From lskdgjh@yahoo.it Thu Dec 01 17:46:02 2005
Subject:Re: Doepfer D3M owners, make yourself known!

Hi
just a suggestion, and pardon me if it's a stupid oor too obvious one.
Yamaha expression pedals have a different polarity from some other
brands (Idon't own one, so this is info I read here on the list), and
you need to reverse it to make them work with Roland, Clavia and many
other keyboards.
I guess there's a good chance that this is the same problem you're having.
Reversing your Yamaha's pedal polarity or getting another pedal might fix it.
Nic

>
>There is only one oddity and I don't know if it is the Doepfer or
>the Voce V5. I plug the Yamaha expression pedal into the Doepfer
>which midis to the V5. When I manipulate the expression pedal the
>volume changes more in a digital stair step fashion rather than a
>smooth analog change. It is like something is doing a digital sample
>of the volume level, but using steps that are too few and too far
>separated. When I am playing along with other music it isn't too
>noticeable. But, when I am just playing by myself it is a bit
>annoying. When I get the time I will try to nail down which
>component is the culprit.
>
>I am not a real sophisticated player, so I mostly stomp on the
>expression pedal for leads, then let it come back to the mid-level
>for the rest of the playing. If I was a player that constantly
>manipulated volume I would really need to resolve why the volume
>works this way with the combination of gear I am using.
>
>Aside from this anomaly, I recommend this keyboard to clone users.
>
>Good luck, TR