Re: Rogue...Cheap Stereo volume pedal for a keyboard?

[Scott Hansen <scott-a-hansen@uiowa.edu>]

i bought one of the cheap rogue stereo passive volume pedals from
musicians friend to use w/ my digitech rp100 (for volume/wah/whammy 
features)
and it works quite well (for guitar)! it's held up to my studio use 
(sitting down while i play) and it holds up to my 2 1/2 yr old son 
who loves to "wah wah" also at times. i think i got mine for 19$, but 
i think they went up shortly
after i got mine.
i think they are quite sturdy for the price, but i'm not sure how they 
would
hold up to live/standing up playing over a period of time,etc... but 
for the price, they are decent...
s---



>Hey, remember this thread?  Heh, I knew you would.
>
>Anyway, here's my question.  I've got a keyboard module (Roland 
>XV-5050) that had no expression pedal input at all.  (STOOPID) I 
>need to control it's volume relative to a guitar and another synth 
>module.  In my perfect world, I could do this via MIDI, but unless 
>someone knows of a pedal that just puts out MIDI volume CC at a 
>reasonable price, I'm out of luck.  Right now, there's no way I can 
>afford an Ernie Ball, and to be honest, I don't think that level of 
>"feel" is necessary.  I'm not going to use it a lot, just to fade in 
>a sound to an appropriate level, then later fade it out.  Simple. 
>Not ride a note like I do with guitar to change the attack 
>characteristics.
>
>Anyway, I see a Rogue VP-201 Stereo Volume Pedal selling for $25 and 
>I have to say I'm tempted.  Anyone have experience with one of 
>these?  I'm not expecting it to be great, and I know you get what 
>you pay for, but if it lasts for a year in my house and controls the 
>volume for me (again, feel isn't that important for me) I'll be 
>happy.  I'm more worried that it will fall apart or sound all 
>scratchy in a week or two and/or kill the tone of my nice keyboard 
>module.  If that's so, I can take the bad news and I'll wait until I 
>can get a EB or maybe the Boss FV-50L.
>
>Mark


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