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Hi,

Just found out that my Roland EV volume pedal is for the large part not compatible with new Kronos (if someone could confirm)?

Any recommendations?

Cheers

Matthew

My trustworthy Roland EV-5 has worked perfectly for 9 years

Hi there,

I bought the Korg EXP-2. Works perfectly since it's the one recommended by Korg.

The tip and ring connections on the EV-5 jack will need to be reversed to work on the Kronos. A small adapter cable could be made that does this.

You’ve changed the Global pedal setting, yes?

I’m a big fan of Ernie Ball pedals, I’ve been using them for over 20 years. They’re built tough, only down side is that once in a great while you’ll probably have to replace the nylon string.

tunaman wrote:You’ve changed the Global pedal setting, yes?

that's the step.

Global/controllers.

Foot pedal assign

The cc I use is expression. Master volume works, too.

Write Global setting

Works perfect over here. No re-engineering on my EV-5

OK. Unmodified, the Roland EV-5 pedal will work with the Kronos, but the signal levels generated internally in the Kronos, as pedal position is varied, will be very different to the levels obtained when the Tip and Ring jack connections are reversed. The link below shows these levels plotted, based on calculations that take the expression potentiometer to be a 10k linear type. Most of the pedal effect, when using the unmodified pedal, occurs in the first 10% of pedal travel, whereas the signal changes linearly with pedal travel after reversing the Tip and Ring connections.

https://app.box.com/s/9wuv4f0dfg0bzsheefguvtyuicfjdn5k
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thanks for the replies everyone,

for the uninformed like myself (kronos 10 days old), what I am reading is that the EV5 will work but only to an extent.

I stumbled across this when I tried to replicate the effects in this video, with resulting in a more high pitched noise. Possible not having the appropriate pedal?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1fppaL3eBU

Also, with the EV-5 pedal as it is, the Min Vol control on the pedal must be set to the absolute minimum, as even a 1% change from minimum reistance will result in an expression value of around 65 (maximum value is 127). The high pitched nature to your wah effect suggests this is indeed happening.

A cable such as the one below can easily be modified by unscrewing the jack outer sleeve and swapping the tip and ring wire connections using a soldering iron. If you're not comfortable with soldering, ask someone who is familar with the technique required.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-3mm-Stereo ... hHew_EsulA

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Again, really appreciate your answer.

I think the easiest thing for me to do is bite the bullet and buy this pedal

https://www.gear4music.com/Keyboards-an ... 0tEALw_wcB

Matthew1971 wrote:I think the easiest thing for me to do is bite the bullet and buy this pedal

Yep. Simple and it will work for sure since it's the pedal for the Kronos.

Get a Moog EP-3 Expression Pedal.
The polarity switch ensures compatibility with many products.

Also consider the Yamaha FC-7. Good price and build quality. And it works straight out of the box on a Kronos!

Also consider the Yamaha FC-7. Good price and build quality. And it works straight out of the box on a Kronos!