M-AudioSP-2 - Universal Sustain Pedal with Piano Style Action For MIDI Keyboards, Digital Pianos & More

I love the M-Gear sustain pedals! Since I play live every weekend, & constantly move gear around, I go through a pedal a year. (I’ve been using these pedals for over a decade!) Usually have to replace due to cord getting damaged, which is on me… Very sensitive pedal, & good action. Get one! Or two!!

Plugged it in and it works! There’s not much I need to say more. Very happy with this purchase.

Works great! Easily equipped to my piano and sounds amazing.

It has a good weight, and it felt amazing to me like the paddles in a grand piano. It took some time to get used to it because it’s different from the one I just started using a few days ago, but I will get used to this better one with practice. Oss!

This is a great pedal. The feel is perfect. The operation is correct, and it has a switch to change from Normally Open to Normally Closed, so it's adaptable to all keyboards.It is NOT a "half-damping" pedal. A half-damping pedal ALWAYS has 3 contacts on the plug; this one clearly has only two. If you want half-damping you need to get a pedal that explicitly claims half-damping.For gigging, especially if you need multiple pedals, there are lighter ones (I like the On-Stage pedal for my gig bag.) If weight isn't a concern this one is fine.I bought this to donate to a blues jam I frequent, and it's held up to a couple years of abuse.Failures: I've been playing keyboards for over 40 years and frankly, ALL pedals fail eventually. The old leaf springs would fail by one leaf breaking off due to repetitive use. (Gee, after only 5 or 10 years of regular use!) The current ones use carbon contacts, which can get schmutz on the contacts (especially if beer is spilled on it.) That can be fixed but it's finicky; simpler just to buy another and keep your beer away, lesson learned. For every pedal made, you will find some 1 star reviews due to this. I'm not aware of any that use optical or mercury switches that would last forever, and even if they existed I wouldn't bother paying extra.If you're a gigging pro or even a serious amateur like me, you carry an extra pedal.However, one flaw with this pedal is the strain relief on the cord as it comes out of the pedal: it's not up to pro use, sadly. (Unless they've changed it in two years or so.) I had to open it up, cut off the damaged cable, re-solder it, and add better strain relief, so that the blues jam could continue with a decent piano sustain pedal. Otherwise I'd give it 5 stars.

Works perfect, couldn’t be more happy with this sustain pedal.

Works perfectly.

I bought this sustain pedal along with the Williams Legato 88 Key-Keyboard and I am so happy with it!Most importantly it works extremely well! Sometimes, when playing piano, I may adjust my seating and when the time comes to press the sustain pedal I have moved slightly out of position to press it down fully. But the pedal picks up the signal and it sets the sustain just as I would expect from a real piano. The reason I am mentioning this is because I do know of some plastic sustain pedals for keyboards that DO NOT set the sustain unless you press that pedal all the way to the base and I do not like that. This can get you in a bad habit of "stomping" the sustain pedal which will lead to damaging the pedal and it creates a subtle but none the less audible "thud" in grand pianos. However, this pedal is forgiving and it never get's stuck in a pressed position (again, like some plastic pedals I know of)The pedal has a rubber grip that covers the whole underside to prevent from sliding and it has weight to it which is really important. When I press down on the pedal it always remains stationary and the feel/resistance from the pedal is spot on with that of a baby grand piano (which Is what I play on when I'm at my mother's home - I grew up with the instrument.) Underneath the pedal (on the base, not the pedal) there is a raised rubber stopper which prevents the pedal from every touching the plastic base. This is fantastic because you will never hear "tap" sound when pressing the pedal down all the way. It also doesn't have noisy springs inside which make a subtle crackling/popping sound when compressing and expanding. I have heard these affects on other plastic sustain pedals. This pedal is excellent quality.Not only does it feel right, it also looks fantastic. The sturdy plastic case is a nice solid black and the chrome pedal itself is just gorgeous! It is a smooth round shape at the end which I prefer - it looks really nice. It comes with a small plastic cover for the chrome portion (doesn't cover the whole thing, just the majority). It is a sturdy cover, not just a cheap and flimsy one to keep it safe during shipping, it is part of the product. It fits snugly when attached, doesn't slide and is easy to remove. I have decided to keep it on just too keep the chrome shiny for as long as possible. It is a pedal to be proud of.The cable is long (~6ft), perhaps longer that necessary for any setup I can think of but regardless; I would much rather prefer too long than too short when it comes to cables. I am sure anyone else would obviously agree. The plug is the standard 1/4 inch and it too is well made. It isn't flimsy.The only issue I experience (know before reading the rest that it may not be an issue with the pedal) is having the sustain pedal invert when I turn on the piano. This means that pedal will set it's sustain while unpressed and shut of the sustain when pressed. This only happens rarely which is strange - might happen from pressing down the pedal while powering on the keyboard but I'm not sure. Either way, It really doesn't bother me so much. If this issue occurs for you it is easily fixed by powering off the keyboard, removing the plug, putting it back in and turning the keyboard back on. However, I can't say it is even the pedal's fault because it could just as easily be the keyboard's fault (which I think is more likely and makes more sense). I just thought this would be fair to mention just in case it is the pedal.To sum it up - I can't see any other pedal performing better, feeling better or looking better than this pedal at this price or even more! It is an excellent choice! I recommend it.