Yahoo Groups archive

MOTM

Index last updated: 2026-04-05 20:20 UTC

Thread

MOTM-850 Pedal Interface

MOTM-850 Pedal Interface

2008-04-07 by Robert Holmström

Anyone got a a MOTM-850 pedal interface lying around? Or maybe just a PCB?

Or does anyone know of a similar product out there (could be DIY project)?

Thanks!
Robert

Re: [motm] MOTM-850 Pedal Interface

2008-04-07 by Mark

On 4/7/08, Robert Holmström put forth:
>Anyone got a a MOTM-850 pedal interface lying around? Or maybe just a PCB?
>
>Or does anyone know of a similar product out there (could be DIY project)?

A pedal is a pot wired as a voltage divider.  Typically, the wiper of
the pot is connected to the ring of the plug, and the jack is wired
like this:

tip -- voltage in
ring -- constant voltage out
sleeve -- ground

I don't know what the difference is between the Roland and Yamaha
pedals to which the MOTM-850 description refers.

While the 850 does have a number of features, if you had a panel, it
wouldn't be too difficult to build your own using a MUUB or project
board using a few op amps.  It looks like the "Range" function could
be duplicated by controlling the voltage going to the pedal, and the
output from the pedal is summed with the outputs of "Mix" and
"Offset".  The gate feature is likely a comparator that looks at the
pot and pedal output.

Re: [motm] MOTM-850 Pedal Interface

2008-04-08 by Mark

Woops!!  I meant to write that the the wiper of the pot is connected 
to the tip of the plug, not the ring.
Show quoted textHide quoted text
>A pedal is a pot wired as a voltage divider.  Typically, the wiper of
>the pot is connected to the ring of the plug, and the jack is wired
>like this:
>
>tip -- voltage in
>ring -- constant voltage out
>sleeve -- ground

Re: Re: [motm] MOTM-850 Pedal Interface

2008-04-08 by synth1@airmail.net

I have ~ 10 of the pc boards I can put into the cart, but NO panels.

	Paul S. 
-------------------------
Msg sent via Internet America Webmail - www.internetamerica.com

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.