Nektar NP-1 Metal Foot Switch/Sustain Pedal, 3.07 x 1.77 x 6.81 inches

I first bought the NP-1, since I needed a sustain pedal for my Alesis VI-49. It works great but it's really light and goes sliding all over the place. It really works better as an ON/OFF switch and not something to be articulated. It also takes some decent force to press down, so I found myself using the ball of my foot rather than my toes. The construction is really solid, though, so I'm confident in Nektar's quality. The NP-1 just doesn't have much of a use right now in my setup, but I'll keep it around just in case. So I went ahead and picked up the NP-2. This is a GREAT no-nonsense pedal. It's nice and hefty and stays in place even on the short pile rug beneath my desk. Nice durable rubber pad all along the bottom. I can't speak to the lifespan of the pedal as I've only had it for 24 hours, but my first impression is that it will last a long time. And hey, it's $20 bucks. If it breaks I'll just get a new one. (The big NP-2 also has a polarity switch, which the little NP-1 lacks. I can make the little one "work" as a sustain pedal but I have to power up my keyboard in a certain way to get the right polarity. Having a switch just gets rid of that minor headache, and when it comes to playing & creating music, the less headaches the better!) Speaking of price, do yourself a favor: Unless you REALLY need a tiny pedal, just grab the NP-2 instead of the NP-1. It's only five bucks more but you're getting ten times the quality and usefulness. Or get both, and return the one you don't like! :) (UNRELATED NOTE: To any person who is going through a hard time right now, try your best to remember that life is only a ride. Take it easy on yourself, take it easy on other people. Earth can be a harsh place to live, but we can help each other if we forget what makes us different and remember what makes us similar. We live moment to moment, and if you can make it through this day, that's actually quite a victory. Close your eyes and breathe. We're here until we're not.)

Works well, solid metal build should be gig worthy, good size, I have used it as a piano expression pedal as well as a MIDI trigger to start my looper in Ableton, I was considering attaching to my pedalboard, the bottom is just a rubber pad you could easily replace with hook and loop tape. Only thing that may be a pro or con depending is the cable is attached and only 6 foot long. This may be convent for some to not have to worry about needing an extra cable if you are using as a sustain pedal with a keyboard 6 foot should be appropriate.... However if you want to use this to trigger MIDI (eg: to loop a bass or guitar ) you may want to place it further then 6 foot from your controller in witch case you will be tethered to your controller and may not be ideal for stage. I wish I could give 4 1/2 stars because of the length limitations, but the product is good and works as advertised so I'm going 5 I would just prefer it if you could use your own cable of choice. With all that said I also purchased the M-Audio version and they are IDENTICAL with the exception of the brand name on the rubber!!!

I was brought up on piano, and have played on and off since the 1940s. I dabbled with electronic keyboards in the early 1990s, but at that time used one of those clicky footswitches as a sustain pedal. I'm starting again, with a Roland RD-700 stage piano, and wanted to get a real pedal this time. The Nektar fills the bill. It feels like a piano pedal, and the result is a good sound. That should be enough, but I'd like to compliment the NP-2 on a few things that could be issues. Let me express disagreement with the reviewer who said it doesn't work on a carpet. My living room has a carpet -- rather thick, in fact -- and I was worried about this. I shouldn't have worried. It works fine on my carpet. The polarity switch is a big plus here. The RD-700 requires a polarity just the opposite of what I expected. In fact, my old clicky footswitch was an inverse sustain; it sustained without the pedal, and dropped the sustain when I pressed it. Couldn't fix it for that pedal, but it was routine and easy with the Nektar; just throw the built-in switch. I can't comment on durability. I haven't had this for long enough. It is going to stay in the living room home studio, so I don't expect any problem. It's not like I'm touring or gigging out with it. If it fails, its durability will be have to be very poor indeed. BTW, I got two of them. My son has the other, and his kids, my grandkids, will be learning on a Yamaha electronic piano using it. Knowing the twins, it better be durable. :) Bottom line: I'm very happy with my purchase.

For the price, this is exactly what I wanted and was expecting. Its well built, not too light not too hard to press. I have to get used to it being a slight bit harder to press than my old one since I’m used to the piano style sustain pedals but that’s just a personal problem. It does come with a polarity switch for those wondering. Edit: So it’s been a little over a year sense I wrote my first review of this product, so I feel I’ve gotten a better feel and understanding of it now. I’m completely used to the feeling of pressing the pedal down, so that feels good. My only real complaint about the pedal after using it for a year is, not even 3-4 months of using it, I already had problems with it not functioning every single time I pushed it down. This is incredibly frustrating because it forces my brain to always second guess whether I’m actually going to get a sustain or not, and that’s just one other thing I’m having to think about while playing. I’m sure there is a quick fix for this, but I believe a good product is one where the consumer shouldn’t have to fix it every 3 months 🤷🏻‍♂️ If I could go back and buy a slightly more expensive pedal that I knew would last a little longer, I would. That being said, this pedal is pretty cheap. Overall, I’m gonna lower my rating from 5 to 4 stars because other than those hiccups I experience every now and then, it is a good pedal.

I purchased the Nektar NP-2 foot switch to add a left pedal to my Kawai MP7 stage piano which came only with a Kawai F-10H sustain right pedal. The Nektar NP-2 pedal is highly rated, reasonably priced, and seems very well built. It is hefty and does not slip on my low pile carpet. On the MP7, the added left pedal can be configured to act as a soft pedal, switch between setups, turn metronome on/off, and control many other functions.

I bought this to use with a Korg Microkey Air MIDI controller. I have a whole studio full of similar foot pedals, and I would rank this among the best of them -- nice solid design, stays put on a hard surface or carpet, has the right amount of resistance to pedal motion, and is nicely silent. The switch to select between the normally closed versus normally open configuration is recessed on the bottom, and makes it an easy choice to use with any keyboard that uses a switch to control sustain, sostenuto, or una corda.

This is a very nice pedal and is comparable to my Yamaha sustain pedal.

Nice sturdy pedal with a polarity switch, meaning that is can be used by most if not all electrical Keyboards. The rubber base helps to increase friction between the pedal and the floor. Mine is on a polished wooden floor, and it does not move the entire time I play it.