footswitch, expressionpedals and the voyager

carpetcrawler · Post by **carpetcrawler** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:00 pm

i know that i can plug in footswitchs into the 4 blue inputs from the voyager. how can i set up the volume per a footswitch and how can i set up my footswitch like this, that i can step trough my presets, these are my questions..

thanks!

GregAE · Post by **GregAE** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:41 am

Carpet -

Not exactly sure what you're asking here. What do you mean by "how can i set up the volume per a footswitch'?

Secondly, if you are looking for a way to use a footswitch to step through the Voyger's presets - you can't. There are no provisions for this.

Take a look at page 28 of the User Manual for descriptions of the Gate/Footswitch inputs. Should help you understand what these jacks do.

Greg

carpetcrawler · Post by **carpetcrawler** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:35 pm

thanks for your answer about the 'preset-stepping'. hmm u know ive got a wonderful expression pedal (the exp-2 from korg) and i want to use this with my voyager. on the korg m1 i primarly used it as a volume controller. and it asked myself if i can use any expression pedals with the voyager?

thebedroom · Post by **thebedroom** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:33 am

I think the korg pedal is probably a midi pedal and the voyager uses CV for its expression inputs so probably a no go. I have the moog expression pedal but I do not like it. It is not a very smooth pedal (no real flow) Does anyone here use a CV pedal they would recommend to carpetcrawler, myself and any other interested parties

Qwave · Post by **Qwave** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:14 pm

I use a real cheap foot pedal to controll the Modulation2 section. Its a simple passive one. It got a stereo 1/4" jack. And the ring of the Voyager mod sockets provide +5 volts. And the base is pf cause the ground. The tapper of the build in pot of the pedal is receiving the +5 V and lowers them to zero (=ground) for min mod. And uses the nearly un touched +5 V as max mod voltage.
Pedals like this are very common.

carpetcrawler · Post by **carpetcrawler** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:13 pm

i searched a liitle and found a good pedal, the ev-5 from roland. there's a big brother of it too the ev-7. yamaha makes too good expressionpedals.. i tink i'l go and buy something like this. sorry moog, i don't like the ep-1 there's not 'this expression' i wanted to have..