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I'm looking for a new keyboard and have narrowed it down to the Korg Nautilus 61 AT and the Kurzweil PC4-7
Where I live I don't have the opportunity to try these keyboards, the sounds, the feel of the keybed, etc.
I have a Kurzweil SP6 and I like the sounds, but the piano keybed hurts my elbows tendons so I'm selling it.
I prefer the Nautilus, but with the SP6 and PC4-7 I have the ability to set three piano pedals - soft, sostenuto and hold and it works very well and I would miss that.

I understand from the Nautilus manual that there is no option for this?

And if someone who has had the chance to play both keyboards can tell me something about the feel of the keybed?

One method of getting all three pedal functionality (soft, sostenuto and damper) on the Nautilus, would be to use a MIDI Solutions Footswitch Controller set up for either the soft, or sostenuto function, and use the Nautilus Switch pedal input for the other function, and the Damper input for the sustain pedal. The programming software for MIDI Solutions products is free to download, and simple to use. The Footswitch Controller retains the setting, so it only needs to be done once.

https://midisolutions.com/prodfsw.htm

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OK, Thank You!

A perhaps weird question:
If I connect the Korg Liano or Casio CT-S1 76 for example to the Nautilus USB port is it possible for the Liano or Casio to be a MIDI USB controller with a damper pedal and connect the other two (soft, sostenuto) to the Nautilus.
The Liano is an inexpensive 88-note controller with an unweighted keybed.
Casio is, of course 76 keys which is enough to me.
If this setup is possible, the Nautilus 61 AT with Liano covers all functions.

The Nautilus' Damper pedal input assignment is fixed, and cannot be reconfigured to any other function, so connecting two pedals to the Nautilus' Damper and Switch Pedal inputs will only give an additional Damper pedal, plus Sostenuto OR Soft, but not both. It would still be necessary to use something like the MIDI Solutions Footswitch Controller, to be able to have both Sostenuto and Soft pedals operating during play, if using the Korg Liano, as the Liano only transmits Damper messages, and not Soft nor Sostenuto.

However, the Casio CT-S1 will transmit Sostenuto, Soft Pedal, and Damper messages, but it has one pedal input which can only be assigned one of the three functions above, so the pedal connected to the Casio could be configured as Sostenuto or Soft, and two pedals connected to the Nautilus could then act as Damper, with the other pedal configured as Soft or Sostenuto, so yes, it could work....I think.

The Nautilus can act as a MIDI host to devices that are connected to its USB-A port, but the devices need to be Class Compliant in order to have a reasonable degree of confidence that they will work. As far as I can tell, the Casio CT-S1 is a MIDI class Compliant device. I'm unable to find anything mentioned about Class Compliance for the Liano.

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This is very useful information, Thank You!