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+# MIDI Footswitch 
+
+AVR-based footswitch controller for MIDI appliances.
+
+The current implementation supports 4 pushbuttons and 1 toggle switch (usually bank switcher) and a hard-coded range of MIDI sequences.
+Hardware os based on a single ATtiny2313 microprocessor.
+
+Original design indended to retrofit an analog Vox VFS5 footswitch to control am Axe-Fx II effect processor by Fractal Audio Systems.