Kontrol mk3 not recognising expression pedal

tombuur

Got the S61 mk3 last week. I have three volume pedals with an expression connection too, but none of them works with Kontroll S61. They are not on the recommended list, but I would hate to buy yet another pedal just to discover it isn't recognised.

In fact I have the recommended Roland dp-10 and it works fine as a sustain pedal. I have tried it in continuous mode as expression pedal. Doesn't work.

The touch strip configured as CC11 works fine with my DAW (Studio One). Everything is updated. I've been through all available online instructions, albeit there are only ones for mk2. I am on a Macbook with MacOS 14 (Sonoma).

Does anyone have pedals working through the expression connection on mk3 kontrol devices?

Ozzyney

I have the same problem. Same everything you described. Same Os, similar pedal etc.

PoorFellow

There are more discussions on the topic , here is what I could find :

I hope that this will be of help : How to use everything in Kontrol S-Series MK3 MIDI keyboard controller | Native Instruments (03:44 - Sustain & expression pedals) :   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDm624ynDuk&t=224s&ab_channel=NativeInstruments

https://www.native-instruments.com/ni-tech-manuals/kontrol-s-mk3-manual/en/keyboard-settings

Which Expression Pedals are known to work with the new Kontrol MK3 Keyboards? : https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/17786/which-expression-pedals-are-known-to-work-with-the-new-kontrol-mk3-keyboards

np0

@tombuur were you able to get this fixed? I'm having the same issue.

tombuur

Yes. What happens is that the message to calibrate your pedal is confusing. When it says all way up, try the opposite: all way down with your foot. And vice versa. That worked for a lot of us.

dre4ever

Hi,

I have a M-Audio EX-p expression pedal (for volume up and down) and it doesn't work.

I've tried everything. Calibrating, calibrating vica versa. Ring, Tip. Etc.... Everything.

It just doesn't work. Frustrating!!

I've read all the post in this forum about the expression and sustain pedals problems and also checked out the video on YT.

What to do next? or will there be a firmware update for it if it's a keyboard problem

Andre

dre4ever

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/125239#Comment_125239

Someone???

mootbooxle

Nevermind.

Jeremy_NI

@dre4ever I just see this post now. Do you still need help?

@mootbooxle Do you also have issues? What model of pedal?

Kitcura

Unlucky, I also encountered the same problem

Jeremy_NI

@Kitcura What model/brand of pedal do you have?

dre4ever

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/129602#Comment_129602

I have an M-Audio EX-p expression pedal. Yes I still got the problem that it doesn't work.

Jeremy_NI

@dre4ever I've got the same pedal at home and it's working like a charm. How are you controlling that the pedal is working or not? There are very very few presets where expression is set to a parameter. There is a switch underneath the pedal, did you also try that? I would recommend to monitor the MIDI of the keyboard while setting it up, as explained here: How to Monitor the Input of a MIDI Controller

Also try to set it up in another input, like Pedal Assign 1 or 2.

dre4ever

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/131047#Comment_131047

Hi Jeremy,

I've solved the problem. In the settings from the expression pedal i changed on page 2 the midi number from 11 to 7. That did it.

Thanx for your effort 😉

Jeremy_NI

@dre4ever That's weird! CC7 is the CC for volume. I'm wondering why it's not working with CC11. Maybe there is another knob, pedal assigned to CC11?

dre4ever

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/132039#Comment_132039

I really don't know. For what I know now cc11 is not used by other knob, pedal etc...

I'll will further look into it.