler / looper in the V amp. 40 seconds of sound.
Jem'en servais also to launch the Yamaha QY70, a small sequencer.

Software: I used it to drive Tracktion.

The manual is particularly rotten. J4ai had to write a little tutorial at the time. It took me days to figure out that was not the preset configuration of all peédales, but the settings stored for the pedals.

Once configured, the limit is thru MIDI, leaving messages sometimes go, sometimes not. I had some problems, I had sometimes double tap pedal. But I think it came from the configuration.

After this long grip, I ended up dipping how it worked, and it is something quite versatile. The expression pedal was working.

That was not so bad is that we sent several messages apopuyant pedal. You could put a note message, and another parameter.

I have tried other aps foot controller.

To summarize this opinion a little lousy:

The -: manual rotten, not very intuitive configuration, noon thru the strange behavior.
Pros: lots of things can be programmed, the animal is strong.

If I was recovering at noon with a guitar, I would probably try it first, before looking if others exist.

I used to control a preamp presets PSA1 and gmajor just to change the sound banks live

very effective scene especially with the two expression pedals, you can assign control vloume and the effects on the other

Against by means of a buzz when the power is on but not annoying when playing. It is updatable by eprom.

It is metal (ie solid), changes are fast patches with 10 presets per bank

The price / quality ratio is excellent compared to other brands or types rolaand yamaha example ....

I use actuellemenet in spare pedal if my POD PRO fails ....... So he sleeps in a cardboard box!!

I use it for a year in a manner not very regular.
It controls my Electrix Repeater, I configured to handle around 18 parameters on the 80 proposed by the machine. I could go further in the config, now I have to change banks to have access to my 18 functions, because I decided to put a Control Change or Program Change switch. That makes the organization, reflection and work to make the fold but it is necessary with this type of gear: it is not plug-and-play must think has what you want to do and its config before launching. On the size of the FCB1010 and the number of switch I think that put more on one foot would have a product too large or with switch too close to each other. FCB is already rather beefy and heavy.
This is my first midi controller pedal form. Otherwise I synth, and bliptronome PADKONTROL.
The +:
- Earn more changes on the same switch: each pedal can simultaneously run multiple control change, program change and control footswitch. eg reverb and distortion activate simultaneously.
- The number of configurable switch 10 + 2 for banks
- The robust metal chassis
- Power chouco
- Complete: function merge, midi in and out connectors din, sysex, midi note, expression pedal, footswitch in output jack.
- The space between the switch which is sufficient not engage in both simultaneously.
- The config and banks: the FCB1010 is autonomous and does not foolishly sends information to which the controlled machine must adapt.
The -:
- The size / weight
- The number of banks (10 is a bit light for those who have a lot of parameters)
- The limited number of cc and pc simultaneously on a switch (to be honest there is enough for my use, but there is a limit when it is negative, is not it?)
- The pedals are a bit special expressions must make his own tests and do not hesitate to schedule its setting on a smaller race.
The value for money is excellent, this is the kind of product that is indestructible 80 euros buys used without too much fear of being cheated. Other products are more expensive for the same or more expensive ultra when they offer more.
If I lose mine I think I would do this choice, you can control everything with this product, amp presets, reverb, ableton live sampler and any machine accepting Midi cc and pc.
A final note to say that the configuration is not as complicated as what is said on some forums / sites. Once we understand the same thing is quite simple.

How long you use it?
2006 (I think)

What is so special that you love the most, least?
+ It is robust
+ Easy to program (in knowing)
+ Easy to program with programs such as FCB1010editor or FCB1010PCeditor (connection via a MIDI port in this case. I use for MIDI M-Audio port for that).
+ Ability to control multiple devices simultaneously (eg: Boss GT-Pro and Digitech Whammy. And then just one pedal on the floor).

- When I was at the beginning, I had to spend at least one month to tear myself away their hair to set.

Did you tried many other models before buying it?
I used a Zomm4040, but the effects are integrated ...
We will say that I have not had the opportunity to test other "pedals midi".

How would you rate the quality / price?
Very good value for money (to taste it)

With experience, you do again this choice?
Definitely yes!

The Behringer FSB1010 is a Midi Floorboard that can fulfill anyone's midi footswitch needs. With 10 banks of 10 customizable presets each, two expression pedals will customizable midi channel, control, and range, two programmable external relay switches, midi in, midi out, and midi through, this footswitch is very midi powerful!

For each preset, you can program 5 different program changes (on 5 different channels), 2 control changes, 2 expressions, and a direct midi note output. You can also set the two external switches on and off; these are perfect for controlling amp channels, such as on Mesa Boogie guitar amplifiers. The hardest part is going through the manual to figure out how to program the unit; it can get very confusing, very fast! Behringer always makes budget, affordable items, and this item is no different. Functionally, it is great, but it is obvious that the ease of programming the unit suffers from cheap development. You have to know your midi very well, which is usually the case anyways with most midi applications. There are lights on each of the pedals, which helps decipher how the preset is programmed (while in the edit more), so that can be helpful.

Depending on what version the software is on the FB1010, some of the system features are different. For example, the newer software has an easier, faster way to recalibrate the expression pedals. On the older software, you have to run though an entire diagnostics test, which includes checking the function of all the pedals.

I've used this pedal for multiple bands, multiple applications, and although I haven't used it in years, I keep it around, because one day I'm sure I'll need it again. Whether you simply need to change channels, or it you want to use the expressions, or just play some midi notes, you can't go wrong with this midi floorboard. Just don't expect it to be easy to program.