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If you only have one === System Menu Settings ===Pages 5 - 10 cover how expression pedals or footswitches behave. Pedals 1 and 2 cover the two inputs on the back of the KPA, while Pedals 3 - 6 refer to inputs on the official Kemper remote. The setup done here is simply mapping the pedal, you can still use it 's anolog input to do both that appropriate MIDI CC # (1 for wah , 7 for volume, 4 for pitch, and 73 for monitor volume with some [[Kemper KPA External Control#Expression Pedals/Footswitches|additional setup]]).
Pedal Type refers Note: if you only have one expression pedal, you can still use it to the polarity of the control wah, volume, and pitch with some additional [[#MIDI Assignments and Settings|MIDI setup below]]. The KPA is actually very smart about this, and you don't really ever need more than one expression pedal - type 1 is the normal type (Roland), while type 2 is reversed (Yamaha)unless you like to have dedicated pedals, or have your wah/pitch with a spring in it to push it back to heel position, or do some crazy stuff where you jump between pedals.
This is also where you would come '''Pedal Type''' refers to calibrate a new the '''polarity''' of the expression pedal- type 1 is the normal type (Roland), or after updating your KPA's firmware/OS. You simply press the button then do a full sweepwhile type 2 is reversed (Yamaha).
=== Remote Display ===Page 11 has some features similar This is also where you would come to '''calibrate''' a new pedal, or after updating your KPA's firmware/OS. You simply press the button then do a full sweep. ''Be sure to calibrate any pedal that you add to pages 1 dealing with the LCD display on KPA or after you update the official Kemper remoteKPA's firmware/OS.''
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The KPA has extensive, intuitive support for external controllers, and some products are made specifically for control of the KPA. The three main types of control are analog expression pedals/footswitches, MIDI, and the Kemper remoteRemote.
== External Expression Pedals/Footswitches ==The KPA has 2 stereo jacks on the back of the unit that can be connected to expression pedals or footswitches. Expression pedals should be stereo and connected with a stereo cable. Footswitches can be mono or stereo. There are several places to set up your analog pedal or footswitch. On the [[Kemper KPA System and Rig Settings#External Expression Pedal/Footswitch Setup|System menu pages 5 - 6]]Additionally, you can specify what kind of device is connected and what it should control. Really, you are setting what it should act as - the KPA will map its input up to a MIDI CC parameter. What the pedal (as well as the corresponding MIDI CC) controls is a bit more flexible, dependent on which effects are enabled, as well as "linking" settings on [[Kemper KPA System and Rig Settings#MIDI Assignments and Settings|page 14 of the System menu]]. On [[Kemper KPA System and Rig Settings#Expression Pedal Settings|page ? of the Rig menu]], you can set additional per-rig settings for the pedal's range. Note, if you link a wah pedal to volume, when you disable a wah effect on a rig, the pedal will not begin to control volume until you put it fully in the toe position - this prevents a jump in volume if your wah pedal is not in toe position when you turn it off. Similarly, if wah is linked to pitch, when you disable wah/enable pitch, the pedal will not begin to affect the pitch until it is brought fully to the heel position, again to prevent the pitch jumping on the transition. === Pedal Calibration ===Be sure to calibrate any pedal that you add to the KPA or after you update the KPA's firmware/OS. You can find that setting in [[Kemper KPA System and Rig Settings#External Expression Pedal/Footswitch Setup|pages 5 - 10 of the System menu]]. == System/Rig Menu Settings ===== External Expression Pedal/Footswitch Setup ===Pages 5 - 10 cover how 4 expression pedals or footswitches behave. Pedals 1 and 2 cover the two inputs on the back of the KPA, while Pedals 3 - 6 refer can be connected to inputs on the official Kemper remote. The Kemper also accepts MIDI CC messages to control its various parameters. In fact, the setup done here is simply mapping the pedal's anolog input to that appropriate MIDI CC # (1 for wah, 7 for volume, 4 for pitch, and 73 for monitor volume)Remote.
=== MIDI Assignments and Settings ===
* Location - this refers to a volume pedal's placement in the signal chain. Since a dedicated volume pedal doesn't require an effect slot like wah wah or pitch (whammy), you use this parameter to set where it should affect the signal.
* Range - this refers to whether the volume pedal should boost when moving from heel position to toe position (when set to right of center) or cut when moving from toe to heel position (when set left of center)
== Expression Pedals/Footswitches ==
There are several places to set up your analog pedal or footswitch. On the [[Kemper KPA System and Rig Settings#External Expression Pedal/Footswitch Setup|System menu pages 5 - 6]], you can specify what kind of device is connected and what it should control. Really, you are setting what it should act as - the KPA will map its input to a MIDI CC parameter. What the pedal (as well as the corresponding MIDI CC) controls is a bit more flexible, dependent on which effects are enabled, as well as "linking" settings on [[Kemper KPA System and Rig Settings#MIDI Assignments and Settings|page 14 of the System menu]]. On [[Kemper KPA System and Rig Settings#Expression Pedal Settings|page ? of the Rig menu]], you can set additional per-rig settings for the pedal's range.
Note, if you link a wah pedal to volume, when you disable a wah effect on a rig, the pedal will not begin to control volume until you put it fully in the toe position - this prevents a jump in volume if your wah pedal is not in toe position when you turn it off. Similarly, if wah is linked to pitch, when you disable wah/enable pitch, the pedal will not begin to affect the pitch until it is brought fully to the heel position, again to prevent the pitch jumping on the transition.