Pads and sustain pedal

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:00 am

Hi,

I tried to enable sustain/damper pedal for the 8 pads, but I couldn´t find where to do this and in the manual I found no hint. I´m using the pads for sounds on different midi channels, and want to enable the pedal for some of them, while for other pads not. Is that possible ?

Thanks
SoulBe

lcmorley · Post by **lcmorley** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:23 pm

Not sure if you mean pads as in sounds, or pads as in the pads under the screen.

If you are talking about sounds, then if you don't want any sustain on some of the pads, why don't you alter the release parameter on a per pad basis?

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 3:44 pm

I ment the 8 pads under the screen. Do you have any idea, where to enable/disable sustain for them? to enabledisable damper-checkbox in timbre parameters seems to have no effect on the 8 pads.
To alter the release parameter on the sound is not really what I need (so far I tried this as a solution), because you cannot react precisely.

Thanks
SoulBe

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:05 pm

Am I right that you are talking about a Program within a Combination?

peter

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:15 pm

Yes, you are right, sorry I forgot to mention that.

SoulBe

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:23 pm

Seemed logical anyway as otherwise you just do not press the sustain pedal

, but was not 100% sure.

Why don't you go to the MIDI Filter/Zones Subpage - MIDI Filter1 and deactivate Enable Damper for the Pad?

peter

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:34 pm

I tried to enable, but that has no effet on the pads, I cannot sustain the pads, they are "without" sustain wheater the checkbox is enabled or disabled - that´s my problem ....

SoulBe

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:39 pm

SoulBe,

enabling the Damper Switch does not have any effect in general or only does not work when you press the Pads?

I remember that I had a similar problem with a combination that enabling the box did not have an influence at all... I have gone to another one where it worked and started reprogramming everything... but in my case I am sure it was a typical user error.

peter

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:45 pm

Peter,

it only has no effekt on the pad, when it is pressed. For example: on the keyboard I have a piano sound and an organ sound/timbre on basic midi channel, on the pad a wide spreading string chord on midi channel 2. For the piano and organ sound enabling/disabling work well, for the pad not.

SoulBe

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:46 pm

soulbe,

what is the MIDI channel setting for the eight pads, global channel?

peter

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:47 pm

..... and when I play the string timbre on midi channel 2 with a other keyboard controller, I can sustain it, only the chord/pad not. And that happened in several combies ...

SoulBe

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:49 pm

peter m. mahr wrote:what is the MIDI channel setting for the eight pads, global channel?

peter

not global but other channels, I use the pads for additional sounds that are not played on the keys, f.e. brass and string chords

SoulBe

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:54 pm

soulbe,

hm... there is something i do not understand. why can you hear then the pad sound when you trigger only brass and strings with the pads?

peter

SoulBe · Post by **SoulBe** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:05 pm

peter m. mahr wrote:soulbe,

hm... there is something i do not understand. why can you hear then the pad sound when you trigger only brass and strings with the pads?

peter

I´m not sure what you mean. For example:

I programmed a setup for a "don´t blame it on the boogie" -cover. On the keys I have several sounds/timbres all put in different zones,clavs, organ, strings etc, all using basic midi channel. On the pads I have brass chords programmed with chord assingment. The brass timbre uses channel 2, 3 etc, so it only sounds, when I use one of the 8 pads, not when I play the keys. But I cannot sustain a sound / chord triggered by the pad.
If I play via my masterkeyboard channel 2 the brass sound, then I can sustain the sound. To me it seems, that sounds/timbres that are triggered with the pads on a different midi channel as the global channel couldn´t be sustained.

SoulBe

peter m. mahr · Post by **peter m. mahr** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 5:13 pm

soulbe,

ok, now i understand your setup. sorry, but i am not at my oasys to give a similar setup within a combi a try.

hope that some of the other oasysian's can help you. or maybe dan has a look into this thread.

peter