How to connect EXP2 on Quad Cortex mini

[SamH95]

Hi, I have the QC mini and successfully connected an expression pedal to the normal EXP input. Now I have seen that EXP2 is available via MIDI but I really don’t really understand what this means.

I thought that I can just connect my expression pedal to the MIDI Input and can then use it the same way as EXP1. But thats not the case. So what do I need to do or is this even possible with my regular expression pedal? I also don’t know anything about how MIDI works, so help is appreciated.

Regards

Sam

[xush]

weirdly, they don’t seem to have covered this in the manual, so it would be good to contact Support@neuralDSP.com and ask what they recommend- then post it here. That could help future users figure it out.

I assume you’ll need a TRS-to-midi adapter for your XP cable connection but they’ll be able to specify exactly what kind.

[Gregory]

I didn’t try, but the manual says CC#2.

[SamH95]

Thanks, I have now asked support and will report back when I have an answer. Right now it looks to me like the EXP2 is only reacting to the correct MIDI messages from whichever source but not working with a regular expression pedal.

[ToH2002]

Hi Sam

Short answer: you can’t attach an Expression pedal to a MIDI port directly.MIDI is a digital protocol; an Expression pedal is an analog device.

To attach a pedal via MIDI, you’ll need a converter that generates a MIDI signal from an attached pedal - something like this:

MIDI Pedal Converter - DOREMiDi

Hope this helps!

Cheers,

Torsten

[hosko]

It says in the manual the expression two is only available via midi. It also lists the CC numbers for expression 1&2. You need to plug your expression pedal into another device that can take an expression pedal and convert it to midi CC.

[Sunset2026]

There’s a lot of different midi controllers one can use for adding a second expression, myself I’ve chosen the Ampero Control for its size and number expansion ports…