USB "game" pedals

In general, I'm surprised by the shortage of simple, cheap USB control pedals for music applications; something that looks like a keyboard sustain, but which you could plug into a laptop for use with Live, say.

Just about the only thing I've come across (besides expensive MIDI floorboards) is this Eowave pedal...

http://www.eowave.com/instruments.php?prod=71

...but I wondering if I could use one of these much cheaper USB "game" pedals which apparently emulate key presses.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TIMETOP-Control ... B00DG0KQBE

Any opinions...?

Hi BJG

That footpedal can be programmed to send any keystroke, so it can easily become a keyboard sustain depending on what you're plugging it into. If you program it to a keystroke you can use Bome's MIDI Translator to turn it into a CC message.