OBERHEIM SYNTH

Okay, if it's a TS plug then we're very probably talking about a CV pedal
instead of an expression pedal.  I would suggest the trick I mentioned
earlier to convert a volume pedal to a CV pedal and see if that works --
you're talking a buck or two for the battery connector. 

-----Original Message-----
From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of steinbergerstyler
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 3:42 PM
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oberheim] Re: expression pedal for Matrix 6

  

I plugged a Yamaha FC7 into the Pedal 1 jack--the Matrix 6 senses it and
will transmit the appropriate CC# via midi to my computer but only for value
0-14 (i.e. out of 0-127). The pedal doesn't have any audible effect on the
Matrix patches even when programmed appropriately, which leads me to believe
it's a problem with the pedal or the Pedal 1 jack.

Is this the wrong kind of pedal? The manual says you should a standard
guitar cable for the input (i.e. TS plug?) but as far as I know all
expression pedals use TRS plugs.

Any suggestions? Anyone ever get Pedal 1 to work on the Matrix 6 or 6R)?

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"tacitron" <tacitron@...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.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
>