Maschine Mk3 Sampler looper compatible footswitch

DubTales

Hello, i'm having trouble getting the sampler working with a footswitch. I've connected a dual momentary Footswitch (brand: Sonicake) to my Maschine Mk3 controller. It seems to work fine in standard (sequencer) mode. Left button 'plays' and the right button enables 'record'. When the sampler is selected however, nothing happens when I press the buttons. According to the manual this should work has a standard loop pedel.

Maschine version: 2.18.4

Steps to reproduce:

-Connect the footswitch to the Pedal input on Machine mk3 hardware

-Start a new project (File ⇒ new)

-Press the 'Sampling' button on the controller

-Change the Recording mode to 'Loop'

-Change the Target to 'Sound'

-Pressing the left (or right) footswitch button has no effect.

Either I'm doing something wrong or I have the wrong type of footswitch for this operation. As mentioned, it does seem to work fine for the standard sequencer (non-sampler), so I'm guessing my workflow.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.