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MIDI Hold/Sustain Pedal
When using MIDI and audio together, it is often desirable to be able to hold a MIDI note
while continuing to play your instrument normally. For example, you can trigger bass
notes on your synthesizer then play over these with your normal instrument sound.
Like “hold”, a “sustain” feature can also be desirable. The difference between hold and
sustain is what happens when you play a new note. With hold, a new note will be ignored
allowing the held note to continue. With sustain, a new note will turn off the previously
sustained note and this new note will then sustain.
The i2M musicport enables this by allowing a
MIDI controller to act as the hold control and
another
MIDI controller to act as the sustain control. The default settings allow MIDI
controller 4 (foot controller) on any MIDI channel to be used as the hold control and MIDI
controller 64 (sustain controller) on any MIDI channel to be used as the sustain control.
However, this can be changed easily.
For the hold or sustain feature to work, a
MIDI zone must be configured with hold or
sustain enabled. See “MIDI Configuration (Zones)” on page 9.
HOLD/SUS lets you select which controller to view and configure.
channel lets you select on which
MIDI channel the i2M musicport should look. A special
“omni” setting allows it to work with the controller received on any
MIDI channel.
controller lets you select the
MIDI controller which should act as the Hold/Sustain pedal.
For example, it may be easier to use different controllers in some applications.
latching lets you configure whether the Hold/Sustain pedal is latching or non-latching.
When set to latching, pressing then releasing the pedal will toggle the hold/sustain state.
This can be useful if you want Hold/Sustain active for a long time and you don’t want to
keep the pedal pressed. When set to non-latching, you must keep the pedal pressed to
keep hold active. As soon as you release the pedal, hold/sustain will deactivate;
i.e., it
works like a piano sustain pedal.
Top Tip: If you unplug the jack lead from the i2M musicport it will turn off all
currently playing notes and reset the Hold/Sustain pedal state to “not
held/sustained”. This can be useful if your hold or sustain pedal stops
working for any reason.