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Jon_C · Joined: 03 Jul 2012 Posts: 4

Hi,

I've just bought the Korg heavy duty sustain pedal as I'm fed up of chasing the lightweight pedal included with the SV1.

However the new pedal wont unsustain when I lift my foot off.

Help! Any suggestions? Faulty pedal or just incompatable? Confused

Can anyone recommend an alternative?

I would really like to get this sorted before my next gig at the end of this month

Thanks in advance Smile

Jon

stale · Joined: 14 Apr 2011 Posts: 36 Location: Milwaukee, WI

I had the same experience and was unable to solve it. The calibration did not fix it. I am curious to see if anyone has made this work. I also do not like the included pedal. I stand when I play and it moves around and tips too much for me.
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hyogen · Joined: 01 Oct 2011 Posts: 26

yep, pretty sure the DS1h doesn't work with our Sv1. Even Korg tech support says it's supposed to work.

My sv1 didn't come with a pedal (bought on ebay) and a ds1h was sent along with it.... i thought there was something wrong with the keyboard. Bought a $15 pedal from guitar center - works perfectly Very Happy

it's not a calibration issue I don't think.. something is just not compatible.

It's stupid you can't order the actual pedal that comes with the SV1 which is a slightly different model number..

javaj · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:06 pm Post subject:

open up the pedal- the "technology" should be easy for a baby to figure out. Maybe you have some frayed wiring crossing or something.
And while you are at it- maybe change out the cabling for some cool retro red cloth guitar cable (just sayin!)
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poly800 · Joined: 27 Sep 2011 Posts: 6

The SV-1 does not support the DS1H. I did the rounds with Korg technical support in the hope I could get mine working but the upshot is that they are simply not compatible. Apparently there is no modification their engineers are aware of either. Shame - great quality pedal.

redrobin62 · Joined: 04 Sep 2012 Posts: 11

If I remember well, it has to do with the way the pedal is wired; that is, the plus and negative connections are reversed for the Korg SV-1. I had to buy a pedal from Guitar Center with reverse polarity and it works fine.

Aidan Zammit · Joined: 01 Apr 2010 Posts: 11

Has anyone solved this problem? Even the people at Korg till now have not been able to help me get a compatible CONTINUOUS (not switching) pedal.

I can confirm that the DS1H is NOT compatible with the SV1 - well, not with mine anyway...
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oy5t3h · Full Member Joined: 27 Sep 2011 Posts: 136

The pedal supplied with the SV-1 is the DS-2H.

No music stores seem to stock this pedal, but it does seem to be listed by stores selling parts - e.g. http://www.guitar-parts.com/catalog/korg-sustain-pedal-sv1-ds-2h-tas0010008.

Any pedal that is a simple switch (like the Korg PS-1) should operate as a sustain pedal but without half-pedalling. I have used a Boss FS-5U to do this. To enable half-pedalling, however, I believe that the supplied DS-2H is the only option.
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