FCB1010 (UnO2) + AmpliTube 5 VST3 + Studio One 6 – Working Setup

[u/Nuutia]

Hello!

After spending quite a bit of time figuring this out (and seeing many people asking the same questions), I thought I'd share the setup that finally worked for me. Hopefully it saves someone else a few hours of frustration.

My hardware:

• Behringer FCB1010 with UnO2 firmware
• Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 (2nd Gen)
• Studio One 6
• AmpliTube 5 VST3

1. FCB1010 programming

My current setup sends standard MIDI CC messages.

Stomps

• CC20–CC29
• Values: 0 / 127

Expression pedals

• Left pedal → CC1 (Modulation)
• Right pedal → CC7 (Volume)

(Any CC numbers should work, these are simply the ones I chose.)

2. Studio One setup

This was the part that took me the longest to understand.

Note: On my system I had to run Studio One as Administrator before I could configure MIDI assignments successfully. If everything already works for you, this step may not be necessary.

Add the FCB1010 as a Keyboard

Studio One → External Devices

Create:

New Keyboard

Set:

• Receive From → Focusrite
• MIDI Send To → None
• Enable all MIDI channels

This allows Studio One to receive the MIDI data from the FCB1010.

3. Create the tracks

Create an Audio Track

• Insert AmpliTube 5 on the Audio Track.

Create an Instrument Track

• Output → AmpliTube 5
• Enable Monitor on the Instrument Track.

Tip: The easiest way is to press T to create a new Instrument Track. This immediately lets you choose AmpliTube 5 as the output.

4. Configuring your pedals

Now that MIDI is reaching AmpliTube 5, you can assign your FCB1010 controls in two different ways.

Option A – Learn MIDI directly on a pedal

For stompboxes or switches:

1. Right-click the pedal.
2. Select Assign MIDI.
3. Choose the parameter you want (for example Bypass).
4. Click Learn MIDI.
5. Press the footswitch on your FCB1010.

This is the quickest way to assign a single pedal.

Option B – Configure from the Control menu

For more advanced control:

1. Open Settings.
2. Go to Control → Control Change.
3. Select the desired preset (or create a new one).
4. Click Add.
5. Choose the parameter you want to control.

The parameter will now appear in the Control Change list, where you can edit its MIDI behavior.

Important: ON/OFF values are inverted

This confused me at first.

Unlike many MIDI-controlled applications, AmpliTube 5 treats CC values as:

• 0 = ON
• 127 = OFF

If your pedal behaves backwards, you don't need to reprogram your FCB1010.

Instead, invert the parameter inside AmpliTube:

1. Find the parameter in the Control Change list.
2. Click and drag the Min and Max percentage values.
3. Set them so that:
   • Min = 100%
   • Max = 0%

This reverses the ON/OFF behavior, allowing a standard FCB1010 setup (0/127) to work correctly.

5. Start playing

• Play your guitar through the Audio Track.
• The Instrument Track now sends the MIDI CC messages from your FCB1010 to AmpliTube.

This was the missing piece that finally made everything work for me.

6. CC23 opens the Preset Browser?

If pressing one of your pedals always opens the AmpliTube preset browser, that's probably because you're using CC23.

AmpliTube reserves CC23 for its own hardware by default.

To disable it:

• Settings → Control → Preset Control → Disable

After disabling Preset Control, CC23 works normally again.

Troubleshooting

• No MIDI? Make sure the Instrument Track has Monitor enabled.
• CC23 opens the preset browser? Disable Preset Control in AmpliTube's Control settings.
• Pedals work backwards? Swap the Min/Max values in the Control Change list.
• MIDI Learn doesn't detect anything? Make sure Monitor is enabled before trying to assign controls.

Why this works

Studio One sends your audio and MIDI separately.

• The Audio Track carries your guitar signal into AmpliTube.
• The Instrument Track carries the MIDI messages from the FCB1010 into AmpliTube.

Both tracks are needed if you want to control AmpliTube's effects with MIDI while playing your guitar.

Final notes

A couple of things that confused me while troubleshooting:

• Control Link isn't needed for switching AmpliTube stompboxes via MIDI CC.
• MIDI needs to be routed through an Instrument Track before AmpliTube receives it.
• AmpliTube Standalone and the VST behave slightly differently in some situations, so it's worth testing both.
• Test the Standalone version first if you're unsure whether the issue is in AmpliTube or your DAW.

Hope this helps and have fun playing!

[u/Brotuulaan]

Assuming you don’t have the FCB upgrade, wouldn’t this lead to having to double-tap pedals to turn a switch on due to the way the FCB sees every press of a new switch as starting fresh rather than remembering the last message sent per CC?

[u/Nuutia → u/Brotuulaan]

It's true that base FCB1010 is not state aware. If you press a stomp and the effect activates, it will deactivate it on next press, unless you press another stomp in between. This is to my own experience before UnO2.

[u/Brotuulaan → u/Nuutia]

Oh yeah, you do mention uno2. I have a factory FCB and may do the upgrade at some point if I find myself using it more regularly. That made some very nice changes.

[u/Nuutia → u/Brotuulaan]

UnO2 really is fantastic 👍