Sustain Pedal Won't Record

[B-rad]

I have a sustain pedal connected to my Alesis Q49. When I record using the sustain pedal it will sound fine but when I stop recording and play it back there is no sustain unless I continue to press the pedal even after recording. 

[Amberwolf]

Is the sustain actually recorded in the MIDI track?

It's usually controller 64 if you look in the event list, or the CC pane in PRV.  

Also, there is the option to disable recording controllers in the MIDI section of the global / main settings.  If this is done, live controllers work but they're not recorded into a track. 

 

There may also be a setting in the Alesis itself for how it responds to external controller data. (haven't used the Q49, just the ancient MIDIverb3). 

Edited yesterday at 08:53 PM by Amberwolf

[Mark Morgon-Shaw]

Mine works fine..just a cheap M Gear Pedal and an M Audio Midi Controller

I don't recall having to set anything up , it just worked

[B-rad]

48 minutes ago, Amberwolf said:

Is the sustain actually recorded in the MIDI track?

It's usually controller 64 if you look in the event list, or the CC pane in PRV.  

Also, there is the option to disable recording controllers in the MIDI section of the global / main settings.  If this is done, live controllers work but they're not recorded into a track. 

 

There may also be a setting in the Alesis itself for how it responds to external controller data. (haven't used the Q49, just the ancient MIDIverb3). 

Thank you so much! I checked the PRV and apparently it recorded but set the value really low for some reason. I was able to fix it tho thx again 

[Amberwolf]

1 hour ago, B-rad said:

 I checked the PRV and apparently it recorded but set the value really low for some reason. I was able to fix it tho thx again 

It only records what is sent.  So if the CC your Q49 sends is recorded at a specific value, that's what the Q49 sent over MIDI to be recorded.  Why it would send a value it doesn't respond to is unknown, but there is probably a setting within the Q49 to change what it sends or what it responds to, or both. 

 

If for any reason you can't, you can use TenCrazy's MIDI Fx to translate what was recorded into what's needed.  Sustainfix might do it, but if not maybe CCmap would (can't remmeber if it remaps values within a CC or just which CC goes to which other CC).