Re: Expression Pedal - Alesis F2 Review

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

Except that it is a mono volume pedal, not an expression pedal, which 
requires TSR. The more likely candiate would be the stereo Ernie ball 
pedal:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ernie-Ball-6165-Stereo-VolumePan-Pedal?sku=152102

But I have no idea whether it would work as an expression pedal. It has a 
TSR input. Does anyone know? It is very pricey, but I am a huge fan of 
Ernie 
Ball pedals, built like tanks. I use the mono volume pedal.  Good grief 
though, if I had three of these monsters in my gear case, I might go over 
the airline weigh limit and have to pay extra.

Kris


Hi,
One other pedal to consider is the Ernie Ball Jr.   $99
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ernie-Ball-VP-JR.-Passive-Volume-Peda
l?sku=152107&src=3WFRWXX

This one is passive, and they make an active version.
I'm not clear on how you are connecting the exp pedals to the FF400. Are
they going into audio in/out jacks ?

-Qua

Original Message:
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From: Krispen Hartung khartung@cableone.net
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 13:23:09 -0700
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Expression Pedal - Alesis F2 Review


Thanks for all the othe pedal options. I am using the EV-5s  and I just ran
into a problem. Since the EV-5s already have a cord attached to them with a
stereo male end, I had to buy a few Hosa TSR adaptors. The problem is that
the adaptor wires are barely long enough to reach from the input and ouput
plugins of my Fireface 400 (yes, I am using them to control parameters in
max, rather than MIDI, which requires splitting the expression pedal inputs
and creating a loop between input/output of the audio interface.  They do
connect, but I'm worried about the tension. Hence, I am thinking of getting
two other pedals that don't have the cables already on them, but just the
jacks. Then I can just buy a TSR male to two mono quarter inch male patch
cord and not need any TSR Y-cables.

I conslidated the list of options:

Alesis F2 - $80 USD
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Alesis-F2-Expression-Pedal?sku=157505

Behringer - $25 USD
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Behringer-FCV100-Dual-Mode-Footcontro
ller?sku=150932

Yamaha - $70 USD
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-Dual-Volume-Pedal?sku=151553

Boss - $90
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/429697-REG/Boss_FV_500H_FV500H_Volume_
and_Expression.html

The Alesis looks very attractive.  The m-audio, not shown above, looks
nice,
but it has a hard wired cable attached, like the EV-5.

Kris





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