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Re: Feedback Pedal
i connect my fv-50L with a ono cable to the
feedback jack and it works fine
i also use out 1
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 3:49
PM
Subject: Re: Feedback Pedal
> At 8:23 AM -0500 9/16/02, M. Steven Ginn wrote:
> >I have
connected a BOSS FV-50L pedal with a mono cable coming from Out 1
> >to
the Feedback jack on my EDP. For some reason, I don't seem to get
>
>any response or control of Feedback. Is there some other
configuration
> >item that I am missing? Is this not a good
choice for a pedal? What am
> >I doing wrong?
>
>
You are not connecting the pedal properly. You either have to use an
>
expression pedal, the kind with an attached TRS cable, or you have to
>
use an "insert" cable with your FV-50L.
>
> One end of the insert
cable has a TRS (stereo) plug and the other end
> has a pair of mono
plugs. Plug the TRS end into the feedback jack and
> plug the mono ends
into the input and output jacks on the pedal.
>
> To understand why
this works, and why using a mono cable doesn't
> work, you must know that
the feedback jack supplies a DC voltage to
> the ring of the plug that is
plugged into it, and this voltage is
> scaled by the potentiometer in the
pedal and then returned to the tip
> of the plug. You need to use a cable
that will feed the signal from
> the ring through the pot and back to the
tip. A mono cable won't do
> that.
>
> You can also build a
cable with an assortment of adapters, but this
> will be less
reliable.
> --
>
>
______________________________________________________________
> Richard
Zvonar, PhD
> (818) 788-2202
> http://www.zvonar.com>
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