controller "soft" pedal

mjmsmusic · 11th July 2011

Hi,

I just got a studiologic 88 key hammer action controller. We got this controller for the action, wanting something as close to a piano as we could get. The controller has jacks for sustain pedal as well as "volume" I'm assuming that what this volume jack does is actually change the key velocity of the midi data, since no sound is actually coming out of the controller?

While there are a number of options for piano style sustain pedals out there, I could not find anything that works like the "soft" or "una chorda" pedal on a piano. I plugged our sustain pedal into this jack, but it just dropped the volume completely when depressed. I know there are a lot of "expression" pedals that let you gradually change the volume like a guitar volume pedal. But do they make piano style pedals which drop the velocity of all the notes by a fixed value?

Thanks

mjmsmusic · 26th July 2011

bump

Roboticefx · 26th July 2011

Your sustain pedal is going to be on/off. The expression pedal will increase/decrease in value depending on how far you press the pedal. I use the Roland EV-5, and it has a knob on the side so you can set limits. How your expression pedal changes your music, is up to your synth or hardware. For example, you can use it to dampen volume, change LFO speed, pitch bend, etc.

If you wanted to change the velocity, it would be set up in your hardware/software.

mjmsmusic · 26th July 2011

Ok, that makes sense. So it's unlikely that I would find a "piano style" pedal like a sustain pedal that would cause a gradual or fixed change in a certain parameter (like velocity) - I'd have to use a "volume pedal" type.

enossified · 26th July 2011

There is a MIDI CC for "soft": #67, it's an on/off control like sustain (#64).

Most synths don't support it, no idea what MIDIed pianos do with it.

11th July 2011	#1
mjmsmusic Gear interested Joined: Jul 2011 Location: The South Posts: 14 Thread Starter	controller "soft" pedal Hi, I just got a studiologic 88 key hammer action controller. We got this controller for the action, wanting something as close to a piano as we could get. The controller has jacks for sustain pedal as well as "volume" I'm assuming that what this volume jack does is actually change the key velocity of the midi data, since no sound is actually coming out of the controller? While there are a number of options for piano style sustain pedals out there, I could not find anything that works like the "soft" or "una chorda" pedal on a piano. I plugged our sustain pedal into this jack, but it just dropped the volume completely when depressed. I know there are a lot of "expression" pedals that let you gradually change the volume like a guitar volume pedal. But do they make piano style pedals which drop the velocity of all the notes by a fixed value? Thanks

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mjmsmusic Gear interested Joined: Jul 2011 Location: The South Posts: 14 Thread Starter	bump

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Roboticefx Gear Head Joined: Jul 2011 Posts: 44	Your sustain pedal is going to be on/off. The expression pedal will increase/decrease in value depending on how far you press the pedal. I use the Roland EV-5, and it has a knob on the side so you can set limits. How your expression pedal changes your music, is up to your synth or hardware. For example, you can use it to dampen volume, change LFO speed, pitch bend, etc. If you wanted to change the velocity, it would be set up in your hardware/software.

26th July 2011	#5
enossified Gear addict Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 441	There is a MIDI CC for "soft": #67, it's an on/off control like sustain (#64). Most synths don't support it, no idea what MIDIed pianos do with it.