Q: Live Performance Hardware (Current Rig Described)
I want to be able to assign different aspects to my M Audio expression pedal.... which should be easy .... and I know how to logistically do it through the MainStage program.... the problem is that my keyboard (my rig is listed below) only has two 1/4 outputs.... "sustain" and "volume" where I can plug in an expression pedal.... so it doesn't matter what I assign to the expression pedal... the simple fact is that because its connected to the "volume" output on the keyboard itself, it will ALWAYS change the volume and does not maintain the mapping I assign to it through MainStage.
It would appear without the additive of purchasing a new keyboard (which I don't want to do) which has more 1/4 inch outputs that can be more easily mapped, there should be a product out there.... like a USB powered 1/4 inch multi-input/output midi interface of some kind that I can plug a sustain pedal and expression pedal into and run straight from this device via usb into my laptop, and then be able to assign it whatever mapping I want without having these problems.... I NEED HELP FIGURING OUT WHAT HARDWARE TO GET WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK.... I am very new to midi, I've been a blues pianist for about ten years.... used old school ACTUAL Hammond B3's and acoustic piano set ups for years... but the portability of midi has caught my eye.... please keep your comments "dummy proof" for this old school guy thanks!
My RIG:
-M-audio Key Station 88 (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/Keystation88)
out of that is the following:
-M-audio expression pedal running out of the output labeled "Volume" (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PedalExp?utm_source=MSN&utm_medium=PPC&ut m_campaign=none&utm_term=Bing_PLA_All_Pr…
-M-audio SP2 Sustain Pedal coming out of the output labeled "sustain"
-iConnectMIDI1 out the keyboard and into a MacBook Pro running MainStage 3 ( http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/iconnectivity-iconnectmidi1-30-pin-usb- ios-midi-interface?cntry=us&source=3WWRWXGP&gclid=Cj0KEQjww42tBRCO-sfEiO3DvYMBEi QAHeqMKF2Xth9fke_2mbGYD6hap43W9vWgv0b-Llnat5sCcnYaAuT98P8HAQ&kwid=productads-pla id%5E18283950120-sku%5EH98162000000000@ADL4MF-adType%5EPLA-device%5Ec-adid%5E465 04699467 )
-Macbook Pro: 10.10.3 OS X Yosemite, 2.9 GHz intel Core i7, 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Posted on Jul 13, 2015 5:05 AM
