portlandmike Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 I recently inherited a Hammond XB-5 Organ, complete with pedalboard (XPK-25). To use the pedalboard on gigs with my Nord Electro, I was hoping to run the 13 pin pedalboard into a Roland GI-10 (to convert the signal to MIDI), but it seems to suck too much juice out of it, and the display turns off when I plug the 13 pin cable into it. Is there any simple way to use the 13-pin pedalboard with midi, or a (relatively) easy way to convert the pedalboard to having a midi output? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcS Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 If the pedalboard connects to the XB-5 the same way it does to the XK-System, the pedalboard connects to the Expression pedal and there are 2 cables in/out of the pedal. One is a MIDI cable and the other is the power to the pedalboard (I don't think it gets its power from the MIDI cable *) and expression control. You would need to figure out which wires in the Expression cable provide power to the pedalboard. You could probably follow the wires from the MIDI connector on the expression pedal to the pedalboard connection to figure out which ones they are. Try making just a MIDI connector to see if it works and if it doesn't figure out which of the other wires are the power wires. I think someone has done this kind of project before but I can't remember on which forum it was discussed. It also may have been a pedalboard for a different brand. * I don't have time to check now but I am 99% positive the pedalboard won't work if only the MIDI cable is connected to the Expression pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Åslund Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Trying using the Roland GI10 isn't a good idea, IMHO. It is made for Roland hexaphonic microphone guitar interfaces, which are aren't electronically similar to your pedal board. Just beacuse the connecter fits doesn't mean you should connect it. You might end up damaging both the GI10 and the pedal board. Too much stuff, too little time, too few gigs, should spend more time practicing...! 🙄 main instruments: Nord Stage 3 compact, Yamaha CP88, Kurzweil PC4, Viscount KeyB Legend Live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodonnell Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 The BasSyn midi controller kit lets you wire up the pedals and send midi to your synth. About $50. http://www.basyn.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=5 Duane Korg PA4x76 arranger, 1976 Yamaha CP-70 electric piano, MidiPlus X6 MIDI USB controller, Turbosound ip500 Tower Speaker System Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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