[Date Prev][Date Next]   [Thread Prev][Thread Next]   [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index]

Re: dumb question

At 6:10 PM -0500 12/12/01, Liebig, Steuart A. wrote:

>can someone tell me if a boss ev-5 qualifies as a cv pedal?

Yes.

"CV" = "control voltage"  The 1/4" TRS connector on the pedal's cable 
plugs into a jack which supplies a DC source voltage. This voltage is 
scaled by the potentiometer inside the pedal and is returned to the 
jack. Moving the pedal rotates the potentiometer and varies the 
resistance, and this in turn varies the voltage. The changes in this 
voltage value control the value of the assigned parameter, so we say 
that it is voltage controlled.

CV pedals are also known as Expression pedals. In general, they are 
NOT the same thing as volume pedals because they typically have 
linear pots rather than logarithmic pots.
-- 

______________________________________________________________
Richard Zvonar, PhD
(818) 788-2202
http://www.zvonar.com
http://RZCybernetics.com
http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone
http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz