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product_id: 1910402
title: "SoftStep 2 USB MIDI Foot Controller"
brand: "keith mcmillen instruments"
price: "160 Lei"
currency: RON
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reviews_count: 7
url: https://www.desertcart.ro/products/1910402-softstep-2-usb-midi-foot-controller
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# Cross-platform compatible USB powered 10 customizable pads SoftStep 2 USB MIDI Foot Controller

**Brand:** keith mcmillen instruments
**Price:** 160 Lei
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

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- **What is this?** SoftStep 2 USB MIDI Foot Controller by keith mcmillen instruments
- **How much does it cost?** 160 Lei with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Key Features

- • **Built to Last:** Rugged construction with beer-proof durability.
- • **Versatile Messaging:** Send up to 6 messages per key for dynamic performance.
- • **Future-Proof Your Setup:** Compatible with Mac, Windows, and iOS for all your music needs.
- • **Unleash Your Creativity:** Seamlessly integrates with any DAW or MIDI hardware.
- • **Custom Control at Your Feet:** 10 pressure-sensitive pads for ultimate customization.

## Overview

The SoftStep 2 USB MIDI Foot Controller is a versatile and durable tool designed for musicians and producers. With its USB power, cross-platform compatibility, and customizable pads, it allows for a dynamic and personalized music-making experience. Built with rugged materials, it's ready to withstand the rigors of live performance while providing extensive control over your music software and hardware.

## Description

Product Description          Soft step 2 is the world's most powerful MIDI foot controller. Soft step 2 is USB powered and compatible with any music software. Each pad detects foot pressure and directional movements, for a myriad of control possibilities. Soft step 2 is fully customizable with the included editor software and is capable of sending notes, CCs, program change, MMC, and OSC messages per pad. Soft step 2 will also control 5-pin MIDI hardware without a computer, using the kmi MIDI expander (sold separately).             From the Manufacturer          Softstep 2 is the world's most powerful USB MIDI foot controller with gesture-sensitive pads registering pressure and position. Perfect for controlling Ableton Live, guitar processors and virtually anything that accepts MIDI control while providing LED feedback.

## Features

- Usb powered, Mac OS, Windows, iOS
- Compatible with any DAW, music software or 5-pin MIDI hardware MIDI expander sold separately)
- Constructed from rugged elastomeric and Graphite composites with a carbon fiber backing. It's beer proof!
- 10 pressure and directionally sensitive pads are fully customizable
- Send up to 6 messages per Key - Note, CC, pitch bend, Program change, MMC, or OSC

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Keith McMillen Instruments
- **Number of Keys:** 10
- **Connectivity Technology:** USB
- **Included Components:** Software Editor, USB Cable
- **Color:** Black

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really great contoller. Infinite programmable possibilities
*by C***P on November 23, 2014*

Really great contoller. Infinite programmable possibilities, simple plug-and-play presets. It worked on my laptop instantly but didn't seem to work on my ipad air. The softstep looked like it was on (it lit up) but wasn't sending midi data. Tech support from KMI emailed me back very quickly. The iPad wasn't supplying enough power by itself nor was my very cheap powered usb hub. A cell phone charger plugged into the midi expansion port on the soft step did the trick. The simple editor is very easy to use. The advanced editor is a little tricky but not impossible. I hope they develop more detailed tutorials for the advanced editor, but in the meantime the KMI discussion forum has lots of great advice and tips.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Perfect Controller for my Laptop Live Guitar Rig! [UPDATE]
*by D***O on October 14, 2016*

