Kronos Foot Damper pedal

sparkie · Post by **sparkie** » Mon May 23, 2011 3:25 am

I have a Damper foot pedal for a Yamaha... will this work on the Kronos? I thought I read somewhere that you had to reverse the wires or something...

blackdogmusic · Post by **blackdogmusic** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:33 am

If it's anything like the M3 you should be able to reverse the polarity in the global section of the system software without having to rewire your pedal. The pedal will work fine, but does not support half dampering used on some programs.

I use a Roland damper on my M3 for now and works fine. I believe if you search the manual for "Damper Polarity" you should be able to find how to do this.

Regards

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Mon May 23, 2011 6:36 am

You just switch the pedal polarity in Global section.

sparkie · Post by **sparkie** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:16 pm

Thanks.. easy enough fix..

sparkie · Post by **sparkie** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:53 am

I switched the polarity and it still doesnt work.. so much for that.....

MartinHines · Post by **MartinHines** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:03 am

sparkie wrote:I switched the polarity and it still doesnt work.. so much for that.....

What exactly happens? It should work if you change the Global polarity setting, then "save" that setting.

Are you saying there is no sustain at all when the pedal is pressed or not pressed?

sparkie · Post by **sparkie** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:23 am

MartinHines wrote:
sparkie wrote:I switched the polarity and it still doesnt work.. so much for that.....
What exactly happens? It should work if you change the Global polarity setting, then "save" that setting.

Are you saying there is no sustain at all when the pedal is pressed or not pressed?

I tried both + and - and then saved each setting and it doesnt sustain at all.. The pedal worked fine on my Motif..

Do you have to reboot maybe for the setting to take effect?

taurgo Production · Post by **taurgo Production** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:44 am

I have a Mgear foot pedal and everything time i hold it down when recording it miss the
the 1st bar why is that?

Randelph · Post by **Randelph** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 7:35 am

There are 2 types of Yamaha damper pedals-

The Yamaha FC4 is a standard sustain pedal, 1/4" tip/sleeve. Will work on virtually any keyboard. It's basically on/off for sustain.

The FC3 is twice as pricey and has half-damper capability, doing a sweep pedal sustain from full to gradually less. It has a 1/4" tip/ring/sleeve. It does NOT work on my M3 no matter what the polarity is switched to.
"About as close as you can get to natural sustain, the FC3 offers continuous sustain performing exactly as an acoustic piano would."

The Korg equivalent of the FC3 is even pricier and has a 1/4" tip/sleeve plug.

Randy

dangerousdave · Post by **dangerousdave** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 8:07 am

The FC3 ... does NOT work on my M3 no matter what the polarity is switched to.

I picked up a used Korg DS-1H for next to nothing, and I've tried it with both my Yamahas, without success. I was thinking I'd bought a dud, but your experience of incompatibility gives me a glimmer of hope that it might work with the Kronos when it arrives.

panrixx · Post by **panrixx** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 10:54 am

It should do, and I hope it does, as that is the pedal I have ordered for my pre-ordered K88

dangerousdave · Post by **dangerousdave** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:01 am

Sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that the DS-1H might not compatible with the Kronos - I was just worried that my one might be faulty. I expected it to work (though obviously not with half damper) on my other keyboards, so I was a bit concerned when it had no effect whatsoever.

When Randelph said that the FC3 didn't work with his M3 (though on re-reading, he might just be referring to half damper), it gave me some hope that it's compatibility with my Yamaha boards that is the issue, rather than a faulty pedal.

panrixx · Post by **panrixx** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:05 am

If you look at the Kronos specification on the Korg.com site you will see that the DS-1H is shown as an option, so it should be good to go

sparkie · Post by **sparkie** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:40 pm

Thanks Randelph, yes I have the FC3 which doesnt work.. ..and after looking I need the DS1H.

EXer · Post by **EXer** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:55 pm

Randelph wrote:The FC3 [...] has a 1/4" tip/ring/sleeve.

[The DS1H] has a 1/4" tip/ring plug.

Interesting information. I didn't know that half dampers or continuous dampers didn't have standard hardware specs.

Btw, the Roland DP-10 has a TRS plug, so I guess it's not compatible with Korgs either.