Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I am having problems getting the foot switch to work.  I am using a 
single pedal, generic Roland footswitch.  When it is inserted into 
the footswitch jack, any note is held indefinitely until the 
footswitch is depressed. (Exactly the OPPOSITE of what needs to 
happen).  Any ideas out there?  I have looked for an Ensoniq 
footswitch, but can't find one.  Please help!!

The Roland and Yamaha footswitches are reversed polarity.  You should find 
any number of pedals with the Korg, Kurzweil, Alesis, etc. polarity that 
should work.  Fort

Frank Fortunato
OM International Music Director
Coordinator, International Worship and Arts Network

Fatar or Music Products Inc. CVP-1/10 (normally open) or 1/25 (switchable, in 
case you have different brand equipment requiring different gender)

Cheers
Mike Nelson
Manicmaestro@...

At 06:08 PM 1/26/01, you wrote:
>Fatar or Music Products Inc. CVP-1/10 (normally open) or 1/25 (switchable, in
>case you have different brand equipment requiring different gender)
>
>Cheers
>Mike Nelson
>Manicmaestro@...
>
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I'll back this up, I have a 1/25 and it works just fine with the SD1. Also, 
bear in mind that the VFX/SD series supports a dual footswitch, and if you 
can find one, the 2-20 or 2-25 will be a good buy (they do exist, but they 
can be VERY hard to track down)

If you are handy, and you don't want to use the pedal for another 
keyboard, you can open up the footswith and reverse the 2 wires.  
You many have to solder them - you can pick a soldering iron for 
under $10, and make sure to buy good quality solder.

I actually took my ensoniq foot switch, and replaced the mechanism 
with a microswitch (get one from digikey.com) with normally open and 
normally closed contacts.  With a brand new wire, I made a Y where I 
wired the common and NO contact to one wire to 1/4 inch jack, and 
the NC and common contact to another wire with 1/4 inch jack.  

BTW, all the ensoniq footswitch has in it (at least the one that 
came with my EPS) is a spring loaded wire and a fixed wire.  When 
you press the pedal, the spring loaded wire touches the fixed wire.  
Cheap and dirty, but it works.  Mine finally wore out after 10 
years, and that is why I replaced it with a microswitch.
Good Luck!

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, beulahland2000@h... wrote:
> I am having problems getting the foot switch to work.  I am using 
a 

> single pedal, generic Roland footswitch.  When it is inserted into 
> the footswitch jack, any note is held indefinitely until the 
> footswitch is depressed. (Exactly the OPPOSITE of what needs to 
> happen).  Any ideas out there?  I have looked for an Ensoniq 
> footswitch, but can't find one.  Please help!!

Swapping wires in the footswitch w o u l d work if there are both normally
open and normally closed contacts in the switch itself. Never opened one up
to see.

Spend some more money and get a thermostatically controlled soldering
station. even if you don't do that much tinkering, it is so worth it just to
cut the number of frustrations. I've had my Ungar so long I don't remember
what I paid for it. Weller is a good brand too.

Trouble with the 'pen' irons is they overheat and your solder instantly
blobs away from where you want it and globs on the tip. Then you have to
unplug the thing and wait for it to cool down so you can clean the tip and
start over...til it overheats again...

Become a weekly pest at the buy-sell-trade stores and eventually you';ll
find a switchable gender pedal. Mine is a Music Products (Fatar) MP-25. The
switch is tuckrd away in the underside. I was right place/right time and got
it for $5.  <rare gloat>

Good luck
Mike Nelson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "miller863" <miller864@...>
To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:02 AM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Foot Switch Problems! HELP!!!


