MIDI Foot Pedals

SongBook+ supports all foot pedals that can send one or more MIDI commands:

• MIDI Start

• MIDI Stop

• MIDI Pause

• MIDI Continue

• Any MIDI ControlChange

• Any MIDI NoteOn or NoteOff

• Any MIDI SysEx sequences

Of course, these signals don't necessarily have to come from a foot pedal, but can be sent by any MIDI device.

Until version 6.3, the settings for foot pedals can be found directly at the first level of settings.

From version 6.4, they can be found in a new group called "Remote Control" together with the new settings for controlling with face expressions.

In the settings, you can enable the use of MIDI foot pedals (*) and assign the following actions to these commands, among others:

• Do nothing

• Move forward/backward one page

• Press the start/stop/pause/continue button

• Jump to the next song

• Jump back to the song list

• Open the song selection list

• Start/pause/continue scrolling

• Scroll faster/slower

• Move forward or backward a whole/half/third/quarter page

• Turn automatic playback on/off/toggle

• Start/stop the metronome

• Play jingles

• Turn loops on/off

• Trigger all function buttons on the current page

• Trigger certain function buttons on the current page

• Trigger function buttons one by one on the current page

• Activate the search field and set the cursor in the field

• Trigger MIDI macros

• Jump to a specific page number (with value from ControlChange)

• Scroll to a specific position in % (with value from ControlChange)

• Adjust the device volume (louder, quieter, or specific value from ControlChange)

• Adjust the audio player volume (with value from ControlChange)

• ...

Note for Alesis io Dock: The Alesis io Dock alternately sends MIDI Start and MIDI Stop upon a pedal press. If you are using this, you should configure the same action for MIDI Start and MIDI Stop in SongBook+.

Note for Alesis io Dock 2: The Alesis io Dock 2 alternately sends the value 0 or 127 on controller 14 (first pedal) or 15 (second pedal). If a pedal should perform the same action every time it is pressed, you need to use two configurable ControlChanges per pedal in SongBook+, one reacting when switching to 0 and another reacting when switching to 127, assigning the same action to both.

Note for iRig BlueBoard: The iRig BlueBoard alternates sending ControlChanges with the value 0 or 127. If a button should perform the same action every time it is pressed, you need to use two configurable ControlChanges per button in SongBook+, one reacting when switching to 0 and another reacting when switching to 127, assigning the same action to both.

In the MIDI and Bluetooth Monitor, you can see which commands your foot pedal sends.