In Logic Pro X, can I use a sustain pedal as a footswitch for a guitar?

Hi,

I am looking to do a recording of a song, start to finish in front of a camera, so I don't want to do this in multiple takes. What I'm looking to do is have a clean guitar tone, press the sustain pedal to toggle a distorted tone, then press it again to toggle back to a clean tone.

Is there a way to do this?

One idea I have (but don't know if this is possible) is to have two guitar tracks recording simultaneously, one clean and one distorted. Clean is audible, and distorted is muted, and when I press the sustain pedal, it toggles and the distorted track is audible and the clean is then muted.

Is something like this possible?

I'm effectively just looking to have a footswitch in Logic without paying a lot of money for a whole new interface and midi pedalboard I don't need.

Thanks for your help.

MacBook Pro 15", macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 20, 2019 10:38 AM

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Eriksimon

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Posted on Mar 20, 2019 10:52 AM

You can simply assign the sustain pedal to the virtual switch of a virtual distortion pedal.

First set up the Pedalboard plugin with the right distortion pedal, then 2. click the on/off switch on it, then 3. open the Controller Assignments window (cmd-L, = learn mode engaged) then 4. press down the sustain pedal and hold it down, then 5. disengage learn mode by clicking the blue button bottom right of the controller assignments window.

Now pressing down the sustain pedal should toggle the virtual pedal on and off. If it does, you can 6. dismiss the controller assignments window.

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