# Using footswitches for bypassing effects

**URL:** <https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/using-footswitches-for-bypassing-effects/19703>\
**Category:** Nano Cortex\
**Created:** [September 29, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/using-footswitches-for-bypassing-effects/19703 "2025-09-29T15:52:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidontherocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@davidontherocks](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/davidontherocks)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/using-footswitches-for-bypassing-effects/19703/1 "2025-09-29T15:52:58Z")

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Hi, one thing I can’t get around is how I configure the two footswitches so that I can toggle on/off two effects of my choice during a song, for example chorus on/off and overdrive on/off.

I can only assign presets to the footswitches, but that doesn’t give me the option to freely combine the effects with each other (if I for example want clean, clean+chorus, overdrive, overdrive+chorus during one song).

Furthermore, I wonder how I can create scenes (or similar) – where one scene is use for a song – that I can easily toggle between while performing live directly from the pedal.

Let’s say I play five songs live, where I want a default sound and with available effects to toggle on/off during the songs:

Song 1 – clean base tone, chorus and OD to toggle on/off  
Song 2 – crunchy base tone, boost and delay to toggle on/off  
Song 3 – crunchy base tone, phaser and boost to toggle on/off

Etc.

Best,  
David

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**Author:** ![WienerDogStudios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/unity.neuraldsp.com/wienerdogstudios/32/9081_2.png) [@WienerDogStudios](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/WienerDogStudios)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/using-footswitches-for-bypassing-effects/19703/2 "2025-09-29T16:37:44Z")

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Hi David,

You just can change presets with the switches on the nano. It would be best to get some kind of midi controller.

Very cheap is the chocolate with 4 footswitches for the effects. Like the M-VAVE Chocolate Plus.

For better, futureproof switching I would highly recommend the luminite m1/m2 or the Morningstar products. With one „good“ footswitch you are set to make even way more presets and combinations

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**Author:** ![davidontherocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@davidontherocks](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/u/davidontherocks)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://unity.neuraldsp.com/t/using-footswitches-for-bypassing-effects/19703/3 "2025-10-01T16:05:59Z")

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Hi WienerDogStudios,

Thanks for your quick reply!

Hm, that’s a bummer. I wouldn’t expect I had to buy additional gear for such a basic feature.

Best,

David