We support 1, 2 or 3 pedal foot-switches. It has to have a ¼" plug and be wired to connect Sleeve to Tip for 1 pedal or Sleeve to Tip & Ring for 2 and 3 pedals. The pedal should be momentary, ie non-latching.

Examples of compatible 3-pedal foot-switches are the Digitech models FS-300 and FS3X. I know that Crate and TC Helicon also make 3-pedal foot-switches but I haven't checked them out for compatibility.

Thanks alot steve, I will look into all of those. Also, can you elaborate on my second question about asigning controls?

Thanks Alot!

Yes the pedals can be user-assigned to a long list of functions, ie just about anything for which there is an on-screen button or key stroke.

Regarding the controls on the mixer surface itself, there are four groups of control assignments that can be selected. The first three can be modified by the user. The fourth is the effect group and how the controls work depend on which effect is selected. We are not planning to make the effect controls user configurable.

ps It looks like the TC pedal has a much better chance of being compatible than the Crate one. The Crate CFS3 seems to be a 2-pedal and a 1-pedal foot-switch sharing a box, plus because it is for controlling a guitar amp it probably latches.

Awesome, thanks so much for your help! Now I am REALLY jonesin' for my mixer!

me too

Im a look into my midi footswith with quater inch also Ill look at the tip...

Once the foot switch is intergrated its on...

I hope the foot switch latency is dead on..

Thanks Steve keep up the good work.

We are looking into getting our own foot switch manufactured so that we can make it a perfect match with the 57. I'll post more news as soon as it comes to hand.

I love you guys.

Damn, it just gets better and better!!!!

My new name is DJ Serato!!!

After what's gone on around here in the past few weeks, I would wait a month or two before making that claim.... lol

lol

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foot switch?!?!?! I didn't even know about that.. so we'll be able to use effects with the foot switch or loop in relative??? crazy

The footswitch will be asignable to whatever you want from what I understand.

can i link it to tha trap door infront of my gear, so when people come up to me (to request a song or ask to turn down tha bass) while i'm frantically busy trying to match the beats before the break comes up....

Only if you have a midi trap door and use a midi footswitch, along with punjil sticks, tigers, and this: cgi.ebay.com

I also recomend getting a rope and pulley, just incase. . . you know how midi and homemade ebay things are. . .

goodone DJK....that item is like the legend joke of tha forum ... chirplare status yo :)

is the footswitch compatible without the ttm 57? say perhaps for an original SSLv1.5 and a ttm56?

I doubt it, where you gonna plug it in?

I'm sure i probably already know the answer to this question but...

is there such a pedal that would be compatable with ssl that doesn't just toggle (ie. loop on/loop off) but instead covers a degree of adjustment.. erm, like an accelerator pedal in a car. you could then control faders or the flexfx wet/dry balance with such a pedal.

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There are pedals like that, they are called expression pedals, but I don't think SSL is compatible, nor could I think of very many things I would want to do with it that SSL does. . .

I know alot of other equipment with similar funtionality, maybe if you elaborate on what you are trying to do, I can point you in the right direction?

Tim, look into the boss FV-50H/-50L or FV-300L. The don't integrate into ttm57 or ssl funtions, but you could use it for any anolog audio, like fading in a sampler on your aux line, or run on your efx loop to control wet/dry with you foot. . .

Hey djk,

yeh controlling the wet/dry balance is what i'd be most interested in..

i don't totally understand how those pedals would be able to do this..

i mean i'd like to be able to set up a high pass filter as an effect and then whilst scratching use a pedal to fade into this effect or fade into a delay or reverb or something, you know what i mean?

but if its not gonna happen than fair enoguh its not the end of the world

tim, to do this you would need an external effects unit that can accept an expression pedal. The FV-300 DJK mentioned can be used as an expression pedal.
You won't be able to control the TTM57 with a pedal like this. The mixer will only take a 1,2 or 3 pedal momentary switch pedal.

cheers guys for the help, its not too much of a worry now anyway as i've created myself a secondary set of arms which can take care of all extra mixer features as well as allowing me to walk like a crab.

i gave myself an extra schlong so i can poke my girl in the vag and the booty at the same time

Anymore news on the progress for this?

Thanks in advance.

They said in another thread that they are no longer going to do it.

I ended up getting the TC Footswitch and it works fine so far...

except if you are a klutz like me and keep kicking it by accident.

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Acutally I need to post a video. I did find one thing that i need to investigate more. I was going a little overboard on the looping using the pedal, (looping in and out on the 8bar, 4bar, 2bar and even 1bar points) and pressing it too fast in in succession caused this siren (horn) sound and the only wat to get it to stop was to exit the loop point and enter it again.

