Digital keyboard with virtual piano - can I add a soft pedal to the setup?

[RaoulU]

I have a digital piano (Korg D1) which only allows for one (sustain) pedal to be connected. I use the piano with Pianoteq (a virtual piano) on a laptop, together with a half damper pedal (Korg ds1h). A real piano normally has a second 'soft' pedal (also called a 'una corda' pedal) and often a third 'sostenuto' pedal. I would be interested to add a soft pedal to the setup. As said, I cannot connect it directly to the Korg - would it be possible to use Midi Expression to add second pedal to the setup in some way and make it work like a soft pedal? The midi standard has a fixed value for soft pedalling, and Pianoteq responds to it.

On the midi expression web page there is a list of what you can do with it. One of the bullets reads:

• ' You want to give your virtual piano all the pedals found on a regular piano'

So it seems to be possible, but I've looked through the forum and the manual, and there are so many options that I find it difficult to find out where to even begin.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Rob]

It's pretty straight forward. Setup pianotec to receive midi from the Korg and the MIDI Expression. Plug a sustain pedal into the MIDI expression and then use the control application to set the CC for the sustain to match the number pianotec expects for the soft pedal.

Rob

[RaoulU]

Thank you for the quick reply, that does indeed sound very straight forward!

Cheers!

[GordonD]

Did it work Raoul? Did your laptop have two USB connectors or did you have to use a USB hub?