Sustain pedal works in Logic but not Mainstage

Did you map the sustain pedal to anything?

You have associated the pedal with a device in the layout but that doesn't mean the MIDI events are being sent to the right place --- you may have to map the screen pedal to the actual desired target....select the patch of interest, then click on that screen pedal icon and then at the bottom of MainStage in the inspector you can define how the pedal should behave

First of all, when you first define the pedal in screen layout, change the mode from automatic to "no thru". (nb I don't have MainStage in front of me, I don't remember the actual name of that option but it's the one that blocks it from passing on a ythi g by default)

Now, when you're in a patch, pressing the pedal should by default have no affect on anything (e.g it should not switch the Leslie)

For some devices, if you go to the concert level and select them, you can define the default mapping to be Always Block

Then, when you are in edit mode with a particular patch selected, you can ADD a new mapping for that pedal that will route it to the desired parameter of your soft synth. if you have defined the device to always block, then you will have to click the "override parent" to allow a mapping to be changed

I've found that this is a useful approach to prevent some bugs (apparently considered to be design features!) from sending unexpected values out from time to time

Hi

Assuming that you are using exactly the same EXS preset in both Logic and MainStage (and that sustain does work in Logic and not in MS with this patch), and that you are seeing MIDI activity in MS when you work the sustain pedal:

Have you by any chance enabled the MIDI Input Filter in the Channel Strip Inspector in MS?

HTH

CCT

What difference did you have? Because the channel strips should be identical! Please report this via http://www.apple.com/feedback/mainstage.html

Hi Randalllp,

IIRC, ancient Roland devices send a MIDI all notes off command, after the last key has been released. You can check this with MIDI monitor:http://www.snoize.com/MIDIMonitor/. In fact, Logic itself seems to filter "All notes off", while MS sends it to the instruments.

Best,

DaCaptain

OK, then check in the manual for the Roland keyboard how to disable it, because the "all notes off" command should of course do exactly that ;-)

This is a repeat of an issue that Blueberry actually showed how to solve in an older thread.

See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2298662?threadID=2298662

Blueberry,

I checked the manual, no success. On page 31, it confirms my memory .... . Time for an enhancement request?

Best,

DaCaptain

Cool, that works! Important: MIDI thru has to be set to "Do not pass through". That catches it.