Kronos Foot Damper pedal

MRedZac · Post by **MRedZac** » Mon Dec 16, 2013 8:54 am

Sorry to bring this up again, but has it been confirmed, that the Yamaha FC-7 is working (or not working) with the Kronos ?

keez · Post by **keez** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 12:32 am

I'd also like this confirmed too, I was just about to order one for my Kronos and came across this thread, now I'm confused

dfahrner · Post by **dfahrner** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 5:03 am

I've been using a Yamaha FC7 with both the M3 and the KRONOS and I think it's the best pedal to use (and built like the proverbial tank, too)...you can use a Yamaha FC3 half-damper sustain pedal with the Korgs, too, but you have to either rewire the pedal or (much easier) build an adapter...see below for a couple of postings on the subject...

df
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Using Yamaha FC3 half damper pedal with Korgs

I had to modify my FC3 to use it with the KRONOS. For half-damper, the Korg pedal input looks for a variable resistance between the tip and sleeve of its two-conductor input jack, while the Yamaha has a three-conductor output plug with a 10K potentiometer connected across tip and sleeve, and the center tap connected to the ring. (For 1/4" plugs/jacks, the signal connection at the end is the "tip", ground is the "sleeve", and the second signal connection on three-conductor stereo plugs/jacks is the "ring".) I rewired the FC3 with a switch so I could use it with either Korg or Yamaha equipment; an external adapter would be easier to build.
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The easiest way to to produce an adapter, purchase:

a) stereo jack plug
b) stereo jack "in line" socket (the sort designed for use with extension leads).
c) 0.5 metre mono audio cable

Then the wiring needed is to connect (a) tip to (b) ring, and connect the two shields together
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A Yamaha FC3 half-damper pedal can be modified (or used with an adapter) to work with the M3. The signal connected to the ring of the FC3's stereo plug must be connected to the tip for the M3. The ring can be left unconnected, and the sleeve remains connected to chassis ground. You could either rewire the pedal, make a stereo jack / mono plug adapter, or (as I did) build a DPDT switch into the pedal.

Cpilot · Post by **Cpilot** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 9:00 pm

Just thought I'd mention a couple of things I posted in different threads. The only difference between the Korg pedal and the FC7 is the resistance (my FC7 is 46kohms) . The FC7 just plugged straight into the Assignable Pedal socket and worked OK. Half dampers are rather different. If you have a 10k resistance half damper pedal with Korg polarity you're OK. However, reverse polarity half dampers need to be about 1k in resistance. I know of no half dampers like this. Mine is 18k and I had to put a 1k resistor in parallel. What's worse is that half damping in EP-1 has a bug and I had to use 1.5k for that so I made up a little switch box, Normal, EP-1 and Off. Off is needed as the Kronos won't calibrate a 1k pedal.

Bryan

Gagonni · Post by **Gagonni** » Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:44 pm

panrixx wrote: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

Actually, i have DS-1H and it does not work with my Kronos X. No matter which polarity I select, no luck. I dont know what the hell is happening. The pedal works just fine on my Korg Pa3x.