Does anyone know of a single pedal that is capable of controlling the volume of 2 keyboards?
Thanks.
Thanks.
1 Volume Pedal, 2 Keyboards
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happyrat1
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Two options here.
You could use the Boss FV-500L stereo volume pedal using both keyboards in mono mode and running each one's output thru one of the stereo channels.
http://www.amazon.com/Boss-FV-500L-Volume-Pedal-Impedence/dp/B001NH87MC
Or you could use something like the Behringer FCB-1010 Fotto Controller Pedalboard to control the MIDI volume parameters directly and not have to screw around with rewiring your outputs.
http://www.amazon.com/BEHRINGER-MIDI-FOOT-CONTROLLER-FCB1010/dp/B000CZ0RK6
The Boss is a quick and dirty solution while the Behringer requires a bit of programming but is much more elegant.
Either way it's your call,
Gary...
You could use the Boss FV-500L stereo volume pedal using both keyboards in mono mode and running each one's output thru one of the stereo channels.
http://www.amazon.com/Boss-FV-500L-Volume-Pedal-Impedence/dp/B001NH87MC
Or you could use something like the Behringer FCB-1010 Fotto Controller Pedalboard to control the MIDI volume parameters directly and not have to screw around with rewiring your outputs.
http://www.amazon.com/BEHRINGER-MIDI-FOOT-CONTROLLER-FCB1010/dp/B000CZ0RK6
The Boss is a quick and dirty solution while the Behringer requires a bit of programming but is much more elegant.
Either way it's your call,
Gary...
As a possible third option, if your mixer has an effects loop, you could run a volume pedal through there.
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Purchase (or make) a female 1/4" TRS to two male 1/4" TRS splitter. I've used this solution with every k/b I've owned w/o incident. So one pedal will control the volume of two k/b's simultaneously but not independently. Here's an example of the concept.
http://www.zzounds.com/item--HOSYPP308?siid=134301&gclid=CPCp8ebB-8ICFWVp7AodMVAAAA
http://www.zzounds.com/item--HOSYPP308?siid=134301&gclid=CPCp8ebB-8ICFWVp7AodMVAAAA
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happyrat1
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I wouldn't recommend the Y splitter method. Dave has been lucky so far that he hasn't blown out a keyboard with it yet but you risk all kinds of funky weird circuit loading with this method and if one keyboard has a positive ground you'll definitely let the magic smoke out of the unit.
Cowboy's method of routing a single pedal thru a Mixer is definitely a preferable method by comparison.
Gary
Cowboy's method of routing a single pedal thru a Mixer is definitely a preferable method by comparison.
Gary
I'd use an Ernie Ball stereo volume pedal. I'd go stereo out of the mixer through the EB pedal and out to a pair of powered speakers. But that doesn't really answer the OP's question. The Ernie Ball stereo pedal would of course accommodate two keyboards if they were both mono.
happyrat1
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That's why I recommended the BOSS pedal. It's stereo and it's low impedance designed for keyboards.
Gary
Gary