Nord User Forum

Hi there,

Does anyone know if a touch-sensitive sustain pedal exists and whether the Nord Stage EX caters for this?

I really don't like the abruptness of the on/off sustain when playing piano through midi. Anyone else noticed this?

Tks!

Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do about this. The MIDI Sustain message itself (CC#64) is implemented as simple On/Off "switch" and has no "inbetween" positions. So a touch-sensitive sustain pedal (if there is such a thing - I have never heard of one) would be meaningless as MIDI would effectively still turn it into an on/off switch.

I don't know if the Long Release function on the Stage 2 might help here, but I guess that's a pretty expensive solution.

Thanks for responding so quickly RedLeo.

I have heard of these pedals, but not sure where. I wanted to check my Nord Stage capabilities before searching for a pedal and getting my hopes up. Thank you for the helpful information!

Guess I'm stuck with on/off awkwardness for a little longer

Yes, there are numerous sustain pedals that can send "in between" values, between on and off (i.e. Roland DP10, Korg DS1H, and Yamaha FC3 ). They are used on some pianos that support "half pedaling" - but the Stage EX does not support this, so there would be no benefit from connecting such a pedal.

That's great to know. Thank you anotherscott!

I looked at a piano plugin a long time ago, as a future recording option. The demo version detected my limited sustain pedal options (on/off), as it must've had capability for the half pedalling pedal you've mentioned. I may have to reconsider and purchase a plugin....

Nord's Triple Pedal is kind of touch sensitive when it comes to half-pedalling, release and catch techniques, pedal noise functionality etc.
But this works only in NS2 an NP2, afaIk