![]() If you are not pressing your foot down on the pedal, and you’re just tapping keys on the keyboard quickly, they’ll be short notes. Having an instrument loaded with those qualities would be helpful for testing the sustain pedal. But if you just tap the keys quickly, the instrument makes sound quickly but also quickly fades out. A good one would be loading an instrument where when you press and hold keys on your keyboard, the instrument continues making sound while the key is pressed. Some instruments will be more obvious than others with Sustain. Do you know what the sustain pedal does?įirst you’d need to load an instrument. Would be nice to know what your settings are in midi preferences.Īs for the pedal. Then if necessary edit the synth patch to respond to it or MIDI map it to a function in Live. Another, more complicated, way is to record the control outputs into Live as MIDI envelopes and see what is recorded - but a MIDI monitoring application is the simple way and they are incredibly useful for sorting out what MIDI is being sent and where it’s going.Īssuming the sustain pedal is sending CC 64 then check the synth you want it to control is in the active Live track and that they synth is set to respond to sustain messages.Īs for the volume slider, you may need to edit the controller’s settings to get it to send what you need - controller knobs and sliders can usually be configured to send pretty much whatever you want. The first thing I’d do is download MIDI Monitor (Mac) or MIDIoX (Windows, both are free) and use them to check exactly what the sustain and volume controls on the controller are actually sending. Some synths may by default respond to CC 7, but far from all do by default. And the slider needs to be MIDI mapped to a function in Live, or a control surface script used, or mapped to a function in a plugin to actually do anything. The sustain pedal has no impact at all on anything else the controller does, its’ effect is entirely dependant upon the instrument it’s sending MIDI to and very often how the patch in use is set up on that instrument.Ī slider on a controller marked “volume” may, again, be sending the correct CC (often 7) or not. “Sustain” is usually MIDI CC64 and most controllers seem to be set at the factory to send CC 64 from the sustain pedal. The effect a sustain pedal has depends on whether the instrument, hardware or software, is set to receive and obey sustain pedal commands. ![]() Just a guess really, without being there to look over your shoulder. ![]() But if you don't get sustain at the controller when you press the pedal, then it would seem the controller is not understanding the signal from the pedal. Most of the controllers I've used connect to the track slider of the currently selected track.Ĭould it be as simple as you are trying to control the volume of a vst, but the currently selected track is some other track? Even if the MIDI track has the keyboard selected as its input, slider and navigation controls will usually jump to whatever track is currently active, while the keys on the controller will continue to feed the MIDI track that has the controller selected as its input.īut I was thinking specifically of the sustain pedal-if Live's MIDI indicator is flashing when you step on the pedal, then the pedal is doing its thing. ![]() do you have the volume slider mapped to the Master bus in Live? Or to the volume control of whatever vst instrument you're trying to play with the controller? Or the slider on the track where the vst is installed? That "volume" slider would have to be mapped to the virtual control of your choosing. ![]() Doesn't the DAW control volume? and if the signal makes it there I would think the controller would be out of the equation at that point. Keystation 49 MK3 features 49 natural feeling full-size velocity-sensitive keys and comprehensive controls that expand the range of playable notes, expressive capabilities, and enhance your recording workflow.Thanks, I'm gonna have to process this info. Whether you’re a seasoned pro looking for just the right controls or are looking to get started with the right USB MIDI controller, the Keystation 49 MK3 is a simple, powerful MIDI controller designed for sequencing music and playing virtual instruments on your Mac or PC. Start creating and performing music with your mac or PC with the world’s best-selling keyboard controllers: The Keystation Series from M-Audio. ![]()
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