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

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

• Do nothing

• Move one page forward/backward

• Press the Start/Stop/Pause/Continue button

• Jump to the next song

• Return to the song list

• Open the song preselection list

• Start/pause/continue scrolling

• Scroll faster/slower

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

• Toggle automatic playback on/off

• Start/stop the metronome

• Play jingles

• Toggle loops on/off

• Trigger all function buttons on the current page

• Trigger specific function buttons on the current page

• Trigger one function button after another on the current page

• 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 a specific value from ControlChange)

• Adjust the audioplayer volume (with value from ControlChange)

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

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

Note Alesis io Dock 2: The Alesis io Dock 2 sends values 0 and 127 alternately on controller 14 (first pedal) or 15 (second pedal) with the pedals. If a pedal should always perform the same action with each press, you need to use two configurable ControlChanges per pedal in SongBook+: one that reacts to the change to 0, and another that reacts to the change to 127, assigning the same action to both.

Note iRig BlueBoard: The iRig BlueBoard sends ControlChanges alternately to values 0 and 127. If a button should always perform the same action with each press, you need to use two configurable ControlChanges per button in SongBook+: one that reacts to the change to 0 and another that reacts to the change to 127, assigning the same action to both.

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