Oh Goodness! Something finally useful! Thank you Don for breaking the pattern...I almost started wanting a Tyros5.

Pedals...for me, usually only two.

Right foot...Yamaha FC-7 Volume pedal....set to control only R1, R2, R3 sounds. That way I can vary the right hand volume without affecting the rest of the band...er...I mean, the accompaniment. I find the right foot better for volume pedal due to many years on B-3 and Electone.

Left foot...trained to use sustain. Set to affect only R1,R2,R3, sounds.

Everything else controlled by pressing panel buttons, moving wheels and sliders, and occasionally adjusting master volume knob.

I'm still in the stone age compared to some, as I actually use music BOOKS! So no need of a pedal to turn pages, as I make sure song is no more than two pages wide.

OPT-that means off pedal topic.

The Test:

A friend of mine at a gig (accidentally) dropped his electronic music pad thingy on the concrete floor...it did not work afterwards.

I took one of my music binders, and (purposely) dropped it on the floor right next to where his fell...it worked afterwards.

Winner? Music binder.

My friend did not appreciate the contest at all. He said the floor under my music binder was likely made of softer concrete.

I let him look over my shoulder and read my book for the rest of the gig.

Sometimes the old ways are better.

Ian