http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail.html?CNTID=1158&CTID=208500

Yeah, I can see your point about THAT..! Way to over engineer the problem, Yamaha!
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.php?ProductId=832

Simpler, cheaper, and the pedals are MUCH further apart from each other... Maybe if this worked with a Yamaha, you'd be thinking differently...