Assign pitch to fader or foot pedal

i want to map frequency of an instrument to a single fader. is there any way to do this in mainstage?
thanks in advance!
(specific goal: map a MIDI control pedal to a one octave pitch range on an emulated moog synthesizer... i'm sure you can hear what i'm talking about
this question was asked by another user, but unanswered, before:
http://discussions.apple.com/profile.jspa?userID=300519
other keywords: vertical horizontal fader meter foot controller

no responses? i'll write my first solution (though not perfect), in case it'll help someone else.
1. map the fader/pedal to MIDI Controller> Pitch Bend.
2. set the correct parameter range (hyperbolic tangent works well for mine, or just use linear)
3. set the pitch bend so it's one octave.
the trouble with this solution is that you still have to hold down a key on some other controller keyboard, which is not ideal.

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I have a Yamaha FC7 foot pedal and am trying to use it as a whammy bar type controller. Can I do this with anything in Mainstage? I also have Line 6 Pod farm 2 - anything in there?

I have a Yamaha FC7 foot pedal and am trying to use it as a whammy bar type controller. Can I do this with anything in Mainstage? I also have Line 6 Pod farm 2 - anything in there?
The foot pedal also seems to have an on/off switch that activates when it's depressed all the way. How do I set that up in Mainstage? Can I cycle between and effect and a volume pedal, for example?
Mainstage version is 2.1.3
Thanks for all help given.

Hi
Bruno Filipe wrote:
Thanks for the help but please don´t duplicate the answers. I´ve explain that to Chamie7
Noted, except that the OP clearly did not feel that your answer was helpful
Chamie7 wrote:
Sorry, no help there. Any guitar players know what I mean?
and
Bruno Filipe wrote:
You can use a keyboard or other controller (with jack like sustain) and then assign controller (normally 64) to what you want Mainstage to do.
This is unlikely to work if you plug an "Expression Pedal" such as an FC7 into a "Sustain Pedal" socket using MIDI CC64, which usually operates as a switch rather than a continuously variable value.
If I understood the OP's request correctly, the OP wanted to use the FC7 as a "Whammy Pedal", which does a PitchBend 'dive' effect (amongst other things)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DigiTech_Whammy
CCT

Usb foot pedal driver

I have a sparc machine running solaris 10 and 2 Olympus usb foot pedals. The usb foot pedal models are RS24 and RS26. There are no Solaris drviers for the devices. I tried the detection tool on an XP Pro machine since I do not have an x86 machine. The tool does not detect the pedal even with Windows drivers installed.
I have read that other brands of foot pedals do not support Linux/Unix but should be compatible with their built in drivers. So I tried assigning a foot pedal to the hid driver. Nothing would happen when I press a pedal or cat the files in /dev/usb/7b4.202.
Then I tried assigning the foot pedal to a usb mouse driver from a site recommended by Sun. The driver would install but fail to attach. Still nothing would happen however there would be weird output when I cat the /dev/usb/7b4/202 files.
I know that foot pedals are used for audio and dictation so I would have to test them against that software. However my company would basically like to see changes in the state of the foot pedals to use them in their own software. I have no expereince in coding drivers so feedback with non-coding solutions would be appreciated.

Hello again.
rem_drv usb_midI would not have done that. This may have influenced your USB configuration in a very bad way. Maybe now some USB devices will not be working.
add_drv -i '"usb7b4,202"' usb_midThe "usb_mid" driver is needed for devices that are handled by multiple drivers (e.g. a keyboard/mouse combination with only one USB plug is handled by the keyboard driver and by the mouse driver the same time). It cannot be used "stand alone" but it requires another driver.
I would try the following thing:
add_drv ugenIf Solaris says the driver is already installed it is OK. If Solaris says the driver cannot be found you have the "USBA 0.9" environment (see previous answer) - do not try to get your pedals working.
Next you must do is to replace the following line in /etc/driver_aliases:usb_mid "usb7b4,202"by the following line:ugen "usb7b4,202"then reboot the system; maybe the following two commands can be used to make the device work without rebooting:update_drv usb_mid
update_drv ugenNow you should get the directory "/dev/usb/7b4.202". Under Solaris 9 this directory is not created automatically but only the link destinations in "/devices/..." are created.
Your next problem is how to work with the files in this directory. It is not as easy as simply opening "/dev/mouse" and reading some data. You'll have to send USB configuration commands etc.
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Looping without foot pedals?

