Controlling MPC with a midi foot pedal?

Hi,

I want to start (and then stop) sequences playing on my MPC500 with a midi foot pedal (Behringer FCB1010). So essentially I want to have one pedal on the FCB1010 that will make the MPC500 play whatever sequence is currently open (same as the play start button) and one pedal on the FCB1010 that will stop it (same as stop button). I had imagined that I would be able to send a controller change message (or something similar) from the FCB1010 that would do this, but I am struggling to work out if the MPC500 responds to this, and what type of message I would need to send. Controller change messages are something I've not dealt with before is it's all unclear to me.

Anyone have any ideas?

Cheers

I don't know for sure, but I don't think play/stop can be triggered by MIDI on the 500.

You may not like this option, but the only thing I can think of is to use the 500 as the foot controller itself--that is place it on the floor and trigger the pads with your toe. You can have the sequence playing all the time and selectively mute and unmute different tracks by pressing the pad with your toe. Here is where the stiffness of the MPC pads actually helps you

^^^

Seriously though, you can try to slave the 500 from a device that has a footswitch...

Thanks for the comments. A bit disappointed it wont work to be honest. Is it just the MPC500 that does not accept CC messages like start/stop, or is this the case for the whole MPC range?

The 2000 seems to have the capability, and possibly the 1000. You'll most likely need JJOS though.

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=101387

Hello to everyone,this is my first post and reply.
I use my mpc500 in conjunction with the Boss RC300 looper and the start and stop is controlled by this one and it works fine.

Ill-Green wrote:^^^

Seriously though, you can try to slave the 500 from a device that has a footswitch...

http://www.loopersparadise.de/en/pro.php?p=1189
would something like that work?