Thanks for the reply. firstly, what i am going for here is, instead of while playing and when i have a riff or whatever then having to press play and record and get back to playing, to catch something i'm playing, while riffing, if i could do that with the footswitch, like will it start recording as if i did it by actually pressing the buttons, instead of pressing them to start recording, so i can keep my hands on the guitar, i find it quicker with a footswitch i suppose. i was under the impression that the footswitch is for "punch recording." then stop again with it and keep working. know what i mean?...