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9.8.6. Assignments for Switch Pedals
For Pedals used as switch, the Type menu offers the entries Control Change and Program
Change. Depending on the selected entry, a different set of additional parameters is available:
Type Value Mode Value Range Value Number Step Wrap
Control Change Toggle/Gate Off/On 0-127 0-127
Trigger 0 - 127 0-127
Inc Min/Max (0-127) -128 to 127 On/Off
Program Change Toggle/Gate Off/On 0-127
Trigger 0 - 127
Inc Min/Max 0-127 -128 to 127 On/Off
Mode Menu Values for Pedals (Switch)
For the button-like control elements listed in the above table, and only for some of the MIDI mes-
sage types available for these control elements, you can choose from different behaviors for the
way the data is sent. This is controlled by the Mode menu. This menu can have up to four entries,
depending on the message type that you have selected in the Type menu. Here is the list of all
possible entries:
• Toggle: In this mode, the control element has two states, On and Off. If you press once, it
switches to the On state — if you press again, it switches to the Off state. This can be useful
for example for activating some effect, then deactivating it later. This is usually the default
mode. In this mode, you find two numeric fields: Off Value defines the value for the Off state
(from 0 to 127, 0 by default), and On Value defines the value for the On state (0 to 127, 127 by
default). For the Note message type, since the Off state is predefined (it’s the MIDI Note Off
message), you find instead a single Value parameter defining the velocity of the MIDI Note On
message.
• Gate: This mode is equal to Toggle with the difference that the state is active for the time the
Pedal is held depressed. In Toggle mode the state is activated until the next time the Pedal is
pressed again.
• Trigger: In this mode, only one message is sent when you hit the control element. There are
no On or Off states. For example, this can be useful for switching to another program (preset,
patch…) or for triggering one-shot samples (e.g., drum sounds or any other envelope-control-
led sounds). In this mode, you thus find only one numeric field called Value, defining the value
to be sent when you hit the control element. It goes from 0 to 127 (127 by default).
• Inc: In this mode you can configure the press of a pedal to step through a list of values by
choosing the size of the jump (e.g., 1-2-3-4-5, 2-4-6-8-10 or 3-6-9-12-15), and whether or not
the values wrap around back to the beginning, or stop when they reach their minimum or maxi-
mum.
9.8.7. Assignments for Continuous Pedals
For Pedals used as continuous control, the Type menu offers the entries Control Change and
Program Change. Depending on the selected entry, a different set of additional parameters is
available:
Using the MIDI Assignment Editor
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