Sustain not working...what am I doing wrong?

[keez]

So, I have my Triton Studio as my main keyboard, and a Trinity V3 above it being used as a controller only, no audio.

I have one sustain pedal plugged into the Triton, works fine.

Problem is, when I'm playing the Trinity (remember it's just a controller for the Triton) the sustain pedal doesn't work.

I've had a look through the menus, but can't see where I'm going wrong?!

[billbaker]

Is the pedal plugged into the controller (trinity) or the slave (triton)?

The sustain (control) signal needs to be part of the MIDI stream that is controlling the slaved sound engine. When playing the Triton, that would be local control, as it is controlling it's own engine and that's where the pedal should be plugged in.

But when you plug in the trinity as the master controller, then the pedal should be in the trinity. If it's still in the triton pressing it would not add that control to the trinity's data stream.

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[keez]

Yup, pedal is plugged into the Triton, sorry, should of said.

So what I'm wanting can't be done? That's disappointing.

As a last resort, what about using a 1/4" jack splitter, sustain signal goes to both keyboards.

I want to avoid using two sustain pedals if possible, I just know that I'll forget to move my foot over to another pedal half way through a piece.

[billbaker]

It's not that big a stretch to use two pedals side by side - one foot can hit both. I've done that with clamshell style pedals (the little square ones) with no problem.

You could tape 'em together with gaff or duct tape, but I'm fonder of rubberized shelf liner for keeping things in place because there is no residue on gear and it can be reused over and over. I get mine in a 1'x6' roll for a buck at Dollartree. The heavier the object placed on it the more firmly it holds, but even small objects like a harmonica will stay in place, even on a slant like the top of my Triton.

Boss makes a double switch called the FS-6 (~ $45 US) that puts two switches in one unit, with switchable polarity (open/closed) and mode (latched/momentary). That dual switch alone could do either a high/low sustain for two keyboards (what I'm doing now) or do sustain + assignable switch duty for a single keyboard. the switches are close enough to do a one-foot tap on both if you angle your foot a bit.

It also has a little slide-rail attachment feature that lets you put two of them together, or attach a single Boss FS-5L/FS-5U (latched [A-B/on-off]/unlatched [momentary, i.e, sustain]) if you only need one more switch.



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