Harley Benton FXL-8 Switcher

longi

I'm thinking of picking one up as a birthday present for myself, does anyone have any experience of these fine looking bits of kit? I like the addition of midi so that I could use my M5 without using the fiddly preset select option. They look good on paper.

english_bob

They're the same as the Joyo PXL Live. Several people here have had those so you might get more opinions searching for threads about the Joyo.

bloodandtears

dont have the midi version, but the standard 8 is perfect for those of us that would rather not tap dance.. well built, easy to configure..

vasselmeyer

I had the Joyo version before I upgraded to a BOSS ES-8. It's a really well-made piece of kit and bonkers value for what it costs. I'm not sure what manual the HB comes with but the Joyo one was shocking. Watch Henning Pauly's video and that will get you though everything you need to know about it.

english_bob

vasselmeyer said:

I'm not sure what manual the HB comes with but the Joyo one was shocking. 

Thomann has the Joyo PXL-Live manual as a download on the HB FXL8 Pro page, so looks like it's the same.

JayGee

Got one, works great for what I use it for but MIDI is A) limited, fiddly to program, and C) not brilliantly documented. I second the reccomendation for Henning's video demo/tutorial.

longi

great stuff thanks guys. Just out of curiosity, does it have a stomp box mode?

JayGee

longi said:

great stuff thanks guys. Just out of curiosity, does it have a stomp box mode?

No, that's the one thing missing. Doesn't bother me personally but I know it's something some people are loath to give up...

longi

JayGee said:

longi said:

great stuff thanks guys. Just out of curiosity, does it have a stomp box mode?

No, that's the one thing missing. Doesn't bother me personally but I know it's something some people are loath to give up...

It doesn't bother me too much, for me it's better than tap dancing, there are ways around it of course.

I think I'll just have to procure the HB or Joyo equivalent switcher.

John_P

I'd agree with the comments above.   Seems pretty sturdy and was easy to program using the loops but the midi side was very fiddly to use.   

longi

John_P said:

I'd agree with the comments above.   Seems pretty sturdy and was easy to program using the loops but the midi side was very fiddly to use.   

It only really needs to bank up and down, I'm not really fussed about control changes. It's just so my M5 can preset change per patch for all of the stuff that requires things like a harmonizer or specific delay times. Nothing fancy.

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longi said:

John_P said:

I'd agree with the comments above.   Seems pretty sturdy and was easy to program using the loops but the midi side was very fiddly to use.   

It only really needs to bank up and down, I'm not really fussed about control changes. It's just so my M5 can preset change per patch for all of the stuff that requires things like a harmonizer or specific delay times. Nothing fancy.

It can generate two MIDI messages (PC or CC) every time you engage or disengage a patch, in my case I use those for channel selection on my amp and patch selection on a TC Alter Ego X4 delay. If you need more then I guess you could always go with a MIDI mapper/expansion box...

longi

JayGee said:

It can generate two MIDI messages (PC or CC) every time you engage or disengage a patch, in my case I use those for channel selection on my amp and patch selection on a TC Alter Ego X4 delay. If you need more then I guess you could always go with a MIDI mapper/expansion box...

I've been looking for midi mappers as it happens to map my M5 and I can only find 2 at the mo, Midi solutions Event Processor and one more of which the name I can't remember I don't know if there are any more out there, if you know of any let me!

longi

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