Originally posted by Uncle Dave:
it only takes a split second to reach up ...... I only use 2 foot pedals. One for sustain, and one for vocal harmony on/off.
Even a split second off the keys can often be 'too long', especially when you're actually playing chord voicing with your left hand (with left voice ON) . Having to take your fingers off the keys interferes with the song's live left hand part musicality. For this reason, on my Tyros (which supports 3 pedals) I use a compact & lightweight personally customized Technote brand 'model FC2' FOUR (4) foot pedal unit;
assigning the 3 Yamaha Tyros dedicated foot controler foot pedal outputs to:
* Sustain
* Vocal Harmony on/off
* Fill Self (fills: single/repeatng)
I plan to assign the 4th remaining foot pedal available on the FC2 unit via MIDI, using the following small midi controller box:
http://tomscarff.tripod.com/foot_pedal/foot_switch_pedal.htm of which I just recently purchased from our good synthzone buddy Larry Levin (Beakybird), which allows you to assign the midi pedal function to one of several midi control change functions. I plan to assign it midi sustain, freeing up the sustain pedal currently assigned on Tyros to tigger 'glide' or other Yamaha specific function.
I look forward to having four foot pedal assignments available for my Tyros now, and which is MUCH smaller, lighter, and compact than the MFC10, or most all of the other multi-foot switch pedal units out on the market.
Scott
WARNING!: Though you may possibly be able to still purchase this pedal (from the UK only):
http://www.technote.com/productdetails.asp?prodid=8845&returnto=/products.asp?catid= this cannot be used (out of the box) on a Yamaha PSR/Tyros keyboard as it was specifically designed only for the Tehnics KN5000 KN6000 keyboard. I had to remove the SINGLE output cord's multi- DIN connection, drill 4 separate holes on the back of the FC2 directly behind each foot pedal, and then mount 4 separate 1/4" sockets into each hole, soldering the pair of wires from each foot pedal wire to corresponding socket. Connecting the Tryos/PSR keyboard is now simply plug & play. - Scott