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Title: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab?
Post by: Eric Barker on April 12, 2016, 12:18:05 am

I use my expression pedal A LOT, I'm a big fan of synth "wah" leads, so I use it daily. I have a Roland EV-5, but I'd love something with a lot more travel and weight/resistance, like a Crybaby. Looks like Yamaha has some beefy ones, but I think they're wired opposite of Roland/Arturia/Everyone Else. Any suggestions?

Title: Re: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab?
Post by: Tausendberg on April 13, 2016, 07:13:12 am

Well, if you wanna go a little crazy... Apparently it's possible to convert a crybaby into a midi-expression pedal.

http://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/hack-crybaby-as-expression-pedal.33526/

If you go for this, let me know how it goes please.

Title: Re: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab?
Post by: Eric Barker on April 15, 2016, 02:17:24 am

Hmmm... interesting, but I doubt I'll get around to doing this, between the expense and risk. I was more using it as an example because many guitar wah pedals are built really sturdy, with a lot more weight and resistance than expression pedals. But someone's gotta have a good expression out there with similarly good machining.

Title: Re: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab?
Post by: Tausendberg on April 19, 2016, 07:51:43 pm

Well, let us know what you find, apparently Hammond has some expensive but I have to imagine useful expression pedals.

Title: Re: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab?
Post by: Emporio on April 28, 2016, 11:09:54 pm

Go for one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-FC7-Expression-Pedal/dp/B000UJHIS8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461877779&sr=8-1&keywords=yamaha+fc+7 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-FC7-Expression-Pedal/dp/B000UJHIS8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461877779&sr=8-1&keywords=yamaha+fc+7)

I'm really pleased with mine  :)

Title: Re: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab?
Post by: Eric Barker on May 08, 2016, 12:22:49 am

Wait, Yamaha pedals work with the Keylab?! I thought their polarity was inverted or something.

Title: Re: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab?
Post by: Tausendberg on May 29, 2016, 11:33:36 pm

Hey, do you guys know if they make an expression pedal that's spring loaded?

What I mean is, you know, most expression pedals are on a pivot basically but what I'm thinking I'd want as a secondary expression pedal is a pedal that I have to apply continuous pressure to cause a spring will push it back up if I don't. I figure it might be good for manually actuated vibrato.

Title: GOOD Expression pedal to use with Keylab
Post by: Annapn on June 01, 2016, 08:28:13 pm

If you have a CP-251, you can plug the EP-3 with the switch set to Standard to the four input mixer and use the  - Out for a negative CV

Does that help?