Nord User Forum

Hello, first time here... hopefully someone can help.

When I record midi information off my Electro 5D the sustain doesn't record correctly in Logic. Some of the information is there, putting automation points at 0 or 127 but not at all consistently. It's either on or off, requiring multiple presses of the sustain pedal to switch on/off again.

I have tried all of the menu settings on the Nord with no change. I have looked at the logic settings and can't find anything there either.

My signal chain is Electro - RME Fireface UC midi in/out - Logic Pro X.

Any ideas? THANK YOU!!

I have a old-school sustain pedal plugged into my NP2 and it records on Logic with no issue.

Try a different pedal, that one may be defective

An ordinary cheap Boston BFSS40 sustain pedal works just fine for me with Logic Pro X. Though I don't use any interface in between, just an USB cable from the back panel of my Electro 6 into a Mac Mini.

@gabecompagnone First question would be: do you hear the sustain function while playing and it's just missing from the MIDI recording - or does the pedal behave erraticaly whilst playing too?

Which pedal do you use? Some pedals have a tendency to bounce, creating multiple values at solitary the same time - this could confuse logic.

What is it recognized as on the nord - hopefully open our closed, not triple.

Also check your didn't accidentally connect it to the expression pedal input...

Sent from my phone in brevity

Arjan P wrote:@gabecompagnone First question would be: do you hear the sustain function while playing and it's just missing from the MIDI recording - or does the pedal behave erraticaly whilst playing too?

The latter... some of the midi information is recorded and some is missing. I use the Nord branded sustain pedal.

UPDATE:

Thank you for your responses. I went into Control Surfaces, opened the advanced view and did nothing else. I closed the Control Surface window and all of a sudden the sustain information was being recorded properly. Is it possible I encountered a glitch in Logic?

A related topic here:
When I record MIDI on LogicPro using my Nord Stage 2 and its triple pedal, the sustain is recorded as multiple levels, not as a simple on-off Control Change. Is there a way to filter out these values, or to avoid their being sent to the interface in the first place? This creates huge event lists and edition becomes a major cleaning chore!!!

Thanks for any input!

You may try what happens if you set "MIDI Control Change Mode" on the NS2 to off or receive-only. The sustain signal will keep showing up - maybe the rest doesn't.
Besides, you could have a look on the software side of your combination: maybe, Logic offers MIDI filters. Unless, you would need to insert a MIDI processor into the connection and filter the data out (hopefully, this would be easily done - depends on what the Nord sends).
Best solution: switch your pedal for recordings.

JefImagiste wrote:A related topic here:
When I record MIDI on LogicPro using my Nord Stage 2 and its triple pedal, the sustain is recorded as multiple levels, not as a simple on-off Control Change. Is there a way to filter out these values, or to avoid their being sent to the interface in the first place? This creates huge event lists and edition becomes a major cleaning chore!!!

Thanks for any input!

If you use the triple pedal which is not an on/off but has multiple values (to handle half pedaling and pedal dynamics) that's absolutely correct on Nord Stage side, couldn't be different (and same happens with any keyboard having a continuous sustain pedal); as FZiegler pointed out, if you don't want that then just use an on/off sustain pedal instead of the triple or use a MIDI Filter in Logic (you can make one relatively using MIDI Script plugin).

PS: of course no half pedaling and pedal dynamics will be recorded this way.