Is it possible to add pedals to the HP2500s through the MIDI interface ?
How do you configure the HP and the pedals if it is possible ?
What is a suitable pedal ?
Thanks
Not overly expensive, but not exactly cheap either.
More info on it here from the CME site:
http://www.cme-pro.com/products-list/product-gpp.html
You shouldn't have to configure the HP2500. Sustain pedal is CC # 64
(CC = MIDI Continuous Controller)
The other pedals sustenuto is CC # 66, soft pedal CC # 67, are also recognised by the HP2500.
So providing the MIDI pedal unit is set on MIDI channel 1, and the pedals are set to send out those MIDI controllers, your HP2500 should work with it.
Can I assume the 6 pin connector was a dead end? I would have thought some experimentation was worth a try.
'The HP will only work with the pedal board designed for it.
You can not use any other connection.'
I am just checking alternatives.
The 6-pin isn't a dead end because I haven't even seen the piano yet!
I will go to my friend next week.
I suspect the Roland techie may not understand that I am going to
hack into the connector and make an adaptor for the pedals, he was
just saying Roland don't make a pedal that will plug straight in...
Thanks for helping!
The pedals are really nothing more than switches at the end of the day, hence the CC's for 64, 66, & 67 being 2 values 0 - off > 64 on.
The tricky bit is the pedal you described in your first post has a 'half pedal function'.
I can see the jack on the pedal has a TRS (stereo) 1/4" jack.
Now the ring might be the half pedal switch, and the tip the fully down switch.
Normally on Roland keyboards, the sustain works with a 'break to make' arrangement.
In other words, with the pedal pressed down connection is broken, if the pedal is up, the switch contacts are closed.
Plugging a standard jack plug into a Roland keyboard (with a separate sustain / hold jack input) will make it sustain.
I don't know if the HP2500 uses a similar break to make arrangement, you'll soon know soon enough when you try to play anything on it..
At least there is a MIDI control pedal that should do the trick.
