Alesis Control Pad Inc/Dec footswitch

[jomtones]

Hi! My first post here

I recently purchased an Alesis Control Pad and want to get a stereo footswitch to help me shift between patches quickly - does anyone know a particular brand of device I can buy?

I thought pretty much any dual footswitch would do it so I stupidly bought a Marshall 'channel-switcher' type pedal but while it mostly seems to work it appears to have a habit of cycling through the patches at random after one makes a few changes!

[ErichS]

Originally Posted by jomtones

Hi! My first post here

I recently purchased an Alesis Control Pad and want to get a stereo footswitch to help me shift between patches quickly - does anyone know a particular brand of device I can buy?

I thought pretty much any dual footswitch would do it so I stupidly bought a Marshall 'channel-switcher' type pedal but while it mostly seems to work it appears to have a habit of cycling through the patches at random after one makes a few changes!

I think you need a footswitch with momentary contacts. Boss makes a dual switch that can be setup for momentary or latching switching

http://www.zzounds.com/item--ROLFS6

The Marshal switch you have is a latching switch so when you switch it, the signal stays on or off and causes the patches to scroll

[jomtones]

Brilliant, thanks mate, I know what to look for now!

[pboland]

If you like DIY stuff you can always try using two single momentary foot switches like this one:


Then just get a stereo splitter like this:



You could always mount the switches to a board. They would be a much bigger target then most of the off the shelve switch boards. Just a thought.

[jomtones]

ah yeah, should have thought of that!

oh well, bought something off ebay now