Ableton Push Start/Stop with a Sustain Pedal

Question

MacBook Pro (Big Sur 11.5.2)
Ableton Intro
Ableton Push 2
OnStage KSP20 (the sustain pedal)

Is there a way to get an Ableton Push 2 to play/stop via a foot pedal? My sister has a gig in a few days and she wants to start/stop her Ableton tracks with a foot pedal on stage. The OnStage KSP20 is a binary switch meaning it clicked on or off. It's not a rolling sustain like real sustain pedals. When she plugs it into the second input on the back of the Ableton Push 2 it record enables the push and when she double clicks it, it creates a new track. Is there a way to get this pedal to start/stop the playback instead.

Answer 1

Set MIDI remote control mapping:

• Connect the pedal to the second pedal input
• Open Ableton Live and go to Preferences and select MIDI
• Turn on the Track and Remote
• Control Surface: Ableton Push 2
• Input: select the pedal
• Click MIDI button in the top right corner of the screen
• Press the pedal, highlighting MIDI CC
• Double-click the MIDI CC option and select Play/Stop from
• Click MIDI button again.