[sdiy] Korg MS2000 Pedal

John L Marshall john.l.marshall at gte.net
Mon Apr 22 01:06:01 CEST 2002


My MS2000R has an assignable switch input and expression pedal input. The
expression pedal does not feel like a TRS just a TS. I would assume that the
pedal is only a rheostat (variable resistor) to ground.

Take care,
John


----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Krooshof <synthos at xs4all.nl>
To: Henri Kujala <henri.kujala at mbnet.fi>; <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Korg MS2000 Pedal


> Hi!
>
> I own Korg Ms-2000 Analog Modeling synthesizer and i want to build an
> expression pedal for it.
> If somebody knows where i can find some circuits or other information
> for building one i would be glad.
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Henri
>  From what I remember, the MS2000 only takes midi as an input.
> RTM.
> So you will need a real world to midi convertor.
> Then you can take any voltage (such as one
> that you variate with the pot of an obsolete wah)
> and convert that into midi.
> There losts of voltage->midi schems around.
>
> The MS2000 will allow you to virtually patch
> this to most of the controllers of the synth.
> If you cannot program your voltage->midi convertor
> enough for your taste, you could consider fetching
> a mac (any mac will do) and run a simple version of MAX
> or the lickmachine on that.
>
> You'll be able to control the synth very well, in more
> interesting ways then just wiggle a filter knob.
>
>
> Dave
>
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