Like I said, I need to test to figure out where it came from, but it happened 3 times in a row.

You made a loop that was only fractions of a second long.

I got the digitech fs3x, and it works great. It also work on my digitech loop pedal, so I am gonna get a cheap 1 button to use on my 57 when the digitech is in the loop pedal, that way I can still control the 57.

That makes perfect sense... I guess the siren sound was just a really short loop....

I love Serato.

I thought they weren't going to bother making a footswitch as the research and development costs, coupled with manufacturing would make it far more expensive than the competing models which are readily available and work fine.

Noooo, it's not that i don't trust other footswitch models but if there was a SSL footswitch, then there would be an endless amount of possibilities after the constant firmwire upgrades. The thing i truly like about Serato is that the hardware doesn't get outdated because the software consistently gets upgraded. Nahmean?

The footswitch is a hardware control, and has nothing to do with firm or soft updates. It's whole purpose is to send commands to the software. It's like saying that you want B1,B2,B3 on the 57 control upgradeable, but just like the footswitch they allready are, due to the fact that they are only triggers.

I bought a Digitech FS3X, it has worked fine for me so far. I would recommend getting a right angle 1/4" connector though because it can stick out a bit otherwise and get in the way.

I use the same switch, and it is solid. I am actually going to move my footswitch jack, probably to the back if I can fit it. I don't know why they put it on the fron in the first place, the headphone plug is bad enough...

I have always done this, for Headphones, outputs, Flex FX and now I'm trying to find the right one for the foot switch, its good so it doesnt stick out and also (headphones) if you mistakenly walk away with the headphones on your neck, the extra mobility comes in handy.

What kind of footspray should I get for my TTM57

Goldbond works great for me.... unless you mean switch... :O

BOOM! Tough actin Tinactin!!

Any news on this front? What was the footswitch they were using at Remix NY?

Thanks DJK, my reading comprehension isn't what it used to be. :)

No one was usin a foot switch at Remix.. But I brought my own... :O

i just got the tc helicon switch too. works like it should so far.

I wonder if there are any handheld "footswitches" ....

maybe... but what is someone steps on your hand while you are holding it?? :P

^^ LOL ...
I plan to have this on a short cable right next to the mixer.
I was thinking a small tiny handswitch ..

Why?

Idlemid, was that your switch they hooked up for a bit on Sunday? When Boo was doing the footswitch loop demo for Neil Armstrong?

You could make your own, I made my own footswitch. It's not great because the case I used is too big, but a handswitch would be easy.

The dexterity in my hands is way much more than my feet could ever muster .... plus I want to be able to loop on the fly without having to go to the program group/looping menu.

you might have to make one or modify a foot switch. The footswitch buttons are kinda hard to press unless you are using a foot or your finger (with some shoulder behind it)

hmmmm I think that kinda defeats the purpose, but to each his own...

It migh have been, I left it there cause i didnt want to lug it around. I used it during the Jean Grae thing

Seems like too much work for me, personally, but hey

@s4200 - i just bought a digitech gnxfc (the one with the big square buttons). i think if you wanted to you could put this on the table and tap/slap/punch these buttons. they are large, the size of a white castle burger. if you want, i can measure the buttons and try using it as a hand pedal. let me know...

give it a shot. Do you have a link for the switch? I'd like to see it. Mine has the tiny silver circle buttons (3) and you cant press them by accident thats for sure and hardly with your hand at all.

get a hand pedal built with the old Street Fighter arcade buttons

aaaaaddooooookin!

That's a good idea,

get an old joystick, something like this www.uncrate.com then just wire the buttons to a lead with a TRS jack plug on the end.

@Idlemind1999 www.digitech.com

yo the arcade button idea is dope. :-)

any news on this??? i'm thinking of buying a pedal, should i wait?

they abandoned that project i think because there are so many cheap ones that work great.

for real? can a serato mod confirm this? i'll go for the DIGITECH FS 300, seems nice!!!

The only thing Serato could improve on in a footswitch is labelling the switches 1,2,3 so that they match the software. I don't think it's worth it for them, the FS300 works great for me.

does the FS300 need an external power supply?
and what can you actually control with the footswitch?
i was thinking of controlling the left and right flex effects.

No power supply need for the digitech, and to me it is almost usless right now....

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I got a TC-Helicon Switch-3 recently. No complaints. $50 from Sam Ash store.

I've got the same switch last night and I can't seem to get it to work correctly. Button one starts loop, that's fine. Button 2 does nothing and Button 3 jumps it to whatever loop is highlighed. I just want to turn the loop on and off. MIDI has not helped either. Does anyone have a suggestion with turning the loop on or off just using a footswitch?

how's that coming?