Why doesn't the "hold" button hold notes when the ARP is off

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#1

Is there some reason the “Hold” button doesn’t work unless the arp is on? Using a little Behringer UB-Xa as a drone source, just want to hold a note forever.

I mean, I could put a rock on a sustain pedal, but that would be extra stuff to carry/forget/lose/break.

This seems weird to me. Seems like literally every other synth I have used that had a hold button worked this way.

As it is now, the button does nothing (nothing that I can tell, anyway). Why have it do nothing?

Feel like I’m missing something obvious.

#2

Hi again @stan2Brix ,

I don’t have a keystep 37.
According to the manual the following is possible:
“9.10.2.8.Hold Button Function The Hold button can be configured to toggle Hold/Chord modes on/off, send a sustain message or do both.”
So have you in Midi Control Center tried to set the “Hold Switch Function” to the functionality you want?

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#3

Thanks!

This doesn’t show up in the table of contents, so I missed it.

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#4

Good that was it.

#5

Downloaded software, made the change, and while it works on my Moog (which has a keyboard/sequencer/arp, so it was just a test) it does not with the tiny Behringer UB-Xa Mini (which doesn’t have an arp, and while it has a “keyboard”, it is too small for my giant, sausage-like fingers to play).

Just want to use the Behringer as a small shruti box kind of thing, and hauling my Moog on the subway is a hassle.

#6

Can your Behringer accept Sustain pedal - midi CC64 messages? Is it set to do it, if it can?

If things work with your Moog, then it’s not about Keystep.