Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Definitely not. You got to find the switch itself which probably has three
contacts like so

wire 1      --------------------V                                    |
wire 2      ----------------------------------------------------     | foot
pressure                                       
                                                                     V
unconnected --------------------A                                     
     

Instead of soldering wire 1 to 'unconnected', with some good look, you can
just turn
the switch upside down: normally the upper contact is closed on rest and 
the lower conract will be closed on foot pressure. 
Turning the switch upside down jsut reverses the pressure conditions.
With my pedals this worked fine. See also message #1653.

Hans

Of course you must turn the switch inside the pedal not the pedal upside
down ;-)

 
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Betreff: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Pedal polarity switch on the SD-1


Okay.
I opened up on of my Roland pedals.

It has two wires connected to a PCB.
Would changing the wires around work for me?

--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Jonas Håkansson <jh@...> wrote:

From: Jonas Håkansson <jh@...>
Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Pedal polarity switch on the SD-1
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 7:52 AM


Hello!

This is correct. (checked it right now)

Footpedal idle: No connection.

Left pedal down: Ring to Ground connection.

Right pedal down: Top to Ground connection.

//Jonas.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Steve Wahl 
To: Ensoniq-VFX- SD@yahoogroups. com 
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 5:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX- SD] Re: Pedal polarity switch on the SD-1


On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 01:50:30PM -0000, Claus wrote:
> It's said before in some post, but the Ensoniq needs a pedal that
> switches OFF when pressed. And as Gordon said, it's easier to just get
> the right one for ~$30-50.

That didn't fit with what I remembered, so I just checked, with the
beeper continuity check setting on my meter. My dual footswitch has
NOTHING connected when at idle. When you press the right pedal, it
connects tip to sleeve. When you press the left pedal, it connects
ring to sleeve.

So I believe Claus and whoever he quotes is WRONG, and you need a
pedal that turns ON when pressed, OFF when released. 

Does anyone have first hand evidience -- something you can measure
right now, not going from memory or something you heard from someone
else -- that condradicts this?

--> Steve

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