Using a Footswitch as a Hold Pedal
A footswitch (DP-2/FS-5U; sold separately) connected to the FOOT SW jack can be used as a hold (sus-
tain) pedal to control specified Instruments and external MIDI sound modules. When you depress the
pedal, a Control Change message (Hold) will be transmitted, instructing the MIDI sound modules to
continue sounding the notes that are currently being played.
If you turn the SPD-20 on while the footswitch is depressed, the following message will scroll across the
display and the footswitch will act as a hold pedal.
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If you are using an FS-5U, Footswitch 1 with PCS-31 will act as the hold pedal, and Footswitch 2 will
increase the Patch number.
The SPD-20’s display can only show 3 characters at once. To “scroll” means that the characters auto-
matically move across the display to show a longer message. The SPD-20 will sometimes scroll error
messages or other helpful information (p. 87).
Hold messages will be transmitted on the channel specified by the Basic Channel.
There are specific Instruments in the internal sound generator that can also be held with a footswitch
(p. 88).
This may not work properly for some MIDI sound modules or some sounds.
When using the footswitch as a Patch Shift Pedal (p. 15), first turn off the power to the unit, then with
the footswitch depressed, turn the power back on. The following message is displayed, and the
footswitch is set to function as a Patch Shift Pedal.
The footswitch can function as a “Patch Shift Pedal” or a “Hold Pedal.”
Each time the power is turned on with the footswitch in the depressed position, the function is switched
between “Patch Shift Pedal” and “Hold Pedal.” The footswitch setting is set at the factory to “Patch
Shift Pedal.”
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