Hello!
I have Logic Pro X and just got MainStage 3, and am using a Yamaha 88 key digital piano. This is what I would like to do. During a live performance be able to use the lower keys of the piano to trigger pre-made beats, or a strings section, or whatever. For example, I press C1 and a prewritten cello part begins to play. Not necessarily a loop, just a section. I could make an mp3 of this in Logic or whatever. The other thing I would like to do is create loops doing this same thing. I'd rather not buy a foot pedal if I don't need to. Maybe I could press A1 to record, A#1 to stop, etc. Create a four bar piano section that loops, then change instruments and play a cello part on my keyboard. I've not found a way to do this from any of the tutorials that I've looked into. Is this possible??
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Is this the right forum for this? Using a foot pedal to control apps?

My girlfriend is doing medical transcription - she listens to audio and she types. People who do this, often use a footpedal to play, pause, rewind, etc. while transcribing. I'm hoping to set her up on the Mac to do this, there are pedals which are Mac compatible, but I don't know what their limitations are, or what is possible.
I found some typical USB pedals, examples here:
http://www.altoedge.com/pedals/
...and I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck using them? Can they be configured to control certain menu functions in any application? such as using the keyboard shortcuts in the System Preferences to control certain commands in other applications? I'm thinking that I could make great use of a pedal like this to control any audio player - iTunes, Garage Band, or a 3rd party app I bought and love, "The Amazing Slow-Downer" so that I can use this to practice with the guitar, playing along with recordings, similar to how she would do the exact same thing while listening to recordings and typing.
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Well, this took me a while to get solved, but it is indeed solved.
I tried USB Overdrive and it could, and perhaps should work, but apparently it will not. When adding a device, it seems that USB Overdrive is not set up to handle any input device that does not register itself as either a Mouse or a Joystick. The VEC USB Footpedal that I'm using is "Device type: Other".
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I created a shortcut in Quickeys for the ASD app; added the middle button of the foot pedal as the trigger; set one step, entering 'space bar' as the step (which toggles playback, similar to many audio players).
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Whats a good mac to use for a home flight simulator with flight controls and foot pedals?

whats a good mac to use for a home flight simulator with flight controls and foot pedals?
My old 6100 AV worked great on A10 ATTACK, back in 1993.
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GarageBand - Controller's Foot Pedal (in AUSampler) works for one track but not for another

I am learning how to use AUSampler in GarageBand. I am using a MIDI controller (Alesis Q88) with a foot pedal for the sustain.
The sustain works with the default sound in AUSampler (Sine 440), but not for a sound that I imported. Also, my imported sound plays longer the lower the keys played, and the higher up the keys the faster it plays. Either way, it doesn't allow sustain, but yet the default sound does.
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I need a USB adapter for my dictaphone transcription foot pedal for the ipad mini

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Hello,
I have mp3 lectures that I'd like to transcribe word for word. I have been using Quicktime on my desktop but it has been tedious stopping and rewinding and playing again... moving back and forth from QT to my text software.
Does anybody have any firsthand experience of using a foot pedal + some software on Lion to do this?
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All I need is a function that will allow me to back up 5 seconds or so, pause, then repeat as necessary. After all, I only want this to transcribe some lectures.
Any insight greatly appreciated!
Thanks

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212-260-0866
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I am new to mainstage and am using it to trigger the playing of drum and bass backing tracks. I want to use a foot pedal to trigger this. Is this pedal an USB pedal? Could someone recommend a foot pedal? I don't need a lot of controls just a simple pedal. Thank you.

I wish.
There is a shortage of usb pedals.
'sposed to be some coming out soon.
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http://martelelectronics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=616

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Clicked reply by accident, and now can't edit the post.
Has anyone else seen the same problem?
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As you can remap the keyboard, why not simply remap the render to be a single keypress rather than opt-R.
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