FCB1010 and Eureka

Geech · July 24, 2014 at 7:49 PM

Been messing with this combo for most of the day and I must say, it beats the hell out of using the HD500 like I was doing. The Eprom was easy to instal and it was ready to use immediately. Only thing is I will be changing the FCB so that it will accept real expression pedals because I can already tell I will destroy the ones that come on the board. I have heavy feet

Anyway, if you are on the fence about trying the FCB1010 and one of the Eproms, The setup I am using works wonderfully as I'm sure the UnO chip does.

Rock on!!

Geech · July 29, 2014 at 4:36 AM

Just a quick update. The pedal board itself (not counting the expression pedals) is tough and with some modifications will work wonderfully. The expression pedals are just bad. Workable maybe but coming from the HD500 and cry baby type pedals, they are like toys. I've currently ordered 2 Kemper pedals from Mission and will wire them through the FCB1010 and work in some sort of "phantom" power mod and we are ready to rock.

ClassicMetal · July 31, 2014 at 8:37 PM

Quote from Geech

Been messing with this combo for most of the day and I must say, it beats the hell out of using the HD500 like I was doing. The Eprom was easy to instal and it was ready to use immediately. Only thing is I will be changing the FCB so that it will accept real expression pedals because I can already tell I will destroy the ones that come on the board. I have heavy feet

Anyway, if you are on the fence about trying the FCB1010 and one of the Eproms, The setup I am using works wonderfully as I'm sure the UnO chip does.

Rock on!!

--I misread your post, you don't have the uno, sorry, I can't figure out how to delete my post--

I see you're in the U.S. How did you purchase the FCB and the Uno Kemper chip? I'm researching in prep to buy the Kemper, but when I checked the Uno chip, it was for sale in German currency...

And do you have to be an engineer to install the chip and configure the FCB to control the KPA?

Thanks!

Ingolf · July 31, 2014 at 9:49 PM

Quote from ClassicMetal

I see you're in the U.S. How did you purchase the FCB and the Uno Kemper chip? I'm researching in prep to buy the Kemper, but when I checked the Uno chip, it was for sale in German currency...

And do you have to be an engineer to install the chip and configure the FCB to control the KPA?

Thanks!

Hi, there is no German currency, man.
This is the Euro, valid for most of the European countries.
No worries, you can order the chip directly at http://www.uno4kemper.com.
Xavier ships to the U.S. of course.

ClassicMetal · July 31, 2014 at 10:29 PM

Quote from Ingolf

Hi, there is no German currency, man.
This is the Euro, valid for most of the European countries.
No worries, you can order the chip directly at http://www.uno4kemper.com.
Xavier ships to the U.S. of course.

Well, I'm a little embarrassed, it was a month ago when I looked at it, I'd forgotten it was Euros, I just knew it wasn't dollars. I know, typical oblivious American.

So I see I can use PayPal, but I have no idea how much I am paying. I don't know how much 32 Euros is in dollars. Could be $5, could be $5,000.

Kempermaniac · August 1, 2014 at 9:58 AM

Quote from ClassicMetal

I don't know how much 32 Euros is in dollars. Could be $5, could be $5,000.

Google is your friend!

ClassicMetal · August 1, 2014 at 5:09 PM

Quote from Kempermaniac

Google is your friend!

Good point! You youngsters, with your fancy technology.

For any other U.S. buyers' reference, 32 Euros for firmware (chip) plus labels is currently equivalent to $42.92.

Ingolf · August 1, 2014 at 10:02 PM

Great. Did you order?

ClassicMetal · August 2, 2014 at 1:03 AM

Quote from Ingolf

Great. Did you order?

Not yet. Being OCD, my plan is to read the user guide (done), read the reference manual (in progress), plan my routing for gigs and recording, then list questions, search the forum, research the FCB and the Uno, then buy everything. And I have a deadline for a book due in a couple of weeks, so that might slow me down.