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Title: No hold button on keylab 49mk
Post by: magisterludi on June 09, 2022, 11:04:23 am

Hello,
I'm new with workstations, but I already love my keylab 49 mk2.
On my matrixbrute, minibrute 2 and MicroFreak I have a "hold" button, that I use very frequently.

Is it possible to hold key(s) on my Keylab? Or do I need a sustain pedal?

Thanx for the advice.

Paul

Title: Re: No hold button on keylab 49mk
Post by: MajorFubar on June 10, 2022, 03:52:26 pm

You would need a sustain pedal. Make sure you buy one which is either normally-open or is switchable between normally-closed and normally-open. On the Mk1 keylabs, there was a configuration option in their menus to adjust the units for either type of pedal. I'm not sure if this functionality was excluded from the Mk2's firmware, so to save you any heartache, it's probably just best to make sure any pedal you buy is capable of being normally-open.

Avoid pedals described as being 'for Yamaha' or 'for Roland' unless the specifications/instructions also explicitly make it clear that the pedal is switchable between normally-closed and normally-open, because modern Yamaha and Roland workstations and synths require normally-closed pedals.