# Momentary pitch shift effect using a footswitch **URL:** \ **Category:** Quad Cortex\ **Created:** [December 9, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793 "2023-12-09T12:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Shekut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@Patrick\_Shekut](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/Patrick_Shekut)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/1 "2023-12-09T12:34:41Z")
Fairly new QC user. I’ve seen on several forums there currently isn’t a momentary switch function built into the QC. What I’d like to do is activate a 24 semitone pitch effect momentarily by pressing and then releasing a switch. Very much like the digitech ricochet pedal. It allows for very precise pitch shifting. Would this be achievable with a momentary footswitch? Maybe using something like the boss fs7. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![tomfs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/tomfs/32/3645_2.png) [@tomfs](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/tomfs)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/2 "2023-12-09T16:48:51Z")
Any momentary footswitch will work. Connect it to one of the expression pedal inputs, then assign pitch to that expression pedal. There’s even an ‘invert’ setting in case your footswitch is off/on rather than on/off. ---
**Author:** ![el\_JC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@el\_JC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/el_JC)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/3 "2024-01-15T16:11:26Z")
I did this yesterday with a Boss FS-5U yesterday and got some odd behavior. The button ramps up the pitch shift slowly and only to 50%, not the instant shift I was looking for. I never found a way around this and ended up using a typical expression pedal. Have you ever encountered this? ---
**Author:** ![tomfs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/tomfs/32/3645_2.png) [@tomfs](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/tomfs)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/4 "2024-01-15T17:18:08Z")
You might need to play around with the settings on the expression pedal assignment screen maybe? I’ve never had that happen, but mine is literally just a switch in an enclosure, not sure whether the Boss one has more circuitry? ---
**Author:** ![el\_JC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8c91f0/32.png) [@el\_JC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/el_JC)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/5 "2024-01-15T18:09:13Z")
If you’re doing this with a simple switch, I think the Boss pedal is the issue. Thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![kclaes83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@kclaes83](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/kclaes83)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/6 "2024-05-31T22:26:51Z")
I was looking for the exact same option… too bad it doesn’t seem to exist yet without an expression pedal. I believe this is what you would like to achieve, right? [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/neuraldsp/original/2X/1/168ba522500fe13fb94b08a6dcc58bd0fe0d62cf.jpeg "Kemper Tips - Morphing Pitch Whammy Effect") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3xCqaV5SnM&t=309s) The Kemper can do it … let’s hope the Quad Cortex can do so as well soon… ---
**Author:** ![ASTROFREQ](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/astrofreq/32/6270_2.png) [@ASTROFREQ](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/ASTROFREQ)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/7 "2024-05-31T22:51:59Z")
> [@Option to make any Footswitch (or block) in STOMP mode Momentary or Latching](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/option-to-make-any-footswitch-or-block-in-stomp-mode-momentary-or-latching/7414): > > Hello everyone, Would it be possible (and useful to others) to give the ability in STOMP mode to be either Latching or Momentary? It would be great to have a ‘weird’ effect programmed in that only works when when I’m pressing that footswitch. For instance, maybe I’d like to kick in an Octave Up sound or an extra Overdrive, but only for a quick instance. Or maybe a widely panned Tremolo for one song-section and the guitar is panning on the beat. OR, my favorite, is an OD or some amp turned al… I’ve already started a similar request. ---
**Author:** ![Steeevp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/steeevp/32/6409_2.png) [@Steeevp](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/Steeevp)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/8 "2024-06-15T23:55:52Z")
I’d love this too, especially if it had a glide control to determine how long it takes to get from the current note to the target note, I use my Pitch Fork plus like that all the time. ---
**Author:** ![doubleohnodj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@doubleohnodj](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/doubleohnodj)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/9 "2024-06-21T22:45:11Z")
This would be great to have. ---
**Author:** ![MP\_Mod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@MP\_Mod](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/MP_Mod)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/momentary-pitch-shift-effect-using-a-footswitch/12793/10 "2025-04-14T21:49:44Z")