> If you are handy, and you don't want to use the pedal for another
> keyboard, you can open up the footswith and reverse the 2 wires.
> You many have to solder them - you can pick a soldering iron for
> under $10, and make sure to buy good quality solder.
>
> I actually took my ensoniq foot switch, and replaced the mechanism
> with a microswitch (get one from digikey.com) with normally open and
> normally closed contacts.  With a brand new wire, I made a Y where I
> wired the common and NO contact to one wire to 1/4 inch jack, and
> the NC and common contact to another wire with 1/4 inch jack.
>
> BTW, all the ensoniq footswitch has in it (at least the one that
> came with my EPS) is a spring loaded wire and a fixed wire.  When
> you press the pedal, the spring loaded wire touches the fixed wire.
> Cheap and dirty, but it works.  Mine finally wore out after 10
> years, and that is why I replaced it with a microswitch.
> Good Luck!
>
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, beulahland2000@h... wrote:
> > I am having problems getting the foot switch to work.  I am using
> a
> > single pedal, generic Roland footswitch.  When it is inserted into
> > the footswitch jack, any note is held indefinitely until the
> > footswitch is depressed. (Exactly the OPPOSITE of what needs to
> > happen).  Any ideas out there?  I have looked for an Ensoniq
> > footswitch, but can't find one.  Please help!!
>
>
>
>
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I use both a thermostatically controlled Weller soldering station (at work)
and a Weller WP35 pencil iron (at home).  The WP35 is a 35-watt iron, and
I've never had a problem with it in the 10 or so years I've had it.  Of
course, it is important to keep the tip clean, and replace it every so
often.  This is true of the soldering station, too.  In other words, good
technique, as you know, goes a long way towards a successful solder joint.

-Geren

on 1/10/04 11:10 PM, Mike Nelson at tuneful4@... wrote:

> Swapping wires in the footswitch w o u l d work if there are both normally
> open and normally closed contacts in the switch itself. Never opened one up
> to see.
> 
> Spend some more money and get a thermostatically controlled soldering
> station. even if you don't do that much tinkering, it is so worth it just to
> cut the number of frustrations. I've had my Ungar so long I don't remember
> what I paid for it. Weller is a good brand too.
> 
> Trouble with the 'pen' irons is they overheat and your solder instantly
> blobs away from where you want it and globs on the tip. Then you have to
> unplug the thing and wait for it to cool down so you can clean the tip and
> start over...til it overheats again...
> 
> Become a weekly pest at the buy-sell-trade stores and eventually you';ll
> find a switchable gender pedal. Mine is a Music Products (Fatar) MP-25. The
> switch is tuckrd away in the underside. I was right place/right time and got
> it for $5.  <rare gloat>
> 
> Good luck
> Mike Nelson
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "miller863" <miller864@...>
> To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 11:02 AM
> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Foot Switch Problems! HELP!!!
> 
> 
>> If you are handy, and you don't want to use the pedal for another
>> keyboard, you can open up the footswith and reverse the 2 wires.
>> You many have to solder them - you can pick a soldering iron for
>> under $10, and make sure to buy good quality solder.
>> 
>> I actually took my ensoniq foot switch, and replaced the mechanism
>> with a microswitch (get one from digikey.com) with normally open and
>> normally closed contacts.  With a brand new wire, I made a Y where I
>> wired the common and NO contact to one wire to 1/4 inch jack, and
>> the NC and common contact to another wire with 1/4 inch jack.
>> 
>> BTW, all the ensoniq footswitch has in it (at least the one that
>> came with my EPS) is a spring loaded wire and a fixed wire.  When
>> you press the pedal, the spring loaded wire touches the fixed wire.
>> Cheap and dirty, but it works.  Mine finally wore out after 10
>> years, and that is why I replaced it with a microswitch.
>> Good Luck!
>> 
>> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, beulahland2000@h... wrote:
>>> I am having problems getting the foot switch to work.  I am using
>> a
>>> single pedal, generic Roland footswitch.  When it is inserted into
>>> the footswitch jack, any note is held indefinitely until the
>>> footswitch is depressed. (Exactly the OPPOSITE of what needs to
>>> happen).  Any ideas out there?  I have looked for an Ensoniq
>>> footswitch, but can't find one.  Please help!!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>> 
>> To visit your group on the web, go to:
>>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ensoniq-VFX-SD/
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