After my major disappointment with the Behringer FCB1010, I was very concerned I'd be burned by this product as well. I was not! Rather, I am delighted to say that this product is exceptional! I wanted a MIDI foot controller that I could use with NI's Guitar Rig software, and this product has delivered!It doesn't come with a manual or software CD, but it was obtained quickly enough from the product web page. It took a couple hours to really understand how it works, but the editing software--which actually works with this product, huzzah!--finally got me there.Ultimately, you can program profiles on the board that define the behavior of each of the buttons. Each button can be programmed to do a MIDI note event, a note toggle on/off (with LED indicator built into the board), a CC event, a program change, a 2-axis CC slider (different CCs on each axis using up/down and left/right to change the values), or a CC pressure level (values change depending on how hard you press the button). Each button also gets a custom 4-letter message to display on the LED panel when it's pressed! Very customizable, and that's just with the Basic Editor (there is an Advanced Editor)! The blue D-pad's Y-axis can be programmed as another CC slider (I mapped it to master volume, for now at least), but the X-axis is reserved for changing profiles on the controller itself. On the back, you have a 1/8" TRS jack for an expression pedal--also programmable as an independent CC in the editing software--and a mini-USB port for the company's MIDI Expansion product.The product ships with a travel sleeve, a nice long USB cord (kudos!), and a Male 1/8" to Female 1/4" TRS dongle for connecting your 1/4" expression pedal to the board. The product itself is very sturdy and solid despite being so thin, though I think it could have been a little larger for my big feet!Once plugged in, the SoftStep 2 gives the computer 2 MIDI devices: "SSCOM PORT 1" and "SSCOM PORT 2" or something like that. "PORT 1" is the buttons and such. I'm guessing "PORT 2" is the MIDI Expansion port.The SoftStep 2 controller integrates nicely with Guitar Rig, though not without some effort. You add controllers for each of the buttons' MIDI signals, a minimum of 3 per button: one for the MIDI note mode, and one for each axis of the 2-axis CC mode (which will also cover the button's single-CC modes). Do yourself a favor and as you program the SoftStep 2 profile use identical MIDI notes and CCs across the different modes for each button. After the GR-controllers have been created, you can use drag-and-drop and/or menus within Guitar Rig to map your GR-controllers to controls in Guitar Rig. To give you an idea, I've mapped the top row buttons to "previous profile", "next profile", and "tuner mute/unmute", and the D-pad up/down to "master volume"; all locked so they keep the same functions across GR-profiles. I've left the rest of the buttons in a variety of function modes (some toggle, some pressure, maybe one in X-Y) for use in mapping per-GR-profile controls. I've only partially worked in this step so far so I can't give much feedback into it other than that you can save mappings per-GR-profile or you can lock certain GR-controllers for uniform function across all profiles.So happy to finally have a great MIDI foot controller for my laptop live guitar rig! If I had complaints, it would be that the board is a little small for my feet (especially with shoes on) and that it lacked any directions on the box. Even a slip of paper saying "Go to our website for the manual and software" would have been acceptable. Regardless, I am very pleased with this product! I look forward to seeing how well it keeps up over time!Update 10/29/2016: After a bit of time with this board, I'm finding some problems. First, it's small. I wear size 11 tennis shoes and it is difficult to hit just one of these buttons. Second, the X-Y mode doesn't seem to work as I expected. Being shaped like d-pads, I was expecting up-down to be Y adjust and left-right to be X adjust. However, I can only seem to get them to manipulate in one axis. The buttons are so small and require so much force to press that it's difficult to lean these buttons in any direction really. I will probably stick to pressure-style button presses. Finally, with the amount of force required to press these buttons, you need a non-slip surface to operate the foot pedal on. This is not always a luxury you have for gigs, and if you're on carpet this board is so thin I feel like I'm bending it trying to press buttons. I only feel comfortable operating this board on a hard floor which can provide additional structural support. Still a great board, but not as perfect as I initially thought it was.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Feels weird
*by N***S on August 9, 2022*

This isn’t a full review. I’ve only spent a short amount of time with the device. I found it intuitive to do MIDI learning in logic with. Had to switch the text to local in Logic to avoid glitchy text which is fine, but an extra step each time. Really my issue is about ‘feel’. It just doesn’t feel that good. That doesn’t mean it isn’t function or doesn’t work well. I’m new to pedals so I have no real reference point for ‘feeling good’. But this feels funky. And it’s smaller than you might think. This is probably great is space is your biggest concern. While it’s a concern of mine, I don’t know that I’d want this as a compromise. Wish I’d gone for something else. If there’s external pedal support for this maybe not so bad (I’ll check). As a toggle switch it works okay enough, though you’ll lack the tactile feedback. As a pressure pedal it just feels weird to me. A lot of the values default to 20, I’m sure that’s editable, though I thought it was interesting.

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