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What I want is a "momentary foot switch" that is "momentary only" MOST of the time, but which has some mechanism by which it can become, essentially, a "latching foot switch" in ON position... e.g. a second switch on it or attached to it that forces it to be "on / down," overriding the "momentary" pedal's current state. I appreciate all the feedback / help - thx! Cass -----Original Message----- From: Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill [mailto:rs@moinlabs.de] Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 9:42 AM To: Looper's Delight Mailing List Subject: locking sustain pedal I might fail to grasp what you're exactly trying to do, so I summarize. You want a pedal which works: Step on it and release: switched on (like a sustain pedal held down) step on it and relese a second time: switched off (like a sustain pedal not held down) The sustain pedal type ist called "momentary foot switch", among these are the sustain pedals. The other type is called "latching foot switch" or "on/off pedal". Boss calls these e.g. FS-5U (for the momentary) or FS-5L (for the latching one). You should be able to get those from about any company which makes foot-operated thingies at all. (Note that these latching switches don't have a polarity switch, because it's either on the first time you step on it or the second one). Rainer -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Scott M2 [mailto:scott@dreamstate.to] Gesendet: Samstag, 10. September 2005 18:05 An: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Betreff: RE: locking sustain pedal I use a Ableton Live + Electrix Repeeter setup. Amidst the looping, I often set my synth (a Roland XP-30) into midi-sync'd arpeggiations, which I can use the sustain pedal to continue while I play something else (piano, trumpet, voice, whatever). I'd like to be able to easily "lock" that sustain pedal to free up my foot for other things. I'm sure I can hot-wire my existing pedal (standard square sustain pedal) w/a toggle switch -- which I still for some reason havn't gotten around to -- but if I can buy one ready-made, I'm inclined to do that. Does anyone make such a beast? thx Cass ---------- I use an XP-60 and also like to lock-on the arpeggiator or various ambient patches I create. I've never seen a locking sustain pedal for sale and modified my Ensoniq double pedal with a small toggle which I can nudge on and off with my foot. It works great and is worth the effort. Cheers, Scott M2 http://www.dreamSTATE.to ambientelectronicsoundscapes http://www.THEAMBiENTPiNG.com