Problem with MIDI Controller and Pedals on Synth Engine Only

[Elliebell370]

Hi all!

I've run into a hiccup on my Electro 6D. I have a MIDI controller (typically an Arturia Keylab Essential 49) connected via the MIDI in to my Electro. I have a sustain and a control pedal plugged into the Electro.

When I assign the Organ to the MIDI controller via "EXTERNAL KBD TO LO" and turn on the "CTRL PED" option on the organ, the control pedal works as expected. It effectively raises and lowers the volume of the organ.

However, when I do the same thing with the synth engine (assign it to the MIDI controller via "EXTERNAL KBD TO LO" and turn on the "CTRL PED" option), the control pedal has no effect on the synth volume. The same lack-of-effect holds for the sustain pedal. Additionally, the same lack-of-effect holds for the piano, when it is assigned to the external keyboard.

If I assign the synth to the upper zone (I.e., the Electro itself), the control pedal works as expected.

In short, this problem seems isolated to the synth engine operating on the MIDI controller as an external keyboard.

I'd like the ability to assign the synth to my MIDI controller and have the control and sustain pedals work for that sound. I actually thought I had this working at one point, but now I'm second-guessing myself!

I've tried:

• checking my MIDI settings on my Nord (Global channel is off; ExtKB is on 1, matching my MIDI controller),
• a full factory reset with the updated OS (v2.62) on my Electro
• using a different MIDI controller (tried both my Arturia Keylab Essential 49 and my Alesis Q49) to no avail
• and obviously reading the manual

I'm willing to give just about anything else a go at this point! Thanks so much for your thoughts!

[maxpiano]

Hello, welcome to NUF!

The fact is that Organ is an exception because it embeds 2 manuals, so even if you assign the Lower to an External master you still have the upper controlled by the Nord Electro so CtrlPedal is active on it (and so on the whole Organ section). For the other sections all controls including MIDI CCs of sustain or expression etc. must come from the External master, when they are assigned to it.

[lerber3]

I didn't find this thread before making my 'feature request' thread.
I have exactly the same issue... Nord could easily fix the problem by adding a global option to choose whether control and sustain pedal inputs are applied to all engines... instead of buying more pedals : )