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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

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.