Studiologic SL88 and instrument settings + inverted pedal problem

If you go to Pianoteq's Options->MIDI, scroll to Controller 64, change the range so that it starts at 1 and ends at 0, and save the MIDI mapping as default one. Should work all the time now.

I got an SL88 Grand late last year. I, too, wanted to use the controls to change instruments and presets. I'd intended using the SL as my main controller on the music keyboard drawer under my (expensive) desk. Unfortunately it's too heavy to be stable on the drawer, despite the desk manufacturer's assurances that it would be stable with the weight of the SL on it.

Anyway, this means I have the SL behind my desk, so I've set up the controls to change instruments and presets to save me having to swivel my chair around 180° to change things on the computer.

I've set up stick 2 to increment/decrement instrument by moving the stick up and back to the centre/down and back to the centre (IIRC, I'm not at my SL at the moment). I've done the same with stick 3 but to increment/decrement preset. These settings are saved in my PTQ global midi map and on the presets on the SL itself.

It's a bit awkward because of using the non-sprung axes of the sticks, I couldn't get it to work with the sprung direction of stick 2 due to the way the values are scaled (again, working from recollection from when I set it up a while ago).

If it helps, I can post the settings from my midi map when I'm back at my computer, just let me know.

As I said in my post, you can assign the sticks to change instrument and preset (or anything else you want to do).

Edited to add: sorry, now I'm at my SL I realise that I've got Stick 2 changing between A and B and Stick 3 changes between instruments on one axis and between presets on the other axis.

I don't recall changing any settings in the SL (and I couldn't use the editor anyway because Studiologic don't bother to support Linux, unlike Modarrt). I'm pretty sure I used the midi CCs that the sticks were set to and only changed the default midi map in Pianoteq.

There's no need to mess around with changing presets on the SL to change presets in the software, you can use the sticks to change up and down.

I don't know if that helps, but :
When I start my Studiologic SL88, without any pedal in "pedal 1" socket, the notes I play are without sustain.. ok, that's normal..

Then I plug my Yamaha pedal into the socket, and then I get the following behaviour :
When pedal is not pressed, sustain is on; ie notes still ring even though the key is released..
When pedal is pressed, sustain is off; ie notes end as soon as I release the key..

Then, I turn off my SL88, and I turn it on again, without pressing on the sustain pedal, and then the sustain pedal has the normal behaviour (sustain is on when pedal is pressed)..

But if I turn the SL88 on with my foot pressing the pedal, then I get the inverted behaviour (sustain is on when pedal is not pressed)..

It seems to me that the SL88 scans the pedal inputs when I turn it on, and then decides of the behaviour of those inputs, according to their state when power is turned on.. I suppose this is the way it can adapt to any pedal "polarity"..

Have a nice evening..
Thierry

I have a SL88 Grand (and I love it) - if I remember correctly the SL will detect the correct setting for the pedal when turned on, so if you have everything setup, try to turn the piano off, then on, and see if it works correctly. I checked the SL User Manuan, and it does not mention it, but I remember this function from my old SL990 XP.

You may want to experiment having the pedal pushed down when turning the keyboard on, just to test this.

Apart from the initial setup, how do you like the SL88? How is the key sensitivity and hammer action? I've definitely been coveting one of these for a while now.