MIDI-Mapping Maze
Geeking out in a big way, I have spent hours in the past several days programming my Behringer FCB1010 foot controller board with MIDI messages. The messages that I have programmed into the 10 banks of signals across 10 foot switches and 2 pedals will control live sampling and sample-triggering, mixing, and effect processing in both the Ableton Live software and my Kaoss Pad. Through this process I have had to consider carefully what range of actions I will want to employ in my live performance, the timbral sound world of the live processing, and what will be most ergonomically efficient. All this has to be considered numerically in terms of Program Change, Control Change, or Note On/Off commands, like constructing a serialist row in the range of 0-127. It will take a lot of practice to internalize the layout of these commands, but I think I have arrived at a semi-intuitive layout and bank structure. The mappings to the Kaoss Pad are fairly fixed (though I can always choose different effects to select), while the MIDI-mapping options in Ableton are extremely flexible. For the Zodiacrobatic project I will bypass the Simple Set Map I have laid out in Bank 2, mapping most of the MIDI commands outlined across the other 9 banks.
FCB1010- Erik’s Programmed MIDI Messages
Bank 0 (Reserved for Kaoss Pad):
1 Program change #1 (Flt.1 = Low Pass Filter) + CC #95, #12, #13 (HOLD on, both pedals active for each effect program
2 Program change #2 (Flt.2 = High Pass Filter)
3 Program change #3 (Flt.3 = Band Pass Filter+)
4 Program change #74 (rVb.1 = Reverb)
5 Program change #77 (rVb.4 = Gate Reverb)
6 Program change #84 (Grn.5 = Grain & HPF)
7 Program change #82 (Grn.3 = Mid Grain Shifter+)
8 Program change #23 (Mod.5 = Ring Modulation & High Pass Filter)
9 Program change #51 (LF.19 = Mid Auto Pan)
10 Program change #61 (dLy.4 = Ping Pong Delay)
Bank 1 (Reserved for Kaoss Pad):
1 note on/off #36 (SAMPLE A button)
2 note on/off #37 (SAMPLE B button)
3 note on/off #38 (SAMPLE C button)
4 note on/off #39 (SAMPLE D button)
5 Control change #95 (HOLD off- value 0)
6 Program change #72 (dL.15 = Dub Echo) + CC #95, #12, #13 (HOLD on, both pedals active)
7 Program change #86 (LoP.2 = Vinyl Looper) HOLD off, pedals inactive
8 Program change #94 (LP.10 = Looper & Isolator+) HOLD off, pedals inactive
9 Control change #93, #94 (LEVEL- pedal A, FX DEPTH- pedal B)
10 Control change #95, #12, #13 (HOLD on- value 127, X-axis- pedal A, Y-axis- pedal B)
For ABLETON LIVE-
Bank 2: SIMPLE SET MAP
1 Control change #87 (ARM TRACK 1)
2 Control change #88 (ARM TRACK 2)
3 Control change #89 (ARM TRACK 3)
4 Control change #90 (DOWN SCENE)
5 Control change #91 (TAP TEMPO)
6 note on/off #2 (LAUNCH TRACK 1)
7 note on/off #3 (LAUNCH TRACK 2)
8 note on/off #4 (LAUNCH TRACK 3)
9 note on/off #5 (LAUNCH SAMPLE TRACK)
10 Control change #96 (CROSSFADER- pedal B)
Bank 3: EFFECT PROCESSING (A)
1 note on/off #110 + CC #67, #68- both pedals controlling parameters
2 note on/off #111 + CC #69, #70- both pedals
3 note on/off #112 + CC #71, #72- both pedals
4 note on/off #113 + CC #73, #74- both pedals
5 note on/off #114 + CC #75, #76- both pedals
6 note on/off #115 + CC #77, #78- both pedals
7 note on/off #116 + CC #79, #80- both pedals
8 note on/off #117 + CC #81, #82- both pedals
9 note on/off #118 + CC #83, #84- both pedals
10 note on/off #119 + CC #85, #86- both pedals
Bank 4: EFFECT PROCESSING (B)
1 note on/off #7 + CC #48- pedal B only
2 note on/off #8 + CC #49, #50- both pedals
3 note on/off #9 + CC #51, #52- both pedals
4 note on/off #10 + CC #53, #54- both pedals
5 note on/off #11 + CC #55, #56- both pedals
6 note on/off #12 + CC #57, #58- both pedals
7 note on/off #13 + CC #59, #60- both pedals
8 note on/off #14 + CC #61, #62- both pedals
9 note on/off #15 + CC #63, #64- both pedals
10 note on/off #16 + CC #65, #66- both pedals
Bank 5: RECORDING AND LIVE LOOPING
1 Control change #22 (ARM TRACK 6)
2 Control change #23 (ARM TRACK 7)
3 Control change #24 (ARM TRACK 
4 Control change #25 (ARM TRACK 9)
5 note on/off #26 (TAP TEMPO)
6 note on/off #27 (TRACK LAUNCH 6)
7 note on/off #28 (TRACK LAUNCH 7)
8 note on/off #29 (TRACK LAUNCH
9 note on/off #30 (TRACK LAUNCH 9)
10 note on/off #31 (LOOPER multi-purpose transport button)
Bank 6: TRIGGERING SAMPLES
1 note on/off #32 (TRACK LAUNCH 1)
2 note on/off #33 (TRACK LAUNCH 2)
3 note on/off #34 (TRACK LAUNCH 3)
4 note on/off #35 (TRACK LAUNCH 4)
5 note on/off #40 (TRACK LAUNCH 5)
6 note on/off #41 (SCENE UP)
7 note on/off #42 (SCENE DOWN)
8 note on/off #43 (SCENE LAUNCH)
9 Control change #44 (STOP CLIPS)
10 Control change #45 (CROSSFADER- pedal B)
Bank 7: TRACK PANNING, LEVEL
1 Control change #26, #27 (TRACK 1 both pedals)
2 Control change #28, #29 (TRACK 2 both pedals)
3 Control change #30, #31 (TRACK 3 both pedals)
4 Control change #32, #33 (TRACK 4 both pedals)
5 Control change #34, #35 (TRACK 5 both pedals)
6 Control change #36, #37 (TRACK 6 both pedals)
7 Control change #38, #39 (TRACK 7 both pedals)
8 Control change #40, #41 (TRACK 8 both pedals)
9 Control change #42, #43 (TRACK 9 both pedals)
10 Control change #46, #47 (INPUT TRACK both pedals)
Bank 8: TRACK MUTING
1 note on/off #17 (TRACK 1)
2 note on/off #18 (TRACK 2)
3 note on/off #19 (TRACK 3)
4 note on/off #20 (TRACK 4)
5 note on/off #21 (TRACK 5)
6 note on/off #22 (TRACK 6)
7 note on/off #23 (TRACK 7)
8 note on/off #24 (TRACK
9 note on/off #25 (TRACK 9)
10 note on/off #6 (INPUT TRACK)
Bank 9: TRACK SOLOING
1 note on/off #100 (TRACK 1)
2 note on/off #101 (TRACK 2)
3 note on/off #102 (TRACK 3)
4 note on/off #103 (TRACK 4)
5 note on/off #104 (TRACK 5)
6 note on/off #105 (TRACK 6)
7 note on/off #106 (TRACK 7)
8 note on/off #107 (TRACK
9 note on/off #108 (TRACK 9)
10 note on/off #109 (INPUT TRACK)