Eleven Rack Midi Help

[Becharax]

Hello

I did buy a digital piano with midi in out and want to use it in pro tools ..
I did connect the midi out on the keyboard to the midi in on my eleven rack....
Now how can i record midi in pro tools??
Plus does the rack have to be my main interface?
Please advise ... Thanks

[Becharax]

Guys i did solve this issue using the audio midi setup in osx... Now another question... I bought the expression pedal from m-audio... I plugged it into the exp footswitch in my rack but it aint doing anything ...anything i missed for it to work??

[Darryl Ramm]

Lets guess, you have not looked in the documentation at all about this right?

Hammer to head or documentation, either will work. But reading the documentation is usually less painful...

What cable you using? TRS balanced not TS instrument? (An M-Audio pedal with a built-in cable will be fine).
Mode set to pedal not switch (in user settings:external pedals)?
Pedal type set correctly (in user settings:external pedals)?
Pedal calibrated (in user settings:external pedals)?
The effect you are trying to use is actually enabled? (in rig chain)
The pedal function is set to that effect? (at end of rig chain on front panel)
The Eleven Rack plugged in?
Turned on?

If that does not work try the hammer.

M-Audio expression pedals are pretty junky. Lots of better choices.

[Becharax]

Its working now that i did choose the dualfootswitch but only with one function not two functions (this is not available in the manual) haha

[Darryl Ramm]

You asked about an expression pedal, now you are asking about a footswitch. They are different beasts, what exactly at a high level are you trying to do (e.g. "I want the wah effect thingy in the Eleven Rack to make wah wah sounds when I move my foot up and down on the M-Audio expression pedal thingy"). Exactly what footswitch or expression pedal do you have connected? And have you really actually looked in the user guide? (The shock may be too much, I may need to lay down...). What are you trying to do that does not work as the instructions imply? Manual version and page number will help.

[Becharax]

Darryl ... I did choose Expression pedal ... then M-Audio ... and I tried to calibrate it but it won't send any signal ....

[Darryl Ramm]

it is an M-Audio pedal right? What exact model? This one? http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/EXP.html Since they also make sustain pedals etc.

it has a built in cable with 1/4" TRS plug on the end right? If you have a different pedal with a detachable cable you must use a 1/4" TRS balanced cable not 1/4" TS instument cable.

Is it know if the pedal and cable work OK with anything else? Your keyboard?

You have this plugged into the 1/4" jack expression pedal jack on the rear panel of the Eleven Rack right?

Got a multimeter? Confirm the the expression pedal acts as a three lead potentiometer (should be about a 10k range potentiometer).

[Becharax]

I want a Wah effect when I press on the expression pedal and to turn it off when i take my leg backward ... or Distortion on and distortion off .. no more no less ... It's an expression pedal that I did buy ...

[Becharax]

Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm

What exactly do you mean "won't send any signal".

All the same questions apply then --

What exactly are you trying to do with the expression pedal? Volume? Wah? Rig Volume? ... ?

What cable you using? It must be a 1/4" TRS balanced not TS instrument? (An M-Audio pedal with a built-in cable - RIGHT? is so you will be fine)... and you have that 1/4" TRS jack plugged into the 1/4" pedal socket on the rear panel.
Mode set to pedal not switch (in user settings:external pedals)?
Pedal type set correctly (in user settings:external pedals)? - Set to M-Audio
Pedal calibrated (in user settings:external pedals)? - Does that work or not?
The effect you are trying to use is actually enabled? (in the rig chain)
The pedal function is set to that effect? (at end of rig chain on front panel)

Go down this list and do each thing, if any don't make sense say.

if you set up the pedal to control the Wah, and go to the Wah block in the rig on the front panel do you see the Wah values move when you move the pedal?

let me answer your questions:
M-Audio Pedal with a built-in cable
TRS jack pluggedi nto the 1/4 pedal socket on the rear 11 panel in exp/foot
Mode set to expression pedal and NOT footswitch
Pedal Calibrated ? well i did calibrate when it asks to place the pedal on heel then on toe ...(I didn't know here if it actually got calibrated because I saw no reaction when moving the pedal)
and the rest is straight forward ...

[nst7]

It's been a while since I had an Eleven Rack, but I did use it with that exact same expression pedal.

There was something I had to set in the unit that was opposite of how it was set by default. I still don't understand it even though someone from Avid tried to explain it. If you go into the Expression Pedal option either on the unit itself, or in the GUI window, you should be able to figure it out. It's been so long I don't remember what I did.