Yamaha CS80

Sorry, just to confirm.. 

Did the original CS80 pedal also adjust volume and Wah at the same time? Anyone?

Does anyone who owns the original pedal use it much? Before I rush off to buy an FC-7.
 

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, Scott Metzger <scottmetzger3d@...> wrote:
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> 
> I use that Pedal without any problems on my CS80.  But I think its silly that the Wah 
adjusts the volume as well on the CS80, so I don't even use it anymore.
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> > To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> > From: david@...
> > Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:08:03 -0800
> > Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: CS80 Expression pedal?
> > 
> > 
> > From what I've read, the old expression pedal was the FC-3a, which was
> > also used for other synths, like the GS1/2, DX-7, etc. The pedal input
> > a voltage on the sleeve (-15v in the CS80) and output a voltage on the
> > tip of the plug. It did this with a light bulb / shutter / photocell,
> > but there's nothing magic about this. What's kind of weird is that this
> > voltage is buffered and used to drive an LED light, which controls the
> > signal feeding the main volume knob (all on the PRA board). I don't know
> > why the used an LED / photocell as a VCA when there are a billion
> > IG00151 VCA chips all over the rest of the keyboard.
> > 
> > Anyway, Yamaha now sells the FC-7 pedal. It just uses a potentiometer
> > (probably with a weird taper to match the old response) instead of a
> > light/shutter/photocell. However, the Yamaha manual (
> > http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pdf/man/m_151552.pdf) says it's
> > compatible with the old FC-3a.
> > 
> > David
> > 
> > rj krohn wrote:
> >> yes, that would be great, gustavo. thanks alot-any leads you could provide(or a 
diagram would be awesome) would be hugely helpful. i have yet to find anyone who is 
using a current market expression pedal on a cs-80, so at this point, your lead is my best 
one! thanks.
> >>
> >> "Gustavo E.E. Grinóvero"
>