User Settings for foot switches / pedals

So yeah its nice to be able to Play/Stop and Record Enable using the foot switches / pedals
But It is a bit weird to me that these can not be changed to other functions (Or that there are not even Polarity settings for it)

for example:

• what I hear from a lot of people seems they do like the Play/Stop but would prefer Restart/Stop so that every time they press the down the foot switch it would start at the beginning
• Having the "lock function" when holding (or latching) the pedal do have both hands to do some stuff with and when letting the pedal (or unlatching) everything is back the way it was (in my opinion a faster way to use the lock function)
• Set it to Enable automation by holding the pedal (Or latching it) once again both hands free for automation

And there are probably others out here that might have a nice idea of what to use this for
But at least I think there should be an option to change these and also change the polarity of the settings since not all foot switches / pedals have a polarity switch on them

There is also the possibility that one might want to connect an expression pedal to it and currently there is no way to change the input method from being Switches to being an continuous controller while with the Komplete Kontrol you are able to change these settings so it a bit off to me why Maschine does not have these kind of options in the settings

 

Giving it A Little Bump ...

I am starting to think that people don't use the foot switches or don't know that this option exists
Pretty sure that the once who do use foot switches would agree that the option to use them for other functions would be a welcome one

 

Honestly...I think the truth is, there are just so many seemingly basic feature requests that have been totally ignored for literally years by NI, that people’s spirits are broken haha.

it’s hard to get too hopeful about foot switch updates when we still can’t even draw automation lines, record snapshot changes in the arrangement, pattern sync to switch at the END of the pattern for live performance. Aftertouch. Customizable chord mode. Etc etc etc.....I'm sure I am forgetting about a million more lol

 

Yeah ... I do Agree that there is still a lot that could be better
However the ability to change the function of the foot switches should not be that hard of a thing to do
All there Keyboards have the option to change these (However this is changing the Midi CC) so why doesn't Maschine have this option

The Maschine Software has really evolved over the years and so have the controllers
However at some point I think NI is just not seeing the bigger picture here
it's a function that is underused because of the limited possibility
The other issue is that some people are not even aware that you can connect 2 foot switches to the MK3 since there are not a lot of these "Double switches" available (the boss fs-6 being the most well know one but that one annoyance people because of the 9V Battery requirement)

So in the end NI is able to provide there own product for this if they like
but since the only thing you would be able to do is Play and Record with it it would not be a very popular product
However if they allow for customization it might have the potential to sell very well (specially if the price is way lower than the boss fs-6)