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Sustain without sustain pedal

Postby LudovicVDP » 20 Feb 2017, 13:08

Hi all,

Is there a way to have your piano note played with a sustain without using the sustain pedal?

Specific case: I play strings/pads. They don't work well with a sustain pedal. I then have to play 3-4 piano notes and I want them to hold but without using the pedal so I don't mess with the strings. In the synth section (or very easily in Ableton and, I guess, any other software) there is the sustain knob. Can't find anything similar on the Nord for the piano.

I found that the pedal can be deactivated for the synth section. If I do so, I indeed can press the pedal for the piano without messing with the rest -> Problem solved.
Let's then push it a step further: Let's say my foot is already used for morphing purpose on the strings/pads or whatever...

I imagine another workaround would be to sample the sustained piano sound and use the synth section.

I know the pedal can be reversed (sustain ON when not pushed) but it's on Global level, which I obviously don't want.

Any other possibilities?

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Re: Sustain without sustain pedal

Postby maxpiano » 20 Feb 2017, 13:23

Other possibility: use a switch instead of a temporary pedal (or in parallel with it, but you need to build an adapter cable, 2 mono jacks to 1 mono jack, to put the two switches of the 2 pedals in parallel) or use a switch on the Latch input (if you are not using it for Rotary) and enable Latch on Piano section
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Re: Sustain without sustain pedal

Postby LudovicVDP » 20 Feb 2017, 14:07

Thanks !! Good to know.
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