davidkdkmusic Posted August 30, 2017 Share Posted August 30, 2017 My Firehawk does not control the tuning of the variax 700. How do I fix This? How can I use my Firehawk to use Workbench in my computer? (Do not have this option) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAX700 Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 Not surprising that no one has answered your questions: I guess no one wants to be the bearer of "bad news". When it comes to the Variax 700, the Firehawk FX is backward compatible but not completely. It will control Variax 700 models and tone knob, but it doesn't support tuning. Like the Magnetic Pick up option, String Tuning remains grayed out. The best you can do is save custom tunings/models to your Custom Knobs 1 & 2, then call them up from the Remote app. Likewise, the Firehawk is not backward compatible with the older Workbench software (the non-HD version) which you need installed in order to modify your 700. As well, the 700 can only interface with your computer via an older POD, like the XT Live or one of the old "bean" Pods. The only good news here is, you can buy one of those used for dirt cheap. When it comes to computers, processors, and software, it would be wonderful if everything was backward compatible with everything. But it's not. Sorry. :( On a positive note, the Variax 700 is a really phenomenal guitar... definitely a keeper. Lately, I've been playing a JTV-59 / Firehawk FX, but I took my 700 out of its case to test it before answering the above. Now I'm torn between the two... Time to switch. So many guitars, so little time, and just one of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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