Update so Controller and Sustain Pedals work with Ext Kbd

[vcfvca]

Any other users find this a problem? On the Electro 6 I can use controller pedal on the organ part if it is assigned to the External Keyboard. BUT Piano and Sample/Synth sections do no respond to the Controller OR Sustain pedals connected to the Nord. Nuts! It means I have to add another set of pedals to my external keyboard. Makes the External KBD to Lo function much less useful.

Please Nord if you read this post can you add this functionality to the next update?

[cphollis]

This doesn't sound right. I can't verify the specific functionality you're trying, but I would think it should work as advertised, otherwise we'd have heard about it before on this forum. Give a quick double-check?

[vcfvca]

Yes I've checked it again.

Using the Nord E6D and EXT KBD LO function - OS 2.6
Setup 1:
Prophet 6 external keyboard - MIDI out to Nord - Yamaha FC7 and sustain pedals connected to Nord - both Organ and Piano sections set to EXT KBD LO and CTRLPED and SUSTPED on for both sections.

Result
P6 plays both sections - FC7 only affects the Organ section - sustain pedal does not work on either section

Setup 2:
Prophet 6 external keyboard - MIDI out to Nord - Yamaha FC7 and sustain pedals connected to the Prophet - Organ/Piano/Sample sections set to EXT KBD LO

Result
Prophet's FC7 controls Organ, Prophet's FC7 does NOT control Piano/SampleSynth
Prophet's Sustain pedal can control all sections

[maxpiano]

I think the potential answer is in this sentence of the NE6 manual:

CTRLPED (shift + octave shift Up) assigns an attached control pedal as volume control for the organ section. When the B3 or B3 Bass model is
selected, the pedal will function as a traditional swell pedal, which does not lower the volume all the way to zero, and also changes the character of the sound – especially when the rotary speaker drive is used.

so it sounds like the use of the B3 model on Organ section always "redirects" the CTRL Pedal (CC11) to the Swell function only, regardless the CC is coming from External or Internal. (PS: not sure if this is a bug or intentional, so if I were you I'd open a ticket to Nord support, just in case)

Just as a test, try to use a different Organ model.

[vcfvca]

Yes the external Expression pedal works with all organ models. External expression does not work with Piano or Sample section. I think it's intentional to keep things simple. Probably just expecting folks to use it a lower manual for the organ.