External footswitches AND expression pedal for Stomp XL?

[davivi]

I have a Stomp XL, a Rock Stock 2-button footswitch pedal, and just purchased a Mission SP1-L6H Expression Pedal. I originally thought I could use a Y-cable from ext. port on the back of the Stomp XL and have one end go to the 2-button footswitch and the other end to the expression pedal. However, now it seems to me that if I want to use the expression pedal, then I can only have one button on the footswitch available, not both. 

 

If this is the case, then could I have the Mission SP1-L6H Expression Pedal put before the Stomp in a signal chain? Like guitar into the expression pedal, and then expression pedal into the Stomp? I have a different wah pedal (Hotone Soul Press II) and I think I can set it up that way. I had bought the Mission SP1-L6H Expression Pedal simply because I thought that I could use that along with a two-button footswitch, but I think I may have been wrong on that. 

[rd2rk]

On 9/1/2025 at 4:24 PM, davivi said:

could I have the Mission SP1-L6H Expression Pedal put before the Stomp in a signal chain? Like guitar into the expression pedal, and then expression pedal into the Stomp?

 

No, it's an expression pedal, not for audio. Time to look into a MIDI switch.

[davivi]

Thanks for answering. So if I use the Mission SP1-L6H Expression Pedal plugged into the expression port on the Stomp, then I can also have one footswitch, but not two footswitches, right? 

[rd2rk]

One of the outputs is for EXPRESSION and the other is for the FS that toggles EXP1/EXP2.

So no, both FS7 and FS8 are taken. See page 63 of the XL manual.

Again, time to look into a MIDI switch.

[davivi]

When you say midi switch, do you mean like a midi footswitch, something along the lines of: https://www.amazon.com/HOTONE-Controller-Bluetooth-Ampero-Control

 

[Schmalle]

On 9/2/2025 at 10:26 PM, davivi said:

When you say midi switch, do you mean like a midi footswitch, something along the lines of: https://www.amazon.com/HOTONE-Controller-Bluetooth-Ampero-Control

Yes.

[rd2rk]

On 9/2/2025 at 2:26 PM, davivi said:

When you say midi switch, do you mean like a midi footswitch, something along the lines of: https://www.amazon.com/HOTONE-Controller-Bluetooth-Ampero-Control

 

 

Yes. That's one of the ones I use. Good, easy to program (good app) and cheap.

[davivi]

Thanks! So you use this to control buttons, like presents or up/down, etc. and then use the Stomp's expression out port for the expression pedal? 

[rd2rk]

On 9/2/2025 at 4:04 PM, davivi said:

Thanks! So you use this to control buttons, like presents or up/down, etc. and then use the Stomp's expression out port for the expression pedal? 

 

The functions I use most (FX BYPASS) are controlled with the switches on-board the Stomp. There're no MIDI commands for UP/DOWN. The ME's Toggle and Expression functions are on FS 4/5 (I have the HXS, it's 7/8 on the XL). There's no EXP OUT port on the HXS, only Exp IN, but you can also ADD additional Exp pedals via the Ampero (and most other MIDI controllers). I use MIDI to do things that would require changing the MODE on the HXS. For example, I leave the HXS in STOMP MODE and use MIDI to select PRESETS and SNAPSHOTS, toggle BYPASS on less used FX for which I'd otherwise not have enough switches onboard the HXS, control parameter settings, and to control other MIDI devices used in conjunction with my HXS such as ToneX, Catalyst and Powercab. Very powerful MIDI is.