Just had some unusual 'need to think about it' before getting it to work on my SL88 studio, so writing down for those that it may help:
1. Plug the SLP3-D in pedal plug #4 (Universal)
The one trick that is non-obvious is that activation of the pedal needs to be done on each zone of each program where you intend to use the pedal, so:
2. rotating the rotary knob, select the program you want to use (P001-P256)
3. tilting the rotary knob, move the white selection rectangle to the instrument section and select the instrument/zone you want to associate the pedal with, and select it with the 'in' button (top-right = arrow pointing to you)
4. tilting the rotary knob downward, move the selection entry until it shows 'PEDAL 4:' (that's 4 pages down the menu on the current firmware, so be persistent)
5. tilt the rotary know to the right: that will land you on a (quite long) pedal function selection menu, which by default displays an expression pedal associated to 'EXPRESSION' function.
The second non-obvious trick is that this is where you will end up, at the end of the long menu showing all CCs, finding the multifunction pedals: SLP3-D, NTP, SL VP25, VFP1: so:
6. tilt the rotary button downward, and keep it pressed until it goes down to the bottom of the selection (which ends with the VFP1) and push it upward twice to get back to the SLP3-D one page above,
7. exit the selection with the 'out' button (middle-right, arrow pointing away from you) and check that the PEDAL 4 is now assigned to SLP3-D
8. repeat for each zone where you need it to work (in particular, if you have separate usb and midi outputs on identical midi channels, it may sound redundant that you need to repeat it, but think twice and, ah! it's very flexible indeed)
9. last but not least... DON'T FORGET TO SAVE THE PROGRAM: Home (=bottom right btn) -> in -> in -> push rotary knob
Last edited by Hachesse (03-01-2019 11:55)