Sustain pedal adventures.

FreeWorld

I am using an external midi device as a sustain pedal. It works great in Komplete control as well as kontakt. It is mapped to control channel 11 and is using port 64 (the default port for sustain pedal). It correctly passes values under 64 when the pedal is not pushed and generates values of 64, up to 128 when the pedal is depressed (it is a variable pedal, not a switch).

I am unable to get the sustain to work inside of studio one (vrs 7) in combination with my Kontrol S88 Keyboard. I have properly configured this devivce inside studio one and I have verified that the pedal is generating the same data inside Studio one that it is supposed to. I have tried the pedal on uno piano, and also spitfire grand piano, as well as others, but it is not sustaining, even though the DAW shows it is putting out the correct data. I have tried various settings inside the particular plugins I am using, but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any ideas why the sustain will not work inside studio one with my s88 keyboard?

FreeWorld

I finally got it to work in studio one. The way you link two devices together in Studio one is quite tricky. But it will work. You have to set up a automation track that links to the instrument track (the one that is made using your keyboard). You have to do a midi "learn" procedure for your pedal device. Then you have to select the channel and port(s) it is using in a parameter you set up for the automation track that takes your pedal inputs. Then at the top of the track lists there is a little triangle that has to be pressed that actually activates the linkage! Anyway, I can now brag that I have one of the best sustain and pedal options for my S88 Mk3. To summarize: I am using high quality flight sim rudder pedals (they have contactless sensors that generate 12 bits of resolution and do not go out of calibration). The signals from this device are interpreted by a free software called rejoice (vrs 1.6). You have to select axis/buttons and calibrate the midi values with this application. This software talks to a virtual midi driver you have to install called LoopBE1. LoopBE1 if free but it can only pass midi from one input device. The makers of LoopBE1 also have pay-for version that can link 16 devices at once. All you flight sim folks who mess with DAWs, you can use your throttles, switches, and joysticks in the same way I describe above to get as many buttons, knobs, and sliders as you want working in your DAW! Save money, and use great equipment that works with your flight sims as well as your DAWs! My rudder pedals also have toe brake axis that I can use as continuous value inputs for my DAW to control things like expression or dynamics or vibrato, or any other parameter associated with an instrument.

FreeWorld

I should add that the midi controller is not hooked up to any of the midi ports on the s88, and it is not hooked up through any of the pedal ports on s88. The controller links up to other software through a "virtual cable" LoopBE1 driver to be exact. This is because the device is a set of quality flight sim rudder pedals, whose output is converted to midi values using Rejoice vrs 1.6 software. This software talks to the LoopBE1 virtual midi interface that in turn talks to Komplete Kontrol, Kontact 8, or the Studio One DAW as needed. With the first two it works superbly as a sustain pedal, but it isn't working with the DAW.

FreeWorld

I finally got it to work in studio one. The way you link two devices together in Studio one is quite tricky. But it will work. You have to set up a automation track that links to the instrument track (the one that is made using your keyboard). You have to do a midi "learn" procedure for your pedal device. Then you have to select the channel and port(s) it is using in a parameter you set up for the automation track that takes your pedal inputs. Then at the top of the track lists there is a little triangle that has to be pressed that actually activates the linkage! Anyway, I can now brag that I have one of the best sustain and pedal options for my S88 Mk3. To summarize: I am using high quality flight sim rudder pedals (they have contactless sensors that generate 12 bits of resolution and do not go out of calibration). The signals from this device are interpreted by a free software called rejoice (vrs 1.6). You have to select axis/buttons and calibrate the midi values with this application. This software talks to a virtual midi driver you have to install called LoopBE1. LoopBE1 if free but it can only pass midi from one input device. The makers of LoopBE1 also have pay-for version that can link 16 devices at once. All you flight sim folks who mess with DAWs, you can use your throttles, switches, and joysticks in the same way I describe above to get as many buttons, knobs, and sliders as you want working in your DAW! Save money, and use great equipment that works with your flight sims as well as your DAWs! My rudder pedals also have toe brake axis that I can use as continuous value inputs for my DAW to control things like expression or dynamics or vibrato, or any other parameter associated with an instrument.