Rhodes Chroma Polaris

> From: Thomas Rizzi [mailto:rizzitech@...] 
> 
> In doing the basic procedure, I noticed the need for the 
> pedal input to be used.
> 
> My question is - is there any differences between my Roland 
> EV-5 control pedal and the one to be used for the Chroma Polaris?

The Chroma pedal is basically a 100K variable resistor between the tip and
sleeve, driven through its full rotation by a rack and pinion. The EV-5, if
you set the Minimum Volume knob CCW and leave the ring disconnected, looks
is a 10K variable resistor between the tip and sleeve, driven through a
fraction of its rotation by a lever and connecting rod. This means you'll
only get a small fraction of the range out of it.

If you had an extra EV-5, you could probably replace the pot with perhaps a
500K one, and get it to work, but you'd have to do some experimenting to
ascertain the optimum value.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...