[sdiy] Fet to short pedal input?

[Oren Leavitt]

An optocoupler is also an idea. Output to LED, the other side to switch 
input. The switch side would have a little bit of "phantom power" for 
the optocoupler transistor to work as a switch.

- Oren

On 11/27/25 2:34 PM, el macaco via Synth-diy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The portamento pedal input on arps has me thinking of using my midi to 
> cv converter's velocity output (+5V) to activate a fet with the two 
> pedal contacts on the source and drain.
> 
> Can it be this simple?  The only power coming from the velocity 5v?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ed
> 
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