footswitch for the APC

[natecraypo]

Howdy. I'm on os x (leopard) running live 8 with an apc40. Just wanted to know if there were any recommendations for foot switches. ALSO: keeping in mind the apc's default behavior within the "device control" section wherein the "device on/off" button will work only for the device which is currently highlighted onscreen (the magic of the secret handshake? some sort of gating process?), I am wondering if the foot switch will behave in the same way and, if not, what modifications are necessary to accomplish this. Specifically, I am looking to control the looper with the footswitch (like so many others). However, I only want the footswitch to control the looper that is currently highlighted onscreen (much in the same way as the "device control" panel). Naturally, I want the looper on just about every track. How do I only necessitate a single foot switch. The solution I have now is great, I made a DIY USB footswitch which sends out keystroke messages. There's a tutorial on the cycling74 website here...

http://www.cycling74.com/story/2007/10/16/1252/3782

...But, the thing has taken a beating since last year and it's time to move on. Here's hoping the solution can be as simple as I want it to be. My guess: the apc footswitch can be routed to the different "device control" banks, taking the signal from each bank and applying it to the different loopers.

[gRave Robber]

Thats interesting question, my APC hasn't arrived yet, but I wonder if there are 'device banks' as you put it. that would be very nice for my set up.

[concept_control]

From my experience, you've gotta assign the footswitch using cmd/ctrl+m