Blackstar Live Logic 6-Button MIDI Foot Controller with Expression Pedal Inputs
The Live Logic gives you foot control over MIDI hardware, live sequencer and sampling software, and plug ins. It is compact and roadworthy, built around MIDI over USB, and it can also act as a USB MIDI interface in its own right.
- Six assignable footswitches for whatever your rig needs, rather than fixed functions.
- Two expression pedal inputs for continuous control alongside the switches.
- Sends Program Change, Control Change, Note and Clock messages and more.
- Free editor app for macOS and Windows: connect over USB, customise the MIDI messages and the function of each footswitch and connected expression pedal, then save configuration presets for instant recall.
- Non glare LED display that stays readable from any angle, in bright sunlight or on a dark stage.
- Durable all metal chassis built for the floor.
- Three power options: a 9-volt battery, USB bus power, or any standard 9V centre negative power supply.
The Blackstar Live Logic 6-button MIDI Foot Controller is built to give you flexible performance control over MIDI hardware, live sequencer and sampling software, and plug ins. It leans on MIDI over USB, which keeps the hardware simple, and it stays compact enough to fit on a board or in front of a laptop.
You do not need a MIDI degree
The design is deliberately simple, but it does not skimp on capability. Use it to send Program Change, Control Change, Note and Clock messages, among others. Connect it to a computer over USB, download the free app that runs on macOS and Windows, and you can customise the MIDI messages and the function of each footswitch and any connected expression pedal, then save configuration presets so a full setup returns with one tap. It handles Ableton Live smoothly, which is the use case a lot of players buy it for.
Expression and interface duties
- Two expression pedal inputs for sweepable control such as volume or a parameter in a plug in.
- Assignable functions across the six switches.
- Doubles as a USB MIDI interface, so it can carry MIDI between your computer and other gear.
Built for stages
The Live Logic sits in a durable all metal chassis, and the LED display is non glare so you can read it from any angle, whether you are in bright sunlight at an outdoor show or on a dark stage. Power is flexible too: a 9-volt battery, USB bus power, or any standard 9V centre negative power supply will run it, which means one fewer thing to solve when you arrive at an unfamiliar venue.
Where it fits
If your live or studio rig depends on a computer and you are still reaching down to a keyboard or a mouse to change something, this is the piece that moves those changes to your feet.