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The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

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pe1976

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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostWed Nov 06, 2013 4:33 am

Do you think it is possible to remove the last switch, which is unused, and replace the C #?
This is the photograph of the last switch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87863093@N02/10704471733/in/set-72157637369668415
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostWed Nov 06, 2013 4:49 am

If it were my pedal board I'd redo all the wood piece extensions so that the first contact was being used... the MIDI Encoder board being used defines that first contact as MIDI note 036-C, the next as 037-C#, etc...
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostWed Nov 06, 2013 4:53 am

but it is using the first switch, the remainder is the end, the first photography tricks, it seems not, but when the pedal low coincides with the first switch.

In any case, the problem of C # is going backwards, is another problem, the transposition is already fixed.

Thank you, my friend..
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostWed Nov 06, 2013 5:00 am

Oh, Ok... I see it better now. The issue with your note On/Off for C# is caused by the magnet being too close to the reed switch and closing the circuit when the pedal is in neutral position. As the pedal moves down the magnet moves and the magnetic pull on the reed switch changes and allows the reed switch to open, thereby sending a MIDI Note Off message. As you release the pedal the magnetic pull again changes as the pedal goes up and the reed switch closes the contact and a MIDI Note On signal is then sent. The only solution to that situation is moving the position of the magnet. The problem is not the reed switch.
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostWed Nov 06, 2013 5:21 am

Ok, you think the magnet which is doing the interference in the switch of C #, is the magnet of the first pedal, right?
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostWed Nov 06, 2013 5:28 am

As you have described it:
The second physical pedal (C #) until pressures will not sound, but once you step on when you release event for "on" and begins to play, and if you do not want to sound have to have it pressed, as if that switch worked in the opposite direction.


Moving the other pedals has no effect? It is possible that the magnets of the C and the D notes add extra pull, but only you can experiment with this and see what is actually happening. From your description it sounds like just the C# magnet needs to be reset....
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostWed Nov 06, 2013 6:13 am

Please do not laugh at me ...
C # switch had stuck a magnet!
Thank you very much to everyone, you have helped me a lot.
Thanks to you I practice now.
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostThu Mar 06, 2014 3:47 am

There's a program called "Building Blocks", that I used for my PCOrgan many years ago. You could do anything you wanted with MIDI data. In your case you would put it through a "block" that would increase the MIDI note number by 1.

But I feel there must be something fundamentally wrong for this to be happening.

EDIT: You found your problem, so this post is irrelevant.

Mick Berg.
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Re: The midi pedal sounds a semitone lower

PostThu Mar 06, 2014 6:12 am

thanks anyway!
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