We’re thrilled to introduce a new feature that simplifies MIDI polarity adjustments for sustain pedals using the Rig Manager. Now, you can effortlessly reverse MIDI polarity with a few clicks and rest easy knowing that your preference will be remembered for future performances with that specific setup. Say goodbye to manual tweaks every time!
Sometimes sustain pedals work the opposite of what you want. So when you press it the sound wont sustain and vice versa. Some sustain pedals have physical switches to switch the functionality around. This allows you to do the same in gig performer with just software so it wont matter if your sustain pedal doesemt have polarity switch.
It depends: for example Korg pedals have inverted polarity if compared with Roland one so, also sustain pedal, woul’d work inverted (sustained on release and not sustained in press).
Sometimes the keyboard controller “detects” polarity and adjust itself accordly
If you only have one footswitch and you always use it with the same controller, you would probably not run into this issue.
However, if you use different rigs at different times, some keyboards expect “open” to be pedal pressed and “closed” to be pedal released — others expect it the other way. Some do actually learn by assuming on startup that the pedal is released and so they use whatever they see (open or closed) as meaning released.
Storing this information with your rig means you don’t have to deal with the problem during set up at a show.