OBERHEIM SYNTH

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, Paul Cunningham <paul@...> wrote:
>
> if it doesnt take a cv pedal
>  it takes a regular switch like a sustain pedal.


Yeah, the Matrix 6 keyboard has both.

According to the manual, pedal input #2 is a momentary pedal / switch pedal.  It also functions as a trigger input.  Pedal #1 is the rocker-style or volume pedal.  (The manual does actually seem to mix up the pedal inputs in some sections, which is confusing.)

I tried my Roland EV-5 rocker pedal in pedal input #1 but could not get it to do much of anything, no matter what I programmed.  

I used a Boss momentary pedal (with switchable polarity) in input #2 and was able to get it to affect the sound as expected based on the settings in the modulation matrix of various patches.

The fact that my EV-5 pedal doesn't work in my keyboard isn't conclusive... maybe my pedal #1 jack is broken, or maybe the EV-5 hasn't got the right capacitance or polarity for what the Oberheim Matrix 6 is expecting -- though if the polarity was wrong, it just would work in the reverse fashion.  The EV-5 also has a sensitivity knob on it... adjusting it made no perceptible difference.

Unfortunately I don't have any other rocker-style pedals to try.

- t