Pedalboard - how can I control Wah with external pedal?

Does anyone know how to use a foot pedal... perhaps a volume pedal, to control the wah pedal in the pedalboard insert in Logic 9? I'm just using the wah as a starting point... though I would like to be able to literally do this.

I think if I can understand just one instance of using an external controller that's not pre-built in (as in the sustain pedal for a piano setting) that I could figure out how to use external pedals in general within pedalboard.

I feel like it must be macro related... but can't find the right documentation to help me do this.

I hope somebody understands this and can explain.

Thanks in advance.

Never mind...

Good for you

I just just did a seach on the subject, maybe you could enlighten me?

thx

Does anyone know how to use a foot pedal... perhaps a volume pedal, to control the wah pedal in the pedalboard insert in Logic 9? I'm just using the wah as a starting point... though I would like to be able to literally do this.

 

I think if I can understand just one instance of using an external controller that's not pre-built in (as in the sustain pedal for a piano setting) that I could figure out how to use external pedals in general within pedalboard.

 

I feel like it must be macro related... but can't find the right documentation to help me do this.

 

I hope somebody understands this and can explain.

 

Thanks in advance.

You will need an external Midi controller (with a foot pedal) and assign the pedal part of the controller to the Wah. You will also need a basic understanding of Midi and what 'continuous controllers' are used for.

Google Midi foot controller and you will see some choices.

http://ai.pricegrabber.com/pi/0/38/48/3848844_125.jpg

Does anyone know how to use a foot pedal... perhaps a volume pedal, to control the wah pedal in the pedalboard insert in Logic 9? I'm just using the wah as a starting point... though I would like to be able to literally do this.

 

I think if I can understand just one instance of using an external controller that's not pre-built in (as in the sustain pedal for a piano setting) that I could figure out how to use external pedals in general within pedalboard.

 

I feel like it must be macro related... but can't find the right documentation to help me do this.

 

I hope somebody understands this and can explain.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

You will need an external Midi controller (with a foot pedal) and assign the pedal part of the controller to the Wah. You will also need a basic understanding of Midi and what 'continuous controllers' are used for.

 

Google Midi foot controller and you will see some choices.

 

 

http://ai.pricegrabber.com/pi/0/38/48/3848844_125.jpg

Okay - thanks for that. I should have included in my post that I've got quite a bit of experience with midi - it's just the specific use of an external continuous controller foot pedal linked to Logic to control (as an example) a wah pedal in the pedalboard plugin.

To be more clear - I have a synth (Alesis QS6) with a pedal connected to the "Sustain" port that will act as a piano damper when triggering a piano module in Logic. I want to use that pedal to control the Wah pedal. There's a second pedal port on the synth labelled "Pedal 1" that is shown in the manual with an Expression pedal attached. I could get a volume pedal, or other continuous controller type pedal, to plug into the "Pedal 1" port if that would work.

So, if anyone could point me to a specific example that I could apply to my post, or offer any more insight, I'd be grateful.

it's easy, heres what I did.

press cmd-L,....the learn mode box pops up,....

mouse click the wha pedal

move a controller,...I moved the mod wheel,...

done,...

rock out!

it's easy, heres what I did.

 

press cmd-L,....the learn mode box pops up,....

 

mouse click the wha pedal

move a controller,...I moved the mod wheel,...

 

done,...

 

rock out!

And if you learn using the macro control, then you can switch through preset pedalboards without having to re-learn it each time.

• open the disclosure triangle

• map the Macro A to Pedal Position

• then learn your MIDI control, but learn it to the macro slider and not the pedalboard directly.

Now, whenever you load a new pedalboard setup, if there is a wah pedal anywhere, it will map automatically. yay!

thx...I tried the mod. wheel, worked like a charm

Even tried to place my keyboard on the floor and turned the mod. wheel with my foot in realtime...cool

Thanks for all the useful tips to all who posted them.

Though I'm not interested in assigning the function to a modulation wheel or other hand operated controller right now... that could come in handy down the road.

I've been playing with my setup, and I can see that the dampening pedal (sustain) works to turn the wah on or off - depending on whether it's down or up - it shows me that if I had a volume or expression pedal it would let me control using my foot.

When I get a foot operated continuous controller - I'll try assigning the pedal to run the slider by assigning it to the macro like B_Stone suggested. After all... manipulating keyboard mod wheels, etc. isn't too feasible while playing a guitar.

I'll update the thread when I try that out.

Thanks again.