M-AUDIO SP-2 Universal Sustain Pedal with Piano Style Action For MIDI Keyboards, Digital Pianos and More

There are so many affordable sustain pedals that are just so cheesy. These are built like tanks, extremely sturdy. And the nice heavy piano-style pedal action makes control so comfortable and natural. The oldest one I have is about 15 years old and it works perfectly. Also the polarity switch ensures it'll work with any device with a 1/4" TS sustain jack. I highly recommend this for anything that has a 'sustain'/'hold' port.

This pedal has been working great for me! I play a lot of different gigs with it and it's been holding up very well. I love that it has good traction too. My old pedal sometimes would slip while I was playing it on certain floors but I haven't had any issues with this one. The feel is super nice - I'd say it has the same resistance as an acoustic piano. It also is a very quiet pedal which is super important for me since I record a lot of videos on keyboard and don't like it when pedal clicking sounds get through. Very sturdy little pedal and I'm sure it will last a long time!

I really like this Universal Sustain Pedal. It has a nice, piano-style feel, responds smoothly, and works well with my digital piano. The build quality overall is solid. However, the grip on the bottom definitely needs improvement. It’s always slippery on my carpet, and I have to stop frequently to reposition it. Better traction would make a huge difference. Overall, it’s a good pedal with great functionality, but the lack of stability on carpet holds it back.

This pedal is very good, I can’t really say a lot about it, except for it feels great and it does its job perfectly 😊

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.

I purchased this to use with the Roland Jupiter-X synthesizer, and it completely changes the functionality of it. For the price, totally worth it.

It works great!! I've been playing piano since I was three and I've had multiple digital keyboards and I've always just used the sustain pedal that comes with the digital keyboard... This is above and beyond amazing!!

I bought the M-Audio SP-2 Universal Sustain Pedal for my Casio CTK-2550, and I can say without exaggeration that it completely transformed how my keyboard sounds and feels. This is one of those accessories that doesn’t seem exciting until you use it — and then you realize you were missing half the instrument the entire time. Before this pedal, everything I played sounded flat, clipped, and unnatural no matter how carefully I phrased it. The moment I plugged this in, the difference was immediate and dramatic. Notes finally flowed into each other the way they’re supposed to. Chords had body. Melodies could breathe. Sustain stopped being something you imagined and became something you could control. I tested it right away on “Interstellar” and “Breathe Me” by Sia, and those songs are the perfect stress test for a sustain pedal. Without proper sustain, they completely fall apart — the emotion disappears, the transitions feel abrupt, and the music loses its cinematic quality. With this pedal, those same passages suddenly worked. The crescendos landed, the decays felt intentional, and the songs finally sounded the way they’re meant to be played. It genuinely makes or breaks them. One of the most important reasons this pedal works so well — and something I don’t think people talk about enough — is the polarity switch. This is a must-have feature, especially for Casio keyboards like the CTK-2550. Different keyboards interpret sustain pedals differently, and without a polarity switch, you can end up with a pedal that works backwards — meaning notes sustain when your foot is off the pedal and cut out when you press it. That’s not just annoying; it’s completely unusable and will drive you insane. The SP-2 has a polarity switch, which means it works correctly and immediately with the Casio once set properly. No guessing, no weird behavior, no troubleshooting for hours. One quick switch and you’re good. Build quality is another major reason this pedal stands out. It feels like a real piano pedal, not a cheap button pretending to be one. The pedal has weight to it, a smooth piano-style action, and a solid resistance underfoot. It doesn’t feel mushy or clicky — it feels controlled and expressive, which actually matters when you’re trying to play dynamically. The rubberized bottom is also a big plus. It stays put on the floor instead of sliding away mid-song, even during heavier footwork. That stability makes a difference when you’re focused on playing and not thinking about chasing a pedal across the room. A few practical notes that helped ensure everything worked perfectly: • Make sure your keyboard is turned off before plugging the pedal into the sustain jack. • Plug the pedal in first, then turn the keyboard on — this helps the Casio detect the pedal correctly. • Flip the polarity switch if sustain behavior feels reversed. Once set up, it’s completely seamless. Yes, it costs more than the ultra-cheap pedals, but this is one of those cases where the difference is absolutely justified. This feels like a long-term piece of gear, not a disposable accessory. If you care at all about expressiveness, phrasing, or recreating emotionally driven pieces, this is not optional — it’s essential. Bottom line: if you’re playing a digital keyboard and want your music to sound full, connected, and emotionally convincing, the M-Audio SP-2 is worth every dollar. I wouldn’t play without it now.

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Es un buen pedal la verdad, no me ha fallado nunca, ya tiene dos años que lo compré, compré otro más para otro teclado ya que la calidad de este pedal es muy buena, no se desliza y trae para invertir polaridad, muy bueno, 10/10

Buon prodotto. Funziona ed a costi adeguati. Si presenta bene, robusto e funzionale. Il cavo è abbastanza lungo per arrivare anche ad una tastiera collocata in alto in un multisupporto. Non è leggero ma se la superficie non ha gran grip può a volte tendere a scivolare. Nel caso aumentare grip sotto.