MC-808 no footswitch? suggestions PLS!!!

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darknessfalls
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MC-808 no footswitch? suggestions PLS!!!

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i just snagged an MC-808 which i intend to use for stage, but forgot about the silly lack of a footswitch input.

i was annoyed until a friend told me about the tech 21 MIDImouse which is a small MIDI footswitch controller. he thought the two side switches could do up/down of programs while the middle one handled the stop/start. this made me happy because i'd love to not bend down to switch programs between songs. unfortunately i just found out the MIDImouse doesn't send start/stop signal.

i've found a substitute interface, but all it does is convert a stop/start command from a 1/4" TRS cable into a MIDI command. so now i'm back to being annoyed. i have to spend extra money *AND* take up more real estate on my pedalboard just to have a feature i expect included for free - and still i have to use my own old footswitch anyway.

any chance roland or anyone else makes something to solve this issue? having both up/down program changing AND start/stop would be worth a new pedal, but this isn't.
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