Using 2 sustain pedals in one input

raytea · Post by **raytea** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 11:57 pm

I'm planning to buy the Midi Expression and I'm aware that it is possible to use 2 sustains pedals with a single input adapter (HOSA).
My question is: would it be possible to use one of the pedals for continuous sustain and the other one for changing presets (or some other assigned MIDI events)?

I know this might have been answered somewhere else but couldn't find it.

Many thanks.

Post by **Rob** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 12:05 am

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'continuous sustain', but if you are asking if one pedal can act a sustain pedal and the other be used to inc / dec program changes, then yes. Here's a screenshot:

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raytea · Post by **raytea** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:49 am

Thanks for the reply Rob. Yes that's what I meant, by continuous I meant having a pedal that supports gradual sustain and not just on/off.
I will explain exactly what I need just to be 100%: I want to use the second pedal to toggle the Microtonal Switch of Pianoteq between On and Off (which is an assignable MIDI event).

Post by **Rob** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 9:55 am

Pedals that support half pedaling cannot be connected together, they are continuous controllers and function, electrically, in the same way as an expression pedal. Only on off switch pedals can be ganged together into a single input.

Regards,
Rob

raytea · Post by **raytea** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 2:45 pm

OK that is exactly what I needed to know. Thanks for clarifying.

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