Using a pedal to trigger start and stop in sampling mode

King swen

I connected a pedal and it doesn't trigger the sampler start and stop like it should. I get it to trigger when holding down the pedal for a few seconds but no way to time it and it doesn't trigger every time. Very intermittent. The manual says that you should just be able to push the button once and it will trigger the start in the sampler. I'm not sure if I'm using the wrong type of pedal but it is doing this with two different pedals and they function fine outside of sampler mode. I still need to try with my Boss FS6 that has more settings that can be adjusted. Might be a glitch they need to update. Anyone get a pedal to work correctly in sampler mode?

Update: This is with Maschine Plus in standalone mode.

Peter Harris

Sounds like the Pedal mode might be set to "Continuous". Open Komplete Kontrol and check out the PEDAL tab and make sure the mode for Pedal A is set to "Switch".

Also confirm that the MIDI mode right below in that same tab that is set to "Trigger" or "Toggle". Try it both ways.

Many pedals also have a switch them that toggles polarity so you could try changing it to the other setting.

In the meantime, does anyone know what specific MIDI CC Maschine uses for this sample trigger function? That also needs to be set correctly in KK on that same Pedal tab.

Good luck!

Peter Harris

Sounds like the Pedal mode might be set to "Continuous". Open Komplete Kontrol and check out the PEDAL tab and make sure the mode for Pedal A is set to "Switch".

Also confirm that the MIDI mode right below in that same tab that is set to "Trigger" or "Toggle". Try it both ways.

Many pedals also have a switch them that toggles polarity so you could try changing it to the other setting.

In the meantime, does anyone know what specific MIDI CC Maschine uses for this sample trigger function? That also needs to be set correctly in KK on that same Pedal tab.

Good luck!

King swen

I was able to change this with the controller editor and Komplete Kontrol to "toggle" and it works correctly now. There is a slight lag but I think it will work. It would be awesome to get rid of the lag though.