Currently there are 3 kinds of pedals usable in keyboards..

- expressions pedals
- half damper pedals
- foot switches On/OFF

Just wondering who is using which pedals?

My perfect setup would be 2 of each and 4 foot switches, but there is no Keyboard/synth having so many connections... Tough i remember some roland keyboards where you could attach an organ pedal board and use those as switches.. and Korg these days has the EC5 with 5 switches, which is awesome, but i dont think Yamaha has anything like this.

I could create a midi unit that sends the signals over Midi to the instrument, but i highly doubt how efficient this could be on the likes of Tyros and Audya. From the Audya, i know there is barely any usefull midi stuff that i can program into the performances.

It would work however on the Kronos, and maybe on the PA3x, that seems much more programable with technical features then other arrangers..

Never mind, just found the Behringer FC1010.. and a video for Tyros... seems its working.





Does anyone know any other midi solutions like this one?

You can also use a 13 note MIDI pedalboard to do a bunch of control things as well as play notes.
I have a Roland PK-5.
Lee

I have never seen anyone PLAY, SING and use a multi pedal board like this without glitches in their playing style.........
correct me or show me if I'm wrong??

I use a 5-switch pedal board every night. Usually only use 3 of the switches at most though. I always use two, one for vh on/off and the other for break/fill. I also use a dedicated sustain pedal.
Plenty of glitches, but none I can blame on the pedals.

and thats the EC5 form Korg on a Korg arranger?

I have the EC5 on my Korg, too. Any glitches here are 'pilot error'.

Show me someone playing by hand alone that never gets something wrong... LOL

I use an FC-7, mostly for Variation and Fill selection, never have to stop playing to get one, and never get it wrong. No offense, Donny, but any organ player is expected to run at LEAST 12 (usually 17-24) 'switches' (you can call them notes!) without mistake, to do the bassline.

Just because YOU can't do it, don't mean it can't be done!

and that's with singing Diki as I stated? Big difference..

and Don if you only need 3 pedals get a few boss FS5u and link them together posted? Thats korg fs5 is so light it moves all over.

I actually love the EC5. Perfect for what I do. Easy to fix it where it doesn't slide!
Also I have the option of using it for the Chord Sequencer when I want.