Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Just fired up my VFX-SD to discover the "sustain" seems to be stuck
permanently on. Any notes I play stick and do not stop. 

I've tried pulling a pedal into the footswitch (usually sustain)
socket, but it makes no difference.

Anyone have any ideas? 

Is this possible one of those "keyboard design fault" problems?

Thanks!
C.

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "l2web_net" <craigt@...> wrote:
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> Just fired up my VFX-SD to discover the "sustain" seems to be stuck
> permanently on. Any notes I play stick and do not stop. 

IIRC the sustain pedal on VFX works backwards. It disconnects when you press the pedal. 
That means that without the pedal connected the plug hole at the back of your VFX should do 
the connection. A standard female 6.3 mm plug hole acts this way. But if it is old, the 
connection might be bad. Or if the connection is totally off, the plugged pedal has no effect 
at all.

I had tried one Ensoniq pedal and one generic. That explains why the
generic one freaks out the VFX. 

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Will Robinson
<dangerdangerwill@...> wrote:
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> is it an ensoniq pedal? i accidently placed my roland pedal(tip/ring
is reversed) and had a similar experience.
> 
> l2web_net <craigt@...> wrote:          Just fired up my VFX-SD to
discover the "sustain" seems to be stuck
> permanently on. Any notes I play stick and do not stop. 
> 
> I've tried pulling a pedal into the footswitch (usually sustain)
> socket, but it makes no difference.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas? 
> 
> Is this possible one of those "keyboard design fault" problems?
> 
> Thanks!
> C.
> 
> 
> 
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Thanks. I'll check that. The sustain stays stuck on whether there's a
pedal plugged in or not and no matter what type of pedal I use. That
would be consistent with a broken socket. 



--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "J Halmen" <johan.halmen@...>
wrote:
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> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "l2web_net" <craigt@> wrote:
> >
> > Just fired up my VFX-SD to discover the "sustain" seems to be stuck
> > permanently on. Any notes I play stick and do not stop. 
> 
> IIRC the sustain pedal on VFX works backwards. It disconnects when
you press the pedal. 
> That means that without the pedal connected the plug hole at the
back of your VFX should do 
> the connection. A standard female 6.3 mm plug hole acts this way.
But if it is old, the 
> connection might be bad. Or if the connection is totally off, the
plugged pedal has no effect 
> at all.
>

you could always disable the sustain pedal, set footswitch to off.

I alternate between the TS12 and VFXsd with a dual footswitch. Maybe 
only one of the contacts in the jack is busted, can you get your hands 
on a dual footswitch?