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How to send only sustain on/off MIDI signals?

Postby mattydemont » 09 Aug 2018, 15:54

Dear all,

I am not sure whether this question was posted before; I searched but could not find anything. Anyway, I would like to use my sustain pedal to trigger both my Nord Electro 5D and Yamaha Reface CP. I connected a MIDI cable from the NE5D OUT to the Reface IN. The sustain pedal triggers both keyboards, but I don't want the NE73D to send MIDI notes. Can I program my NE5D such that it only sends sustain on/off MIDI signals to my Yamaha Reface CP and no MIDI notes?

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Re: How to send only sustain on/off MIDI signals?

Postby anotherscott » 09 Aug 2018, 16:25

No, the only things the Nord lets you filter out are control changes and program changes, you can' filter out keys. There used to be a sustain pedal you could wire into two keyboards, but the company is gone. Easiest thing would be to put a pair of the simple square sustain pedals right next to each other (maybe velcro'd to a piece of plywood) so you could hit them both at the same time. (Also gives you the flexibility to hit just one.) A more expensive/complicated way would be to use something like a MIDI Solutions processor to filter what MIDI you want to pass or block between the two keyboards.

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Re: How to send only sustain on/off MIDI signals?

Postby Mr_-G- » 09 Aug 2018, 18:45

anotherscott wrote:Easiest thing would be to put a pair of the simple square sustain pedals right next to each other (maybe velcro'd to a piece of plywood) so you could hit them both at the same time.

Like this:
nord-stage-forum-f3/disable-organ-swell-on-specific-program-t7385.html#p46767
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Re: How to send only sustain on/off MIDI signals?

Postby mattydemont » 10 Aug 2018, 03:58

Dear all,

Thanks for your useful responses. I already have a MIDI Solutions Thru box and I love their products. I sent them an email requesting whether they can make a MIDI Solutions box at reasonable cost that filters out all MIDI messages, except CC 64 for sustain on/off. I like the simplicity and elegance of a single sustain pedal controlling two keyboards.

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Re: How to send only sustain on/off MIDI signals?

Postby anotherscott » 10 Aug 2018, 14:46

The MIDI Solutions Router and Event Processors can probably do it.

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Re: How to send only sustain on/off MIDI signals?

Postby Quai34 » 10 Aug 2018, 21:36

Just ask your tech to build one for you, 50$, two inputs, e output n a little red box....I trigger both the NL2X and the D50 with one pedal only, on he right side but I also have another on the left side, when it's a sustained chords and when I still want to use my free foot for the stage 2...
Or I sustain both P08 & P12....Would you like me to take a picture of it and ask him the schematic?
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Re: How to send only sustain on/off MIDI signals?

Postby mattydemont » 12 Aug 2018, 05:35

Sustain Pedal Splitter Systems (http://store.rosensound.com/store/produ ... r-systems/) seems to offer a solution as well. Anybody tried this?
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