On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 11:49:11AM -1000, david wrote: > Dominic Sacr?? wrote: > > Hi Julien, > > > > On Friday 07 of August 2009 08:26:26 Julien Claassen wrote: > >> If you want that, you need an "expression pedal". The sustain > >> pedeals just do normal or sustain, no degrees. What should they > >> signify? > > > > The sustain pedal on an acoustic piano does not act as a simple on/off > > switch. Pressing the pedal lifts the damper from the strings, but it's > > also possible to let the damper just slightly touch the strings by not > > pressing the pedal all the way down. For some piano pieces, this > > technique is even essential to play them properly. > > Yes, I miss that in my digital piano playing! > > > There are sustain pedals which allow for this half pedal effect, but > > they can't be used with all keyboards. I've only seen this feature in > > digital pianos / stage pianos (88 keys with hammer action, etc.). > > I'm not sure if it's supported by any of the more simple MIDI controller > > keyboards. > > Perhaps an expression pedal could be mapped to function as a sustain > more like a real piano's sustain pedal? > My teacher has one of these pedals. It was made in Italy and went with some keyboard he's long since gotten rid of. I took it apart and there are two contact strips: one for the downstroke and one for the upstroke. So I guess it sends a note message for pedal down, and one for pedal up. It only has a 1/4" tip/sleeve jack so I'm not sure how it's sending that to the keyboard. Since playing around with the Steinway Gigasample, I keep thinking it'd be nice if the pedal could be more expressive and get those "in between" spots or just not CLANG if I life the pedal gently. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
