Expression Pedal Woes
Posted: 06:21, 15 September 2017
So I love this keyboard, but as far as expression pedals go I've been running into this issue where the recommended pedals for this keyboard just pound dirt. The first pedal I tried was the BOSS FV-500L and it had a huge gap at the toe where the pedal was already maxed at 127, and the range where it would sweep the values just jump by 50 at a time - ridiculous.
So I ordered the recommended expression pedal (EV-5) because obviously my other one functioned as a latching switch as opposed to an expression pedal. So - same damn issue. Just as bad if not worse. What the hell Roland?! Well by this point I'm at a loss. I've tried multiple pedals, I've tried dialing them in with the potentiometers, but they are absolutely god awful and frustrating to use. Can we calibrate the expression pedals on these keyboards? Any pedals that have a wide sweep heel to toe that are well built and compatible? Somebody save me.
So I ordered the recommended expression pedal (EV-5) because obviously my other one functioned as a latching switch as opposed to an expression pedal. So - same damn issue. Just as bad if not worse. What the hell Roland?! Well by this point I'm at a loss. I've tried multiple pedals, I've tried dialing them in with the potentiometers, but they are absolutely god awful and frustrating to use. Can we calibrate the expression pedals on these keyboards? Any pedals that have a wide sweep heel to toe that are well built and compatible? Somebody save me.