MIDI Thru Sustain Pedal to Ableton MIDI In

[apacherose105]

I am running a sort of elaborate mini keyboard/synth mixer setup.

The tiny Akai keyboard I have doesn't have a sustain pedal input.

The idea is:
Physical sustain pedal -> Fractal pedal 1 input -> Midi thru USB to Laptop -> Ableton MIDI input

Is it as simple as assigning a pedal to send cc 64 and turning midi thru on?

I'd try it but don't actually have the pedal handy.

 

[Bakerman]

Axe-FX can't generate MIDI data from pedal ports like that.

If you really needed to make this work without adding a MIDI controller, one solution could be to have the pedal engage a synth block producing a constant tone. Route synth to FXL and set USB/Digi Out Source to Out 2, sending to a track with an envelope-to-CC plugin that sends CC#64 to the synth.

 

[vaultnaemsae]

Creative workaround. Axe-Fx II/MIDI over USB to your laptop is a recognized but 'not spoken about' mess. I tried to use an FAMC MIDI controller to control the Axe-FX and pass through MIDI over USB to trigger things in Ableton Live. Impossible without connecting the device with two separate cables (one to the Axe, one to the Mac) - the MIDI you see in your laptop from the Axe is a garbled mess.