Hobo Posted December 12, 2004 Share Posted December 12, 2004 Hi there, my 1st post here! I have a Yamaha P80 which I'm using to drive a Fantom XR. The P80 only has 1 pedal input for a sustain, but I would love 1 or 2 more for changing leslie speed, program change etc.After an extensive google search the only pedals I can find are big monsters with 10 or so pedals on them..... Does anyone make a basic midi pedal? I'm amazed that I can't find one. Thanks People! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Genske Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Hi Hobo, welcome to this amazing place I can recommend the Anatec Pocket Pedal which is a small external MIDI box where you can connect an additional pedal. Unfortunately, the Anatec company has quit some time ago and these devices are quite rare. I have one Pocket Pedal myself. Although I don't use it currently, I won't give it away There is an auction currently at eBay: http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3768053934 Maybe you can convince the German seller to sell to Scotland. Should be no big deal since we have the EU There is also an amazing guy named Tom Scarff who maintains a web site with lots of useful MIDI stuff. His "Switch and Controller MIDI Foot Pedals" could be exactly what you are looking for: http://tomscarff.tripod.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daBowsa Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Try MIDI Solutions - more specifically the Footswitch Controller for 1 pedal or the F8 if you need to hook up 8. Edit:I just found a Dual Foot Switch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted December 13, 2004 Share Posted December 13, 2004 Those products look great. In particular, the F8 - just imagine having 8 full multitimbral chords at your feet! The problem, of course, is money - for the same $$$ as a single footswitch unit fom those guys you can get the FCB1010 from Behringer (even tho it IS a "big monster pedal" lol). I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted December 14, 2004 Author Share Posted December 14, 2004 Cheers people. The anatek looks the most promising, will check that out. Midi solutions seem a bit pricey. All I really want is a damper pedal with a 5 pin din instead of a 1/4 " jack, I know it's not that simple, but I'm amazed there's no market for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fisheye Posted December 14, 2004 Share Posted December 14, 2004 I've looked into this as well some time ago. Couldn't find anything really satisfying. For controlling B4 on my laptop I bought a 5 euro mouse, dissembled it, soldered jacks on the button-connections, assembled it again and programmed a little piece of software that changed the button changes (now pedal changes) into midi-messages. Very cheap and very light solution. A laptop-less solution would be buying a Doepfer Pocket Electronics (80 Euros) and solder some jacks (or whatever) on it. Gives you 16 pedals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted December 15, 2004 Author Share Posted December 15, 2004 Excellent, that Doepfer thingy looks like just the ticket . Thanks. Also like the look of their 'suitcase' keyboards..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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