Yamaha FC7 expression pedal - Does it work?

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Calhoun
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Yamaha FC7 expression pedal - Does it work?

Post by Calhoun » Wed Aug 09, 2006 6:19 pm

I'm looking for a pedal to control my MF-102. I've heard bad things about the moog pedals, and very good things about the Yamaha FC7. However, I've found conflicting posts on this forum as to whether it will work with the moogerfoogers. At least one person said that only a small part of the pedal's range actually affects the moog.

If you have used one of these, would you let me know how well it worked for you? And if it doesn't work well, have you found anything that does?

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Post by Duke Foog » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:22 pm

check out the boss fv-500h. just got it a couple of weeks ago and it works great. don't know about the yamaha

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Post by Brian G » Wed Aug 09, 2006 9:42 pm

The Yamaha works pretty well, also the Roland EV5

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Post by eric coleridge » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:08 pm

The Mooger expression pedal works great and it's pretty cheap. The plastic used on it feels very light and I could understand if someone might think it was flimsy, or not very durable. But in my experience, it holds up just fine, despite it's light construction.

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Post by Impossible Sound » Wed Aug 09, 2006 10:39 pm

The fc7 works fine with MoogerFoogers. It's metal and rubber and is much more durable than the Roland or Moog pedals, but all work just fine as long as you're not beating on it. They're all about the same price.

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Post by SYL » Sun Aug 13, 2006 6:03 am

Do these work with foogers ??
BOSS FV-500L /FV-300L
Behringer FCV100?

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Post by godzilla » Sun Aug 13, 2006 7:23 am

what about the foot switch, is it possible to use other brands or does the s-trig v-trig thing stuff that up

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volume pedal as exp pedal ... clarification, please

Post by cpt nevo » Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:32 pm

i tried to test my ernie ball volume pedal with the exp pedal section of my 104sd. i used an instrument cable split to 2 1/4" mono. i didn't get a full range of effect, though. more like 2-7.5 rather than 0-10.

could be that i replaced the string in my eb volume and don't get the range i think i'm getting when used as a volume pedal.

has anyone else epxerienced this problem with the eb volume as exp pedal?

and what about with the yamaha fc-7?

thanks.

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Post by asd » Tue Aug 22, 2006 7:42 pm

nevo,
I use an Ernieball VP Jr with my sd, no problems with the overall range (I'm pretty sure I get a full 0-10 though I haven't rigorously tested it). The only issue for me is that it's exponential and not linear so the last 10% of the pedal sweep controls the majority of the range.

I'm using one of the Hosa, stereo-y cables (stereo jack on one end, two mono jacks on the other).

Now that I'm thinking, make sure that you have the correct mono jacks plugged into the input and output of the volume pedal, ring to the in and sleeve to the out (I think? try both ways though). I've switched them before and had a problem like what you're describing

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Expression pedal? What am I doing wrong?

Post by yowzer » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:15 am

Hi,

I'm trying to use a new LIne 6 Expression pedal and nothing happens on any of my 'Foogers. For example, tried to use it to sweep the resonance on the 103, but nothing...It works when I plug it inot the KB Gate jack of the LP, but nowhere else.

Is there a fundamental concept I am missing here? Thanks

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Re: Expression pedal? What am I doing wrong?

Post by OysterRock » Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:26 am

yowzer wrote:Hi,

I'm trying to use a new LIne 6 Expression pedal and nothing happens on any of my 'Foogers. For example, tried to use it to sweep the resonance on the 103, but nothing...It works when I plug it inot the KB Gate jack of the LP, but nowhere else.

Is there a fundamental concept I am missing here? Thanks
The Line 6 pedals don't work the same way the moogerfooger pedals do. Try one of the other pedals mentioned in this thread.

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