midiplus Midi Controller (SPY)

Works great for my expression pedal. Great for the virtual cry baby wash.

Nickel !

If you're like me, you've become frustrated with the lack of expression pedal inputs on the vast majority of otherwise outstanding USB MIDI keyboards. This little device helps to bridge that gap.It's well-built, bus-powered, and just works out of the box. The knob allows you to assign the expression pedal to any MIDI CC, but as far as I can tell doesn't adjust any other parameters. The only real drag is it eats up a USB slot, but that's a small price to pay to have easy, assignable expression pedal input.True, it's a uni-tasker device, but it does that one task exceedinly well, and if you're starved for an expression pedal input in your rig, then this thing might be your saving grace.Note: I did not test the switch functonality.

As advertised, this controller allows you to hook up both a footswitch and expression pedal. I use this in conjunction with Arturia's software synths and a Moog expression pedal; works great. It's built like a tank. The only drawback is the completely obtuse documentation; I had to do some online hunting to find instructions on setup. Once you understand how it works, it's a breeze to use. I'm giving it five stars because the product is great; the manual/documentation really needs work though.

It works with my setup - Amazon Basics universal sustain pedal (piano-style), M-Audio EX-P universal expression pedal, Windows 10, REAPER DAW and my awesome antique CASIO VZ-1 digital synthesizer.My new Inovus i88 digital piano has trouble with the SPY, though, as it (i88) also has trouble with REAPER's MIDI messages.One can conclude then that the SPY will work with _almost_ any device sending/receiving MIDI CC messages via the 1/4" and the standard MIDI in/out female jacks. Since it works with the VZ-1, Windows 10 and REAPER, it stands to logic that the i88 is at fault, or I'm at fault for not understanding the MIDI mechanics of the i88 (meager almost non-existent Inovus i88 documentation).In any case, if you need the SPY for your music/audio activities using expression/sustain/switch pedals, buy it and try if it works for your devices. It is built like a tank concerning the chassis. You can always return it if you are not satisfied.P.S. Make sure the polarity switch on your expression/sustain/switch pedals are correctly set for the SPY.