Switching between prog or comb

Vallard · Post by **Vallard** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 6:18 pm

Hi there,

I'm in a technical progressive band, and I was wondering if there's any way of switching sounds other than manually pressing a button? Surely there's a pedal I can use to cycle through programs or combinations, right? I'm starting to really need this, especially on stage!

Thanks.

kanthos · Post by **kanthos** » Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:42 pm

Get a standard damper pedal or foot switch pedal, plug it into the Foot Switch jack on the back of the TR (not the Damper/Sustain or Expression Pedal jacks), go into Global Settings, and set the global action for the pedal to Program Up.

solitary_shells · Post by **solitary_shells** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:18 pm

is there anyway to switch between sounds only using keyboard keys? just like jordan rudess did. . kinda confused seing him switching sounds with only using his lower keys on his keyboards. i wonder how to do that.

bmstylee · Post by **bmstylee** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:09 am

solitary_shells wrote:is there anyway to switch between sounds only using keyboard keys? just like jordan rudess did. . kinda confused seing him switching sounds with only using his lower keys on his keyboards. i wonder how to do that.

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he switches like kanthos said. check out the video on the korg website talking about the oasys. it is good watching too. he is amazing.

also a board that is 9k probably makes it easy. lol.

kanthos · Post by **kanthos** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:57 pm

No, in the video that solitary_shells linked in this thread, it really looks like he's using a keyboard key to do program changes. Either that or he's randomly pressing the lowest key on the keyboard for no good reason.

Still, I highly recommend the footswitch approach over anything else (well, unless you have a more complex MIDI foot controller and want to use that). You're not usually doing as much with your feet as with your hands; I say this as someone who has 4 pedals right now for my keyboard rig (switch for program change, switch to turn the rotor on/off on my Nord, expression pedal to control levels on my Korg TR and organ swell on my Nord, and a damper for sustain). I've never been so busy with my feet that I can't quickly hit the switch pedal to change programs.