The footswitch control is specified within each template for the X-Station and can be assigned to any MIDI function. Either a normally open or a normally closed footswitch can be used with the X-Station.

To set the footswitch to control sustain within a particular template, press the template edit mode button. Press the footswitch to make this the control active for editing. Set the control type to CC, the CC number to 064 (MIDI sustain), and the button type to toggle. For a normally open footswitch, set the high value to 127 and the low value to 000. For a normally closed footswitch, set the high value to 000 and the low value to 127. Write the template to memory to save the changes.