Assign keyboard switchgroup to control Pedal

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Speedy7912
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Assign keyboard switchgroup to control Pedal

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Hi All,

I've recently bought a Roland Fantom 8 and have created a scene with 2 switchgroups. Unfortunately i'm always late switching because both hands are tied to the keyboard. Is it possible to assign a footpedal to toggle the keyboardswitchgroups, assign to pedals directly to the 2 switchgroups, or use pedals to up/down the KSG's?

(I found it for scene switching, but not for KSG switching)
Kind Regards,
Luuk Krijnen
mostinif
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Re: Assign keyboard switchgroup to control Pedal

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Hi
Speedy7912 wrote: 11:03, 23 December 2022 ....

(I found it for scene switching, but not for KSG switching)
....
to date it is the only possibility

Best regards,
Flavio
xp30
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Re: Assign keyboard switchgroup to control Pedal

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Speedy7912 wrote: 11:03, 23 December 2022 I've recently bought a Roland Fantom 8 and have created a scene with 2 switchgroups. Unfortunately i'm always late switching because both hands are tied to the keyboard. Is it possible to assign a footpedal to toggle the keyboardswitchgroups, assign to pedals directly to the 2 switchgroups, or use pedals to up/down the KSG's?
I mentioned in viewtopic.php?p=339788#p339788 that I did a simple DIY project to be able to switch keyboard groups with a pedal. It works well so far. I would prefer a builtin solution, however, I do not expect that Roland will develop it in the near future.
mostinif
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Re: Assign keyboard switchgroup to control Pedal

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xp30 wrote: 21:26, 28 December 2022
Speedy7912 wrote: 11:03, 23 December 2022 I've recently bought a Roland Fantom 8 and have created a scene with 2 switchgroups. Unfortunately i'm always late switching because both hands are tied to the keyboard. Is it possible to assign a footpedal to toggle the keyboardswitchgroups, assign to pedals directly to the 2 switchgroups, or use pedals to up/down the KSG's?
I mentioned in viewtopic.php?p=339788#p339788 that I did a simple DIY project to be able to switch keyboard groups with a pedal. It works well so far. I would prefer a builtin solution, however, I do not expect that Roland will develop it in the near future.
Congratulations!!! A very interesting development. These are things I really like. I ask you - out of curiosity - if the change of SW Groups is through MIDI PC or SYSEX messages

Best regards,
Flavio
xp30
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Re: Assign keyboard switchgroup to control Pedal

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mostinif wrote: 22:35, 28 December 2022
xp30 wrote: 21:26, 28 December 2022 I mentioned in viewtopic.php?p=339788#p339788 that I did a simple DIY project to be able to switch keyboard groups with a pedal. It works well so far. I would prefer a builtin solution, however, I do not expect that Roland will develop it in the near future.
Congratulations!!! A very interesting development. These are things I really like. I ask you - out of curiosity - if the change of SW Groups is through MIDI PC or SYSEX messages
The keyboard switch groups can be changed with SysEx messages. To the best of my knowledge, it is not possible to change them with program change messages.

There is more information about the used SysEx messages in the linked thread.
mostinif
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Re: Assign keyboard switchgroup to control Pedal

Post by mostinif »

Hi xp30!

Thanks you very much! Very userful the information you provided. I will try something DIY with arduino nano or if I can shrink to fit into attiny85
Best regards,
Flavio
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